The Indian government has announced the MeghRaj project to develop a cloud computing infrastructure for government services and optimise state IT spending. Kapil Sibal, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, said the national cloud project, to be implemented by the National Informatics Centre, aims to speed up the development and deployment of e-government applications. The cloud computing platform will be spread across multiple locations, built on existing or new infrastructure, following a set of common protocols, guidelines and standards issued by the government.
Two policy reports, ‘GI Cloud Strategic Direction Paper’ and ‘GI Cloud Adoption and Implementation Roadmap’, have been prepared by the Department of Electronics & Information Technology to guide the project. The Meghraj services will help state departments procure ICT services on demand, rather than investing upfront in new capital equipment. This will include platforms for self-service portals, secure VPNs and software as a service.
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