National Informatics Centre

National Informatics Centre Services Inc.
AbbreviationNIC
Formation1976 (48 years ago) (1976)
TypeDigital Information
HeadquartersNew Delhi
Location
  • Pan India
Region served
India
Official language
English and Hindi
Director General
Amit Agrawal[1]
Parent organisation
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Budget
₹11.5 billion (US$140 million) [2]
Staff3500 (April 2023)[3]
Websitewww.nic.in Edit this at Wikidata
ASN
Traffic Levels70–80 Gbit/s

The National Informatics Centre Services Inc. (NIC) is an Indian government department under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).[4][5][6] The NIC 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.[7] 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.

  1. ^ "Director General". National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  2. ^ Government of India (2019), p. 324.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference DC4 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Rituraj (2018), p. 2.
  5. ^ Prabhu (2012), pp. 45–47.
  6. ^ Malwad (1996), pp. 36–39.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference NIC-DO was invoked but never defined (see the help page).