National Portal of India

The Official Portal of the Government of India was created, produced, and hosted by the National Informatics Centre (NIC), a key ICT agency of the Government of India under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

India Portal:

The National Portal of India is a Mission Mode Project that is being implemented by NIC as part of the National E-Governance Plan. The Portal’s goal is to provide Citizens, Businesses, and Overseas Indians with a single point of access to information and services from the Indian government at all levels, from the Central Government to State Government to District Administration and Panchayat.

Through this Portal, an endeavour has also been made to provide a complete, accurate, and dependable one-stop source of information about India and its varied aspects. The content in the Portal has been organised into various modules that are interconnected at key points to provide visitors a complete picture.

On November 10th, 2005, the Portal’s first version was released.

National Portal Coordinators (NPCs) have been nominated from both 66 Central Ministries/Departments and 35 State Governments as part of the Content Management Strategy, and are responsible for content generation, compilation, and maintenance. To make it easier for NPCs to contribute content, a web-based secure Content Management System (CMS) has been designed.

History:

As part of the government’s National E-Governance Plan, the Portal was developed as a Mission Mode Project (MMP) (NEGP).

On November 10, 2005, India.gov.in was launched. The National E-Governance Plan, or NeGP, has designated it as a Mission Mode Project. The National Informatics Centre, which is part of the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology, is in charge of the portal.

During the creation of the portal, there were four stages:

• Phase 1 was the launch of the first version of the portal, which consisted of existing information that was repackaged and presented in a citizen-friendly manner, 

• Phase 2 was infrastructure set up, which included the launch of Hindi version of the portal, content personalization features, and the introduction of a Content Management System, and 

• Phase 3 was infrastructure set up, which included the launch of the Hindi version of the portal, content personalization features, and the introduction of a Content Management System.

• Phase 4 made the content generally accessible and W3C compatible, as well as integrating the portal interface with other government ministries’ online services.

Vision/Objective:

The Portal’s goal is to give residents and other stakeholders a single point of access to information and services supplied by the Indian government. Through this Portal, an endeavour has been made to give a complete, accurate, and dependable source of information about India and its different aspects. 

Management of the portal:

The National Portal Content Management Team from the National Portal Secretariat is in charge of the Portal’s content (Organization Chart). Our goal is to continue to improve and enrich this Portal on a regular basis in terms of content coverage, design, and technology.

Features:

The Features Content Depository is a repository for papers, forms, contact directories, schemes, acts, rules, and websites given by federal and state government ministries and departments. A Content Management System makes it easier to contribute such content (CMS).

• Accessibility choices – Visitors can access the English and Hindi versions of the portal regardless of any disabilities they may have or differences in the device or technology they are using. Screen readers, magnifiers, and mobile phones benefit from features like descriptive language for links and images, keyboard browsing, and the ability to modify font size.

• Standardization- The ‘Guidelines for Indian Government Websites’ are followed by the portal. It is also W3C compliant, and the Standardization Testing and Quality Certification (STQC) Directorate has certified it as a quality website. This certificate’s scope of approval includes ISO 25051:2006 Software Engineering, ISO/IEC 9126-1:2001 Software Engineering, and ISO/IEC TR 9126-2:2003 Software Engineering. 

• The Web Ratna Awards are given to the best websites on the internet. The Web Ratna Awards were established by India.gov.in to celebrate outstanding e-governance projects in the government sector. Nominations were sought from all levels of the Indian government, including the central and state governments, as well as Indian missions overseas, for six categories.

Police National Portal of India:

The Ministry of Home Affairs’ Smart Policing programme, the Digital Police Portal, aims to deliver services to residents while also assisting police investigations.

Citizens will be able to file FIRs online through the Digital Police Portal, which will initially offer seven Public Delivery Services in 34 States and UTs, including Person and Address Verification (for employees, tenants, nurses, and others), Permission for Hosting Public Events, Lost & Found Articles, and Vehicle Theft, among others. In addition, the platform will give law enforcement officials restricted access to topics like antecedent verification and FIR evaluation.

Conclusion:

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