NIC Full Form

NIC Full Form


Introduction

The National Informatics Centre (NIC) is an Indian government department under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. The NIC provides infrastructure, IT Consultancy, IT Services including but not limited to architecting, design, development and implementation of IT Systems to Central Government Departments and State Governments thus enabling delivery of government services to Citizens and pioneering the initiatives of Digital India.

 History                  

The National Informatics Centre (NIC) was established in 1976 by Narasimaiah Seshagiri under the Electronics Commission of India and later moved under the then Planning Commission of India before coming under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

Major Activities of NIC

  • To create ICT infrastructure
  • To implement e-Governance Projects
  • To provide consultation to the Govt. Departments
  • Research & Development and capacity building

Major functions of NIC

  • It has led 'Informatics-Led-Development' by using ICT applications in social and public administration.
  • It facilitates electronic delivery of services from government to government, from the government to business, employees, citizens, etc.
  • It is linked through its ICT network with Ministries and Departments of the Central Government, State Governments, and Union Territories and over 700 district administrations of India.
  • It offers various digital solutions to support the government in making last-mile delivery of government services to the people a reality.

NIC Services

  • Government Local Area Networks (LANs) that connects government
  • Video Conferencing that saves time, money and increases overall coordination
  • National Knowledge Network (NKN) is a pan India network that connects knowledge institutions
  • GIS & Remote Sensing allows location-based electronic delivery of services for planning & Governance
  • Webcast services to organize national, international and local events
  • Domain registration that gives digital identity to the government
  • National Cloud to accelerate delivery of e-services by optimizing the use of infrastructure
  • Command and Control Centre for all nation-wide critical govt. services
  • NICNET to offer Pan India communication network for government
  • Data Centre that contains the data of all e-Governance Infrastructure
  • NIC-CERT division to ensure safe and secure cyberspace for its users

A large number of govt. initiatives such as Swachh Bharat Mission, e-Hospital, e-Courts, e-Transport, e-Counselling, Jeevan Pramaan (Digital Life Certificate), National Scholarships Portal, NREGASoft, etc., are managed by using the digital platforms developed by NIC.