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About NIC
National Informatics Centre (NIC) of the Department of Information Technology is providing network backbone and e-Governance support to Central Government, State Governments, UT Administrations, Districts and other Government bodies. It offers a wide range of ICT services including Nationwide Communication Network for decentralized planning, improvement in Government services and wider transparency of national and local Governments. NIC assists in implementing Information Technology Projects, in close collaboration with Central and State Governments, in the areas of (a) Centrally sponsored schemes and Central sector schemes, (b) State sector and State sponsored projects, and © District Administration sponsored projects. NIC endeavors to ensure that the latest technology in all areas of IT is available to its users.
NIC Headquarters is based in New Delhi. At NIC Headquarters, a large number of Application Divisions exist which provide total Informatics Support to the Ministries and Departments of the Central Government. NIC computer cells are located in almost all the Ministry Bhawans of the Central Government and Apex Offices including the Prime Minister’s Office, the Rashtrapati Bhawan and the Parliament House. Apart from this, NIC has various Resource Divisions at the Headquarters, which specialize into different areas of IT and facilitate the Application Divisions as well as other NIC Centres in providing state-of-the-art services to the Govt.
At the State level, NICs State/UTs Units provide informatics support to their respective State Government and at the District level lie the NIC District Informatics Offices.
NIC has conceptualized, developed and implemented a very large number of projects for various Central and State Government Ministries, Departments and Organizations. Many of these projects are continuing projects being carried out by various divisions of NIC at New Delhi Headquarters and State/District centres throughout the country. Some of the most important note worthy projects, which offer a glimpse of the multifaceted, diverse activities of NIC, touching upon all spheres of e-governance and thereby influencing the lives of millions of citizens of India are given below:
• Agrictural Marketing Information Network (AGMARKNET)
• Central Passport System
• Community Information Centres (CICs)
• Computerized Rural Information Systems Project (CRISP)
• Court Information System (COURTIS)
• Department of Agriculture Network (DACNET)
• Examination Results Portal
• India Image
• Land Records Information System (LRIS)
• National Hazardous Waste Information System (NHWIS)
• Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (PGRAMS)
• Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI)
• Training
• Video Conferencing