Year End Review of Achievements
and Initiatives of Department of Information Technology
Draft National Policies on
Electronics-2011 and Information Technology-2011 Released
Steps taken to Make India Hub for
Electronic Hardware Manufacturing
Four New Mission mode Projects
(MMPs) Added under NeGP
Electronic Delivery of Services
Bill Introduced in Parliament
Draft National Policy on Electronics – 2011
The Draft National Policy on Electronics, 2011 (NPE 2011) was
released on 3.10.2011. The draft Policy envisions creating a globally
competitive Electronics Systems and Design Manufacturing (ESDM) industry
including nano-electronics to meet the country's needs and serve the
international market. One of the important objectives of the Policy is to
achieve a turnover of about USD 400 Billion by 2020 involving investment of
about USD 100 Billion and employment to around 28 million by 2020. This includes
achieving a turnover of USD 55 Billion of chip design and embedded software
industry and USD 80 Billion of exports in the sector. Another important
objective of the Policy is to significantly upscale high-end human resource
creation to 2500 PhDs annually by 2020. The Policy also proposes setting up of
over 200 Electronic Manufacturing clusters in the country.
Draft National Policy
on Information Technology, 2011
Draft National Policy on Information Technology, 2011 (NPIT 2011)
wasreleased on 7.10.2011. The Policy aims to
maximally leverage the power of Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
to help address economic and developmental challenges of the country. The focus
of the IT policy is on deployment of ICT in all sectors of the economy and on
providing IT solutions to the world. The Policy focuses on application of
technology-enabled approaches to overcome developmental challenges in education,
health, skill development, financial inclusion, employment generation,
governance etc., to greatly enhance efficiency across the board in the economy.
The Policy seeks to achieve the twin goals of bringing the full power of ICT
within the reach of the whole of India and harnessing the capability and human
resources of the whole of India to enable India to emerge as the Global Hub
and Destination for IT-ITeS Services by 2020. It is rooted in the conviction
that ICT has the power to transform India and improve the lives of all
Indians.
E-Governance
Mission Mode Projects
(MMP)- 4 New MMPs (Education, Health, PDS and Posts) have been added
under NeGP taking the total number of MMPs under NeGP to Thirty One (31). Posts
has been added as a Central MMP while the remaining three (3) MMPs (Education,
Health and PDS) have been added as State MMPs.
A major initiative of the Government for ushering in e-Governance on
national scale, called National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) was approved on
16thMay 2006. NeGP consists of Mission Mode Projects (MMPs) and
program support components which aim at creating the right governance and
institutional mechanisms, core infrastructure, policies & standards and the
necessary legal framework for adoption of e-Governance in the country. It is
implemented at the Central, State and Local Government levels. Significant
achievements in this area are as under:
Electronic Delivery of
Services (EDS) Bill provisioning
mandatory delivery of all public services in e-mode in next five years has been
approved by the Union Cabinet on 20.12.2011 and introduced in Lok Sabha on
27.12.2011.
Common Service
Centres - As on 30th November, 2011, a total of 97,439 Common
Service Centres (CSCs) have been rolled out in thirty three States and UTs. 100%
CSCs have been rolled out in 13 States. A proposal to set up additional 1.5 lakh
Bharat Nirman Common Service Centres so as to have one CSC in each Panchayat in
whole of rural India has been prepared.
State Wide Area
Networks - The State Wide Area Networks (SWANs) are already operational in 29
States.
State Data
Centres - The State Data Centres have been made operational in 16
States.
e-District - e-District Pilot
project has gone live in 12 States. Scheme for National Rollout of e-District
MMP has been approved. Guidelines for National Rollout of e-District MMP has
been finalized.
Capacity
Building (CB) - Under the CB Scheme,
State e-Mission Teams (SeMTs) have been setup in 32 States and UTs. Over 1000 Government
officials have been trained under Specialized Training for e-Governance
Programme (STeP). The first Chief Information Officer (CIO) training for
officers of Central and State & UT officials has started on 7th November,
2011.
Standards – To ensure sharing of
information and seamless interoperability of data and e-Governance
applications, Policy on Open Standards, Biometric standards, Metadata and
Data Standards, Localization and Language Technology standards, Network and
Information Security, Digital Signature, Quality Assurance, Website Design
Guidelines have been notified by DIT.
Mobile
Governance - A Draft Policy on Mobile Governance has been
formulated.
Awareness and
Communication - 11 Workshops have been
held across the country. The 14th National Conference was held
in February 2011.
Citizen Engagement and
Social Media Framework - For wider and deeper
participation and engagement with all stakeholders especially public at large, a
Citizen Engagement Framework for e-Governance Projects has been
developed.
Electronics Hardware Manufacturing
(EHM)
The Government has attached high priority to electronics hardware
manufacturing. It is keen to develop an ecosystem, which will make India a
global destination for electronics system design and manufacturing. The
significant achievements during the course of the year are as
follows:
Setting up of
Semiconductor Wafer Fabs: An Empowered Committee
(EC) for identifying technology and investors for setting up Semiconductor Wafer
Fabrication (Fab) Manufacturing facilities in the country was
constituted. The EC after interacting with the potential investors will
crystallize the nature and quantum of Government support in physical/financial
terms and recommend to the Government the course of action to attract
investments in the sector.
