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25 January 2012

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN INDIA

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN INDIA
National Informatics Centre  [NIC]
Established in 1975, to improve the productivity in the working of the govt. Its purpose was to streamline the information base , system analysis of the organization structure, etc.
NIC Network [NICNET]
NICNET is a network established by NIC and was commissioned in 1977.     Through this morthan200 technical personnel are serving over 40 ministries and departments.  More than20 remote stations and more than  100 interactive terminals are connected to a host system. More than 150 databases are created for various organisations.                               
INDONET
INDONET is a commercial data network  proposed by the Computer Maintenance Corporation (CMC). This network entire INDIA and its Purposes are:
1.  Distributing Data Processing
2. Software Export
3. Bank Computerization
4. Computer Consultancy
REGIONAL COMPUTER CENTRE [RCC]
This is introduced to promote computerisation in the country. 2 regional computer centers have been set up at Calcutta and Chandigarh for this. These centers provide computing facilities and conduct advanced courses, seminars, workshops etc.
CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT  OF ADVANCED COPMUTING [C-DAC]
This is a non profit , application oriented , Research and Development Institution of Excellence under the Ministry of  Communication and Information Technology . This is dedicated to the development of electronic products and systems.
Currently C-DAC offers variety of *courses options in
*software technologies 
*Digital Multimedia 
*Programme for Advancing Computer Education.
National Centre for Software Development and Computing Techniques [NCSDCT]
NCSDCT has been set up in 1974 at TATA Institute of Fundamental Research in Bombay for the development of Software tools and Computing techniques.
Majour Contributions are:
# Software engineering like Language   processor and  Operating systems
# Computer networking software for computer to computer communication
# Development of Graphic oriented-      Computer Aided design (CAD)

COMPUTER MAINTANANCE CORPORATION
The CMC provides maintenance support to all the computer systems available in India. Its services include hardware maintenance, installation and commissioning of systems, software development, consultancy, education and training programmes etc.

THE INFORAMTION TECHNOLOGY  Act, 2000
It is an Act meant to provide legal recognition for transactions carried out by means of electronic data interchange and other means of electronic communication.
The  act warrants appropriate amendment of the Indian Penal Code, The Indian Evidence Act of 1872, The Banker’s Books Evidence Act of 1891 and The Reserve Bank of India Act of 1934 and other related matters. This become necessary to give legal validity to the new means adopted.
The act contains 94 sections in 13 chapters. The last four sections say about the amendments to the existing acts. The details of four amendments are included in four schedules.

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