As per the saying, “In the middle of a difficulty, lies opportunity.” Time and again, this have been proved and has again been proved by the rapid emergence of innovative technology solutions across the country, as a response to the covid-19 outbreak. It is evident that technology and data is playing an imperative role in mitigating the Covid-19 pandemic menace.
During the time, when all the government machinery is at one platform fighting with the deadly virus, NIC is not untouched with this. NIC being the technology arm of Government, is catering to the ICT needs of all levels of governance and has also built several digital solutions, making the last-mile delivery of government services to the citizens a reality.
In this ongoing crisis, the organization is playing an instrumental role in providing ICT support and building several IT systems to help monitoring & management of different aspects of pandemic. In this endeavour, NIC has successfully created a digitally enabled ecosystem for the government which is providing substantial covid-19 data. They have designed and developed various applications in a short duration which is being used by all stakeholders involved in curbing the spread of Covid-19 pandemic such as labs, hospitals, police, concerned district and block level officers, Government of the States and Centre.
I appreciate National Informatics Centre for the commendable ICT support and solutions they provide to the various arms of the government and citizens during this challenging state of pandemic emergency. I am certain that they will continue to render its relentless support to strengthen the government in delivering citizen services.