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Ministry Of Electronics And Information Technology
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITy) is an executive agency of the Government of India, Union Government of the India, Republic of India. It was carved out of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India), Ministry of Communications and Information Technology on 19 July 2016 as a standalone ministerial agency responsible for IT policy, strategy and development of the electronics industry. Under the sponsorship of the ''Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology'', the "Northeast Heritage" Web, owned by the Government of India, publishes information on Northeast India, in 5 Languages of India, Indian languages, Assamese language, Assamese, Meitei language, Meitei (Manipuri language, Manipuri), Bodo language (India), Bodo, Khasi language, Khasi and Mizo language, Mizo, in addition to Hindi and Indian English, English. History Previously known as the "Department of Information Technology", it was renamed as the Department of Elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Communications And Information Technology (India)
The minister of communications () is the head of the Ministry of Communications (India), Ministry of Communications and a senior member of the Union Council of Ministers (India), union council of ministers of the Government of India. The portfolio is usually held by a minister with cabinet rank who is a senior member of the council of ministers and is often assisted by one or two junior ministers or the ministers of state. The current minister is Jyotiraditya Scindia who has been serving in office since 10 June 2024 and is currently assisted by Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani, Dr. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani as the minister of state for communications. One former president - Shankar Dayal Sharma served as minister in the ministry. Sharma was Cabinet minister for communications from 1974 until 1977. Two former prime ministers, Lal Bahadur Shastri and Inder Kumar Gujral also served as ministers in the ministry. Shastri was Cabinet minister for transport and communications from 1957 until 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindi
Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government of India, alongside English language, English, and is the ''lingua franca'' of North India. Hindi is considered a Sanskritisation (linguistics), Sanskritised Register (sociolinguistics), register of Hindustani. Hindustani itself developed from Old Hindi and was spoken in Delhi and neighbouring areas. It incorporated a significant number of Persian language, Persian loanwords. Hindi is an Languages with official status in India, official language in twelve states (Bihar, Gujarat , Mizoram , Maharashtra ,Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand), and six Union territory, union territories (Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Delhi, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
STPI
Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) is an S&T autonomous society under Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) engaged in promoting IT/ ITES Industry, Innovation, R&D, Start-ups, Product/ IP creation in the field of emerging technologies like Internet of Things (IoT), Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Computer Vision, Robotics, Augmented & Virtual Reality, Animation & Visual effect (AVGC), Data Science & Analytics for various domains like FinTech, Agritech, MedTech, Autonomous Connected Electric & Shared (ACES) Mobility, ESDM, Cyber Security, Gaming, Industry 4.0, Drone, Efficiency Augmentation, etc. STPI was established in 1991 by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology with the objective of encouraging, promoting and boosting the export of software from India. STPI headquarters is located in New Delhi with over 60+ centres spread across the country. Overview STPI provides infrastructure, skillin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Internet Exchange Of India
The National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) is a non-profit company incorporated under Section 25 of the Indian Companies Act, 1956 (now section 8 under Companies Act 2013) with an objective of facilitating improved internet services in the country. History Registered on 19 June 2003, its primary purpose is to facilitate exchange of domestic internet traffic between the peering ISPs, Content players and any other organisations with their own AS number. This enables more efficient use of international bandwidth, saving foreign exchange and also improves the quality of service (QoS) for internet users by avoiding multiple international hops and thus reducing latency. Utilising servers routed through and administered by India, it also reduces the chances of Indian data being intercepted unlawfully by NSA and GCHQ. NIXI is managed and operated on a neutral basis and currently has 40 operational network operations center (NOCs) located in multiple parts of the country. Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digital India Corporation
Digital India Corporation (DIC) is an Indian not-for-profit company established by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, under Section 8 of Companies Act 2013. The organization is currently responsible for the Information Technology Research Academy and Visvesvaraya PhD scheme in electronics and information technology. Research focus Digital India Corporation started with the projects such as World Computer (affordable computing and access devices), Bits for All (low cost, high bandwidth connectivity) and Tomorrow's Tool (rurally relevant applications). It later switched to application development, including information and communications technology for healthcare, education, livelihood and empowerment of the disabled. Since then, Digital India Corporation has taken up 75 development projects. After development, the new technology is taken from the lab to pilot testing, and then for large scale deployment through a scheme of provi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digital Locker (India)
DigiLocker is an Indian state-owned cloud digitization service provided by the Indian Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) under its Digital India initiative. DigiLocker allows access to digital versions of various documents including driver's licenses, vehicle registration certificates and academic mark sheets. It also provides 1 GB storage space to each account to upload scanned copies of legacy documents. Users need to possess an Aadhaar number to use DigiLocker. During registration, user identity is verified using a one-time password (OTP) sent to the linked mobile number. The beta version of the service was rolled out in February 2015, and was launched to the public by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 1 July 2015. Storage space for uploaded legacy documents was initially 100 MB. Individual files are limited to 10 MB. In July 2016, DigiLocker recorded 2.013 million users with a repository of 2.413 million documents. The number of users saw a large j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Common Service Centres
