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Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

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Website
  
meity.gov.in

Jurisdiction
  
India

Minister of state
  
P. P. Choudhary

Formed
  
19 July 2016

Cabinet minister
  
Ravi Shankar Prasad

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Preceding Ministry
  
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology

Ministers responsible
  
Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Electronics and Information TechnologyP.P. Chaudhary, Minister of State

Ministry executive
  
Smt. Aruna Sundararajan, Secretary

Headquarters
  
Sanchar Bhawan, New Delhi, India

Predecessor
  
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology

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Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is part of the Union Government of the Republic of India. It was formed by giving the status of ministry to the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) of Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.

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History

Previously known as "The Department of Information Technology", it was renamed to The Department of Electronics and Information Technology in 2012. On 19 July 2016, DeitY was made into full-fledged ministry, which henceforth is known as the Ministry of Electronics and Technology, bifurcating it from the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.

Child agencies

The following is a list of organizations contained within "The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Union Government of the Republic of India".

  • Controller of Certifying Authorities (CCA)
  • Cyber Appellate Tribunal (CAT)
  • Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry
  • Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (ICERT)
  • IN Registry
  • National Informatics Centre (NIC)

    • Companies under MeitY

  • Media Lab Asia (MLAsia)
  • National Informatics Centre Services Incorporated (NICSI) — Public Sector Enterprise under control of National Informatics Centre.
  • National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI)
  • Digital Locker
  • Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)

    • Autonomous Societies of MeitY

  • Education and Research in Computer Networking (ERNET)
  • Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)
  • Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET)
  • National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) — Formerly DOEACC Society
  • Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering and Research (SAMEER)
  • Software Technology Parks of India (STPI)
  • Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council (ESC)

    • Ministers

    For a list of ministers, see Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India)#Former Ministers.

    References

    Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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