Roadmap for promoting
growth of semiconductor design and services industry: India Semiconductor
Association (ISA) has carried out a “Study on semiconductor design, embedded
software and services industry” with the support of Department of Information
Technology (DIT). The report covers Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) design,
Embedded software design and Hardware/board design. A roadmap has been prepared
to enable semiconductor design and services industry to move up the value chain
and maintain growth rate of revenue of over 17% p.a.
Roadmap for promoting
growth of electronic components industry:Electronic Industries
Association of India (ELCINA) has carried out a Study entitled “ELCOMOS -
Electronic Components, Hardware Market and Manufacturing Output Study including
related Assemblies and Value Chain in India” with DIT’s support. A roadmap has been
prepared for promoting growth of electronic components industry.
Communications and
Brand Building Campaign for promotion of
ESDM sector in India : The Campaign has been
launched with the objective to build “Made in India ” as leading global brand
in ESDM and increasing awareness regarding initiatives taken by Government to
promote investments in ESDM sector.
Mandatory compliance of
safety standards for electronic items: A draft Order in
respect of safety standards for 16 selected electronic items has been prepared
and consultations are underway with the Department of Consumer Affairs and
Bureau of Indian Standards to notify mandatory compliance.
National Informatics Centre (NIC)
National Informatics Centre (NIC) is the premier S&T organization
under the aegis of the Department of Information Technology, Ministry of
Communications and IT. It is the principal e-Governance
solution provider. During last one year, it has implemented several e-Governance
applications and services in addition to strengthening the computing and data
communication infrastructure in the country. Notable achievements of the year
are:
Augmentation of
NICNET: During last one year, NIC has established three National Data Centres
in the country to support large e-Governance applications. NIC is also
facilitating the hosting of more than 7000 websites/portals of various
Government Departments.
e-Procurement: GePNIC is developed as
a generic e-Procurement System by which manual tendering activity is carried out
in a secure environment. GePNIC has been implemented in 13 State and UTs 35,146
tenders worth over Rs 45,218.10 Crores, have been processed successfully during
current financial year till 30th Nov 2011. Department of Commerce has decided
adoption of NIC’s e-Procurement System in Government departments of 23 states as
a part of MMP on e-Procurement.
e-Court: It is a project of
great importance aimed at creating ICT infrastructure for various levels of
judiciary from Supreme Courts to sub-district courts, resulting in improved
level of disposal of cases at various levels. The ICT infrastructure has been
set up in more than 450 court complexes during the current financial
year.
e-Counseling for
admissions to professional courses: e-Counseling System of
NIC has helped crores of students in the admission process for various
professional and technical courses of more than 20 State Boards of Technical
Education resulting in considerable saving of time and money on the part of
admission aspirants as well as the State boards.
e-Office: e-Office enables
working in the Government leading to greater transparency and efficiency. This
application has been implemented in more than dozen Central Government
departments and some of the State Govt. Secretariat ushering into an electronic
age of management of Government files.
MGNREGASoft: This application is a
centrally hosted service being used by the Department of Rural Development,
Government of India and various State Governments in the management of the whole
work flow of the implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment
Guarantee Act right from registration to finalization of wages of workers of one
of the largest social sector schemes in the world.
National Knowledge Network (NKN)
The Government’s
decision to set up National Knowledge Network was announced in the Budget Speech
of Union Budget for 2008-09. In March 2010 the Government approved the
establishment of the National Knowledge Network (NKN) over a period of 10 years.
The objective of the National Knowledge Network is to interconnect institutions
of higher learning with a high speed data communication network. Network will
consist of an ultra-high speed Core (multiples of 10Gbps and upwards), and over
1500 nodes. It is scalable to higher speed and more nodes also. The Core shall
be complemented with a distribution layer at appropriate speeds. The
participating institutions can directly or through distribution layer connect to
the NKN at speeds of 100 Mbps /1 Gbps. The application areas envisaged under the
NKN cover: Agriculture, Education, Health, e-governance, Grid Computing (High
Performance Computing). As on 30th November, 2011, a total of 450
Institutions are connected to NKN, and 43 virtual classrooms have been
setup.
Nanotechnology
Department of
Information Technology (DIT) started Nanotechnology Development Programme during
the 10th Plan with the objective to create infrastructure for
research in nanoelectronics and nanometrology at the national level and also to
fund small and medium level research projects in specific areas such as
nanomaterials, nanodevices, Carbon Nano Tubes (CNT), nanosystems etc. Two major
nanoelectronics centres have been set up in the country. These centres have
become Centres of Excellence in Nanoelectronics (CEN) and are being recognized
nationally and internationally and attracting young talent. The facilities of
these centres are being made available to all other users in the country as well
as abroad through Indian Nanoelectronics Users Programme (INUP) funded by DIT.
More than 110 R&D projects from more than 100 external organizations across
the country have been taken up so far under INUP. About 1150 manpower from more
than 350 organizations across India have been trained through
INUP.
