The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITy) is an executive agency of the Union Government of the Republic of India. It was carved out of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology on 19 July 2016 as a standalone ministerial agency responsible for IT policy, strategy and development of the

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. Under the sponsorship of the ''Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology'', the "Northeast Heritage" Web, owned by the

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, publishes information on

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, in 5 Indian languages, Assamese, Meitei ( Manipuri), Bodo, Khasi and Mizo, in addition to

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and English.

History

Previously known as the "Department of Information Technology", it was renamed as the Department of Electronics and Information Technology in 2012. On 19 July 2016, DeitY was made into full-fledged ministry, which henceforth is known as the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, bifurcating it from the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.

Organisation structure

The following is a list of child agencies subordinated within the "Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Union Government of the Republic of India". To boost and leverage

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potential, ministry has a partnership with

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(AWS). The initiative is said to boost researchers and scientists work on quantum computing and will provide access to Amazon’s Braket cloud-based quantum computing service. The Ministry based on the proposal received and vetted by a steering committee will approve and sanction the set-up of the lab to bolster the quantum computing capability in India.

Child agencies

National Informatics Centre The National Informatics Centre (NIC) is an Indian government department under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). It provides infrastructure, IT Consultancy, IT Services including but not limited to architecture, ...

(NIC) * Standardisation Testing and Quality Certification (STQC) Directorate * Controller of Certifying Authorities (CCA) * Cyber Appellate Tribunal (CAT) * Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) * IN Registry

Companies under MeitY

* CSC e-Governance Services India Limited * Digital Locker * Digital India Corporation *National Informatics Centre Services Incorporated (NICSI) — Public Sector Enterprise under control of National Informatics Centre. * National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) * Software Technology Parks of India * Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) * UMANG

Autonomous Societies of MeitY

* Education and Research Network of India (ERNET) * Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) * Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET) * National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) — Formerly DOEACC Society * Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering and Research (SAMEER) * Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) * Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council (ESC) * Semi-Conductor Laboratory, Mohali (SCL)

Cabinet Ministers

Ministers of State

References

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