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With the advancement of technology, more and more software and applications are being developed at a rapid pace. There is an ever-increasing need for applications to negotiate with each other, share data and work together. Such needs can be fulfilled by API (Application Programming Interface).…

With each passing day, we have witnessed technology permeating deep into our lives. Organizations around the world are harnessing the true potential of technology for creating Innovative Solutions that can benefit society at large. Our journey at the National Informatics Centre (NIC) has been a…

In today’s world of technology, the citizens look for the best of services with convenience and intuitive response. Since the inception of the Digital India initiative, digital empowerment of citizens, coupled with governance and infrastructure support has been the need of the hour. Citizen-centric delivery…

Information Technology, as a cross-cutting frontier of knowledge, has opened several new vistas of applications for daily needs of the civil society. One of them is Geographical Information System (GIS) technology, which is rapidly becoming a catalyst for several transformational changes in the world mainly…

Let us ask what inspires us, our life, our family, hobbies, making money, taking an international flight, travelling to exotic destinations? Well, did anybody think of ‘work’? OK but what type of work, not the mundane go-to office, process the file, do some gup-shup and…

National Informatics Centre (NIC) has been providing state-of-the-art technological solutions to the Central and State Government Departments for several decades. NIC Centres across the country have designed and developed applications at the District, State, and National levels. While the software and databases of different departments…

ServicePlus makes all Government services accessible to the common man in his locality through delivery outlets. It ensures efficiency, transparency, and reliability of such services at an affordable price to the common man.” e-Governance is the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) at all…

eProcurement is one of the flagship projects of NIC which has brought many laurels to the organization. Its country wide implementation and buyers switching from bespoke systems to GePNIC highlights the domain expertise of NIC. The seed for GePNIC was sown way back in 2005-2006…

Quick Overview Road Transport is considered as one of the prime movers of a country’s economy. It offers a vital link between production and consumption, particularly when it comes to the last mile/door step delivery of services. Further, road transport needs comparatively lesser expenditure, and…

Direct Benefit Transfer or DBT has travelled a long path since its early initiation by Government of India on 1 January 2013 to change the mechanism of transferring cash subsidies and benefits.The program was aimed at transfer of subsidies and

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…

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…

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…