Govt may cut plan outlay for DeitY to Rs 2,500 crore

Last Updated: Friday, February 20, 2015, 19:25

In the last Budget, the plan outlay for DeitY was Rs 3,815 crore.

Centre plans to set up Rs 10,000-crore electronics fund

Last Updated: Thursday, December 4, 2014, 19:50

"The department will set up a Rs 10,000-crore corpus to fund innovation in electronics and IT," DEITY secretary R S Sharma said.

SMS to be accepted by govt depts as official document

Last Updated: Monday, December 23, 2013, 20:26

People may soon be able to use SMS communication with government departments as a documentary proof while utilising citizen-services for making payments, registrations and various other schemes.

Preferential market access for private sector in advanced stages

Last Updated: Friday, November 22, 2013, 16:07

Government has already issued notification under PMA policy for government procurement.

Govt could ban official use of gmail, yahoo by year-end

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 29, 2013, 13:55

Wary of cyber snooping, the government could ban e-mail services such as Gmail and Yahoo for official communications by December this year in a move to safeguard its critical and sensitive data.

Digital village - Government at people`s doorsteps

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 29, 2013, 18:37

In October 2011, the government of India approved the setting up of the NOFN to provide connectivity to the 250,000 gram panchayats in the country.

DEITY to come out with timeline for IT policy by Dec

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 23, 2012, 20:12

DEITy officials Tuesday discussed a roadmap for implementation of National Policy on Information Technology (NPIT).

IT industry should focus on domestic market: DeitY

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 17, 2012, 21:22

"IT industry should focus on domestic market and diversify in newer and emerging markets for exports to tackle declining export revenues and achieve the USD 400 billion growth target," he said while addressing the BangaloreIT.Biz 2012 here.

DEITY unveils Internet search engine based on Indian languages

Last Updated: Thursday, September 20, 2012, 21:48

Government Thursday launched a search engine that will help people in searching tourism-related queries across websites in five Indian languages.

Govt to set up IMG on Internet governance

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 22:20

An Inter-Ministerial group on Internet governance will shortly be set up, a government official today said.

DeitY selects Accenture to review semiconductor fab proposals

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 5, 2012, 18:18

As part of the engagement, Accenture will work in two phases to help the government assess companies interested in building semiconductor fabs (the building unit of any electronic item) in India, the company said in a statement. No financial details were disclosed.

DeitY selects Accenture to review semiconductor fab proposals

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 5, 2012, 18:18

As part of the engagement, Accenture will work in two phases to help the government assess companies interested in building semiconductor fabs (the building unit of any electronic item) in India, the company said in a statement. No financial details were disclosed.