On the eve of the 57th Independence Day, the launch of the new version of GOI Directory (http://goidirectory.nic.in) added a new dimension to e-governance in India. The Directory of Websites of Government offices and organisations in India encompasses all government entities at all levels and from all sectors. For the first time after Independence, government offices having web presence - belonging to both Central and State governments - have been showcased under a single Digital document for the benefit of the citizens of India and global viewers. Though a preliminary version was launched in 2000 with only 8 broad categories when the concept of web site development was gradually spreading along the Government spectrum, soon this version was found to be insufficient to precisely accommodate all sorts of government entities surfacing on the web. Based on users’ feedback received from across the globe, a thorough reorganisation of the web directory was felt necessary. Detailed studies and extensive interactions with various Ministries and Departments were done to ascertain various kinds of government offices and organisations existing in India. This culminated in the new comprehensive version of the GOI Directory that can suitably accommodate any government offices or organisations at any level starting from the highest seat of the Office of the President of India to the grassroot level of a Panchayat Office. GOI Directory thus serves as a single window for all e-information of Indian Government.
?| Cyber Presence The GOI Directory is a unique effort of NIC to project the cyber presence of Indian Government before the global community in the era of E-governance. Many of the websites included in the directory facilitate direct Government to Citizen (G2C) as well as Government to Business (G2B) interaction.
?| Authentic Information The directory includes information about only official websites of government entities, thus providing the visitor authentic information.
?| Extensive Categorisation The directory is extensively categorised first into broad categories and then each broad category is further divided into numerous sub-categories to cover all entities of Indian Government at all levels as mentioned below.
? Executive President, Prime Minister, Central Government Ministries, Departments, Offices under Ministries/Departments, Apex Offices/Institutions
? Legislature Indian Parliament, Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha, State Legislative Assemblies and Legislative Councils
? Judiciary Supreme Court, High Courts, District Courts, other judicial entities
? States and Union Territories Districts Government Departments, Agencies and Institutions
? Organisations / Banking, Financial and Insurance
? Institutions Co-operatives, Cultural, Educational, Health and Medical Public Sectors and Joint Ventures, Scientific and Research, Sports, Tourism and Hospitality
? Committees Committees, Commissions, Working Groups, Missions, Taskforces
? Documents Budgets, Plans, Policies, Reports, Results, Surveys
Miscellaneous Events – Seminars, Conferences, Workshops
?| Unique Organisation One-of-its-kind, for the first time, all Indian Government offices under Ministries/Departments are organised according to their individual mode of functioning and relation with the parent Ministry/Department such as Attached office, Subordinate office, Autonomous institution/organisation, Division/Unit/Wing of the parent organisation, PSU/JV, Society, Statutory Body, etc. presenting the exact status of individual offices.
?| Easy Access Ease of Access and navigation are useful features of this directory. Hosted on a state-of-the-art server at NIC and backed by high-bandwidth, the directory is easily and quickly accessible from any part of the world. From a broader view to specific requirements, level-by-level arrangement of websites make the navigation both comfortable and enjoyable for the user.
?| State-of-the-Art Technology Developed using state-of-the-art technol-ogy and powered by database, the directory provides extreme flexibility to reflect any changes in the status and relationship of government organisations as and when required.
?| Comprehensive Search Powered by a user-friendly, extremely fast search engine with both keyword and URL based search options, the user can mine millions of webpages for his or her government information in no time.
?| Participatory Approach Though a lot of effort is put to keep the directory updated with new websites, the directory invites participation of visitors as well as government offices by allowing them to directly participate in its development through ‘Suggest A Site’ and Feedback forms.
?| Value Additions The Directory announces all New Additions in the Directory indicating the categories under which the new sites have been entered. At the same time, the directory reveals the actual Statistics of web sites reflecting the number of sites included under each category.
For further details regarding GOI Directory, please email at goidirectory@hub.nic.in