Common Service Centres (CSCs) are a key component of the Digital India initiative launched by the Government of India. These centres aim to provide essential government and non-government services to citizens, particularly in rural and remote areas, through digital means. By acting as access points for various public utility services, social welfare schemes, healthcare, financial, and education services, CSCs play a crucial role in the digital empowerment of the underserved populations. Establishment The concept of CSCs was introduced in 2006 under the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP). The primary objective was to establish a network of ICT-enabled access points for delivering various government services to the rural populace. Over time, the scope of CSCs has expanded significantly. In 2015, under the Digital India program, CSCs were further empowered to offer a broader range of services, making them a vital component of the government’s strategy to enhance digital inclus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
INRegistry
INRegistry is the organisation responsible for the .in top level domain, TLD and the native language internationalised domain name TLDs for the country. It was appointed by the government of India, and operates under the authority National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI). History Most countries have their own Top Level Domain. The INRegistry has been created by NIXI, which is a Not-for-Profit Company under Section 25 of the Indian Companies Act, 1956, with the objective of facilitating improved Internet services in the country. Under NIXI, the INRegistry functions as an autonomous body with primary responsibility for maintaining the .in ccTLD and ensuring its operational stability, reliability, and security. It will implement the various elements of the new policy set out by the Government of India and its Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Department of Information Technology. The Government decided to revamp the administration of the .in TLD in late 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Computer Emergency Response Team
The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In or ICERT) is an office within the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology of the Government of India. It is the nodal agency to deal with cyber security incidents. It strengthens security-related defence of the Indian Internet domain. Background CERT-In, an acronym for 'Indian Computer Emergency Response Team', is the National Incident Response Centre for major computer security incidents in its constituency i.e. Indian cyber community. It was formed in 2004 by the Government of India under Information Technology Act, 2000 Section (70B) under the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. CERT-In is a functional organisation of Ministry of Electronics and Information, Govt. of India, with an objective of securing Indian cyber space. CERT-In's primary role is to raise security awareness among Indian cyber community and to provide technical assistance and advise them to help them recover from computer se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Standardisation Testing And Quality Certification
Standardisation Testing and Quality Certification (STQC) Directorate, established in 1980, is an authoritative body offering quality assurance services to IT and Electronics domains. STQC delivers these services as a part of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology for the Government of India. The primary aim of STQC is to ensure the delivery of quality products and services adhering to international standards at competitive prices, thereby enabling processes within the IT and electronics industry to achieve competitiveness. STQC has been serving its mission by delivering a spectrum of quality assurance services, including Testing, Calibration, certification Services and IT and e-governance Training, with accreditation or recognition from national/international bodies for testing & calibration standards. STQC is recognized as the Core Assurance Service Provider in the IT and Electronics sector in India and actively participates in national forums such as the Burea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Informatics Centre
The National Informatics Centre (NIC) is an Indian government department under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). It provides infrastructure, IT Consultancy, IT Services including but not limited to architecture, design, development and implementation of IT Systems to Central Government Departments and State Governments, helping in implementing the digitization initiatives of Digital India. The organisation also carries out research in the IT domain and recruits various scientists and Scientific/Technical Assistants. The organisation's primary function is to cater to ICT needs at all levels of governance and facilitate digital access to government services for citizens. History The National Informatics Centre (NIC) was established in 1976 by Narasimaiah Seshagiri under the Electronics Commission of India and later moved under the Planning Commission of India before coming under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY - ). A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazon Web Services
Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) is a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Amazon that provides Software as a service, on-demand cloud computing computing platform, platforms and Application programming interface, APIs to individuals, companies, and governments, on a metered, pay-as-you-go basis. Clients will often use this in combination with elasticity (system resource), autoscaling (a process that allows a client to use more computing in times of high application usage, and then scale down to reduce costs when there is less traffic). These cloud computing web services provide various services related to networking, compute, storage, middleware, Internet of things, IoT and other processing capacity, as well as software tools via AWS server farms. This frees clients from managing, scaling, and patching hardware and operating systems. One of the foundational services is Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), which allows users to have at their disposal a Virtualization, virtual Computer clus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
