National Informatics Centre Services Inc.(NICSI)

By building a countrywide state-of-the-art ICT infrastructure and services for the Central Government, State Governments, UT Administrations, Districts, and other government organisations, NIC is intimately engaged with the government in various facets of governance. 

It provides a wide range of services, including multi-gigabit countrywide networks NICNET and NKN, National Data Centres, National Cloud, pan-India virtualization infrastructure, Command and Control Centre, multi-layered GIS-based platform, Domain Registration, and Webcast. This is crucial in the delivery of citizen-centric e-services.National Informatics Centre Services Inc. (NICSI) was founded in 1995 as a section-8 (formerly section-25) company under the National Informatics Centre, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India, to provide and procure IT solutions for NIC, MeitY, Governments, and Government Organisations’ e-governance projects (like Public Sector Undertakings). 

NICSI is a major IT business with a government-facing focus and more than 23 years of expertise aiding government organisations by offering state-of-the-art and cost-effective solutions for all of their rising ICT demands, with a turnover of more than Rs. 1240 crores (FY-2018-19). These solutions are provided through the acquisition of high-quality products and services from NICSI/GeM-approved vendors. 

What is the meaning of NICNET?

The National Informatics Centre (NIC) has institutional links across the country’s Ministries/Departments, State Governments, Union Territories, and District Administrations through its Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Network – NICNET.

NICNET is a nationwide computer communication network that is based on satellites. It is a type of Wide Area Network (WAN)The procurement practises of NICSI are entirely in compliance with GFR standards. 

NIC has been instrumental in steering e-Government applications in Government Ministries/Departments at the Centre, States, Districts, and Block level through NICNET, facilitating improved Government services, greater transparency, and decentralisation. NICNET has completed direct peering with BSNL, PGCIL, and Railtel in Delhi and Hyderabad to save Internet bandwidth and provide faster access to each other’s network and data centre. Peering with Google, Microsoft, and the Akamai Content Delivery Network has made Google services and other significant international web sites more accessible.

The reorganisation of the videoconferencing network has made it possible to reduce delays and handle large-scale important video conferencing, such as the Prime Minister’s PRAGATI and the GST Council Meetings of the Hon. Finance Minister.

What is a data centre?

With citizens’ growing expectations for online services and the government’s increasing number of e-Government projects, the demand for Data Centres is growing at an exponential rate. There is a constant need to build strategic infrastructure that allows for high availability, rapid scalability, efficient management, and resource optimization.

The National Data Centres serve as the backbone of India’s e-Government infrastructure, offering services to a variety of e-Government programmes.

NDC Hyderabad was the first Data Centre to open in 2008, followed by NDC Pune in 2010, NDC Delhi in 2011, and NDC Bhubaneswar in 2018.The National Data Centre (NDC) in Bhubaneswar is a cloud-enabled data centre that has provided cloud services to government agencies since its creation. 

To suit the expanding needs of Digital India activities, this NDC was built with a state-of-the-art facility with 24-hour assistance and a 40,000-square-foot footprint.High-speed networks, 1.6 Petabyte Enterprise class storage, high-throughput Network Load Balancers, and Intrusion Prevention Systems were installed at the National Data Centres in Delhi, Pune, and Hyderabad. Backup as a Service and Storage as a Service solutions were also implemented. Number of National Level ICT Infrastructure. 

Define Remote Sensing and GIS

Digital India seeks to develop end-to-end geospatial electronic delivery systems as part of Mission Mode Projects in the e-Government sector, with the ‘National GIS Mission’ serving as the primary foundation for location-based electronic delivery of services for planning and governance.Services for mapping.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIC) has created a 32-layer automated map service dissemination programme. All NIC officers can use this platform to obtain and integrate map services into their e-Government applications. Various Ministries and Departments, such as the Ministry of Sanitation and Drinking Water, receive map services, such as SBM (Gramin), Drinking Water Portal, and so on. 

The Ministry of Rural Development, Ministry of Urban Development, Department of Land Resources, Department of Labour, Vahan & Sarathi projects, Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS), Health Management Information System (HMIS), and other government agencies receive similar services. Services for geocoding and reverse geocodin. The process of converting a description of a location, such as a pair of coordinates, an address, and a name of a place, to a numerical value is known as geocoding.

Conclusion

By building a countrywide state-of-the-art ICT infrastructure and services for the Central Government, State Governments, UT Administrations, Districts, and other government organisations, NIC is intimately engaged with the government in various facets of governance. National Informatics Centre Services Inc. was founded in 1995 as a section-8 company under the National Informatics Centre, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India, to provide and procure IT solutions for NIC, MeitY, Governments, and Government Organisations’ e-governance projects (like Public Sector Undertakings). With citizens’ growing expectations for online services and the government’s increasing number of e-Government projects, the demand for Data Centres is growing at an exponential rate. The National Data Centres serve as the backbone of India’s e-Government infrastructure, offering services to a variety of e-Government programmes.