Blogs
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Overcoming Challenges in Crisis Times
July 10, 2020Dr Savita Dawar
Deputy Director General, NIC
savita.dawar@nic.in
National Informatics Centre (NIC) has been instrumental for over four decades in steering diverse ICT applications at various levels in the government. These applications today form the key components of the Digital India framework that has set the path to transform India into a digital nation. Since the entry of COVID19 in the country, NIC…
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Lockdown diaries
July 6, 2020Shri Nagesh Shastri
Deputy Director General, NIC
nagesh@nic.in
When the COVID-19 had just started rearing its head, as a precautionary measure, number of officers including outsourced resources required to attend office daily was judiciously pruned, keeping in view the social distancing required to contain the spread. Much planning also went into enabling people to work remotely from their office environment. This enabled us…
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Citizen Services and ICT in Covid19 Pandemic
June 22, 2020Shri Ajay Singh Chahal
SIO, Himachal Pradesh
ajay.chahal@nic.in
Covid19 pandemic in India is part of world-wide situation of corona virus disease, seriously affecting the way we speak, walk, interact socially, transact business, work in office, seek treatment and all. The lockdowns have continued since March 2020 and police, medical staff, essential service providers are working round the clock to meet the demands raised…