Cloud enables flexible, agile & innovative means of delivering citizen services by government. National Cloud set up by NIC is the first of its kind under Meghraj, the cloud initiative of Government of India. We are humbled by the overwhelming responses from government departments and organisations across the country to avail our cloud services. In this issue, we carry details on the features & value added services offered by National Cloud of NIC.
The ‘E-gov Products and Services’ section in this Issue updates you with some of the important initiatives and services in the different parts of the country such as ‘Jail-Vaarta’- System for Prisoners’ Video Conference with Relatives, NITI AYOG Online Internship management system, Joint Seat Allocation System, e-Archives- Online Cataloguing System Odisha State Archives, Mark Certificate Verification System for Tamil Nadu etc. The ‘Technology Updates’ section, we carry the details on achievement in PUE effectiveness of National Data Centre, Shastri Park, Delhi.
Our regular sections such as ‘Cyber Governance’, ‘International e-Gov Updates’ and ‘In the News’ provide you brief updates on the latest technological advancements in the country as well as around the world.
NIC has bagged numerous awards in recent ICT events across the country. ‘Accolades’ section showcases pictorially the awards conferring ceremonies, including Smart City Awards 2015, Smart Governance Awards 2015 and Leaders Award 2015.
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