National Informatics Centre (NIC)

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Context

The government is now looking to revamp and restructure the National Informatics Centre (NIC).

NIC

The National Informatics Centre (NIC) was established in 1976 by Narasimaiah Seshagiri under the Electonics Commission of India and later moved under the then Planning Commission of India before coming under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
It is the technology partner of the Government of India and has been credited for helping the Indian government embrace IT in the 1990s and has also helped disseminate e-governance to the masses.
NIC’s objective is to provide technology-driven solutions to the Central and State Governments. It is mandated to design and develop IT Systems for the government and provide ICT Infrastructure to the government. It also works as an advisory unit for the government over the adoption of the latest technology and ensure cyber resilience.

Infrastructure

National Informatics Centre Services include:

Government Local Area Networks (LANs)
Video Conferencing
National Knowledge Network (NKN)
Email & Messaging
Remote Sensing & GIS
Webcast
Domain Registration
National Cloud
Command and Control
NICNET
Data Centre
Security
Block Chain Technology
NIC's Network, "NICNET", facilitates the institutional linkages with the Ministries/Departments of the Central Government, state Governments and District administrations of India.
NIC is noted for being the primary constructor of e-Government applications. It also manages the National Knowledge Network.