Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) between the National Informatics Centre and State Governments for computerization of District Industry Centres (DICs) all over the Country, were signed on June 15, 1995. The signing of MoUs was the culmination of a workshop on Computerization of District Industry Centres, organized jointly by the Department of Small Scale & Agro Rural Industry (SSI & ARI) and NIC, at the Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. The workshop was inaugurated by Mr M Arunachalam, Union Minister of State for Small Scale and Agro Rural Industry. NIC was entrusted with the responsibility of playing a key role in the computerization project by procuring and installing computer systems, upgrading existing computer facilities, providing dial-up and direct connectivity to NICNET, organizing training programmes and developing and replicating project software.