With the second issue of INFORMATICS reaching you, the emphasis will now be on maintaining a steady and timely course. INFORMATICS has been very aptly defined as "Information on Information", thus giving us the theme on which to work. New technologies usher in new ways of information processing and dissemination. In our Country, the National Informatics Centre has flung its net far and wide in the field of Informatics — the amalgamation of information with the latest in technology. NIC not only provides a sound system of information for decision support, but also makes available to its Users infrastructural facilities of the magnitude of NICNET. The depth of NIC services goes right down to the district level, whereas its breadth encompasses a multitude of fields ranging from general information through GISTNIC to field-specific systems such as the Land Information System. For the decisionmaker who wants to have all these facilities at his disposal, the first step is to obtain the latest information on information services that are available. INFORMATICS seeks to keep you abreast of all the is happening in India's premier decision support Organization.