Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India)
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The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology is an Indian government
ministry
. It contains three departments:
The political head of the Ministry is a Cabinet Minister. The incumbent is Kapil Sibal
. Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology are Sachin Pilot
and Milind Deora.
The government plans to develop portals for at least 10 states by October 2010 and the rest will follow .These state portals' services will range from getting a domicile or residence certificate all online. The forms will be available electronically.
Citizen service center kiosks in rural areas will help the technological- challenged submit these forms online. The government plans to roll out almost 10,000 more CSC kiosks by December 2010, taking the total to 90,000.
The DG is assisted by the Postal Services Board with three members: Member (Operations and Marketing), Member (Infrastructure and Financial Services) and Member (Personnel). Radhika Doraiswamy is the Secretary (Posts) and DG Posts as also the Chairman of the Postal Services Board. K. Noorjehan is the Member (O&M), Anju Dasgupta is the Member (I&FS), and R. K. Singh is the Member (Personnel). The national headquarters are at Delhi and functions from Dak Bhavan located at the junction of Parliament Street and Ashoka Road.
The annual revenue is around Rs. 4,500 Crores and expenditure is Rs. 5,800 Crores. Lack of proper investment in infrastructure and technology is the reason for such low revenue. The present top management has already started investing in latest technology to improve the infrastructure. Quality of service is being improved and new products are being offered to meet the competition.
The field services are managed by Postal Circles—generally conforming to each State—except for the North Eastern States. Army Postal Services {APS) is a unique arrangement to take care of the postal requirement of soldiers posted across the country. Department of Posts personnel are commissioned into the army to take care of APS.
The DoP is governed by the Indian Post Office Acts, 1898.
Other than the traditional postage service in order to keep up with the age many new services have been introduced by the department:
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. It contains three departments:
- Department of Telecommunications
- Department of Information Technology
- Department of Posts
The political head of the Ministry is a Cabinet Minister. The incumbent is Kapil Sibal
Kapil Sibal
Kapil Sibal is an Indian politician and lawyer. He is currently the Minister of Communications and Information Technology. He also held the two ministries Ministry of Science and Technology and Ministry of Earth Sciences in the First Manmohan Singh Cabinet...
. Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology are Sachin Pilot
Sachin Pilot
Sachin Pilot is an Indian member of Parliament. He represents the Ajmer constituency of Rajasthan and is a member of the Indian National Congress. He is presently the Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.- Early life :Sachin Pilot was born in Saharanpur,...
and Milind Deora.
Department of Telecommunications
Also known as the Door Sanchar Vibhag, this department concerns itself with policy, licensing and coordination matters relating to telegraphs, telephones, wireless, data, facsimile and telematic services and other like forms of communications. It also looks into the administration of laws with respect to any of the matters specified, namely:- The Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 (13 of 1885)
- The Indian Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1933 (17 of 1933)
- The Telecom Regulatory Authority of IndiaTRAIThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India is the independent regulator of the telecommunications business in India. -History:...
Act, 1997 (24 of 1997)
Public sector units
- Bharat Sanchar Nigam LimitedBharat Sanchar Nigam LimitedBharat Sanchar Nigam Limited is a state-owned telecommunications company headquartered in New Delhi, India. It is the largest provider of fixed telephony and fourth largest mobile telephony provider in India, and is also a provider of broadband services...
- Indian Telephone Industries Limited
- Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited
- Telecommunications Consultants India Limited
Other units
- Wireless Planning and Coordination WingWireless and Planning and Coordination WingThe Wireless Planning and Coordination Wing is a branch of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology of the Government of India. The department is responsible for issuing amateur radio licenses and allotting the frequency spectrum and monitoring the frequency spectrum...
- Telecom Engineering Center
- Controller of Communication Accounts
- Telecom Enforcement, Resource and Monitoring Cells (formerly known as VTM Cells)
Department of Information Technology
- Promotion of Information Technology education and Information Technology-based education
- Matters relating to Cyber Laws, administration of the Information Technology ActInformation Technology ActThe Information Technology Act 2000 is an Act of the Indian Parliament notified on October 17, 2000.-History of the Act:...
2000 (21 of 2000) and other IT-related laws - Matters relating to promotion and manufacturing of semiconductor devices in the country excluding all matters relating to Semiconductor Complex Limited Mohali; the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout Design Act, 2000 (37 of 2000)
- Interaction in IT-related matters with international agencies and bodies, e. g., Internet for Business Limited, Institute for Education in Information Society and International Code Council-on line
- Initiative on bridging the Digital Divide: matters relating to Media Lab AsiaMedia Lab AsiaMedia Lab Asia is a lab that was promoted by the Department of Information technology...
- Promotion of standardization, testing and quality in IT and standardization of procedures for IT applications and tasks
- Electronics Export and Computer Software Promotion Council
- National Informatics CentreNational Informatics CentreThe National Informatics Centre ' is the main science & technology organisation of India's Union Government in informatics services and information-and-communication- technology applications...
- Initiatives for development of hardware and software industries including knowledge-based enterprises, measures for promoting IT exports and competitiveness of the industry
- Efforts for increasing the acceptance of FOSS at a national level (NRCFOSSNRCFOSSNational Resource Centre for Free/Open Source Software is an organisation created and financed in India by the Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Government of India in April 2005....
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All Government Services to be At Your Mouse-tip
Citizens across 28 states of Indian Union will be able to avail all government services,including payment of utility bills and applying for a driving license,through common internet portals being developed as part of a Rs 2,000-Cr portal project.The government plans to develop portals for at least 10 states by October 2010 and the rest will follow .These state portals' services will range from getting a domicile or residence certificate all online. The forms will be available electronically.
Citizen service center kiosks in rural areas will help the technological- challenged submit these forms online. The government plans to roll out almost 10,000 more CSC kiosks by December 2010, taking the total to 90,000.
Department of Posts
The Department of Posts (DoP) operates one of the oldest and most extensive mail services in the world, with about 26,000 full time and 1,300,000 part time post offices. It offers a whole range of products under posts, remittance, savings, insurance and philately. While the Director General is the head of operations, the Secretary is an adviser to the Minister. Both responsibilities are undertaken by one officer.The DG is assisted by the Postal Services Board with three members: Member (Operations and Marketing), Member (Infrastructure and Financial Services) and Member (Personnel). Radhika Doraiswamy is the Secretary (Posts) and DG Posts as also the Chairman of the Postal Services Board. K. Noorjehan is the Member (O&M), Anju Dasgupta is the Member (I&FS), and R. K. Singh is the Member (Personnel). The national headquarters are at Delhi and functions from Dak Bhavan located at the junction of Parliament Street and Ashoka Road.
The annual revenue is around Rs. 4,500 Crores and expenditure is Rs. 5,800 Crores. Lack of proper investment in infrastructure and technology is the reason for such low revenue. The present top management has already started investing in latest technology to improve the infrastructure. Quality of service is being improved and new products are being offered to meet the competition.
The field services are managed by Postal Circles—generally conforming to each State—except for the North Eastern States. Army Postal Services {APS) is a unique arrangement to take care of the postal requirement of soldiers posted across the country. Department of Posts personnel are commissioned into the army to take care of APS.
The DoP is governed by the Indian Post Office Acts, 1898.
Other than the traditional postage service in order to keep up with the age many new services have been introduced by the department:
- e-Post - Delivery of email through post man where email service is not available
- e-BillPost - Convenient way to pay bills under one roof
- Postal Life insurance
- International money transfers
- Mutual funds
- Banking