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Cyber Security IT Promotion &
E-Infrastructure
• Hon’ble Prime Minister stressed the need to focus on
Cyber Security in NASSCOM conference. • Foundation stone for STPI’s new Incubation Facility at
Ranchi and Patna has been laid.
• The Government has taken an initiative to frame draft
Internet of Things policy for India which is envisioned to
develop connected and smart IoT based systems.
• DeitY's Cyber Security programme is aimed at building Research and Development
a secure and resilient cyberspace for citizens, (R&D)
businesses and Government, by way of actions to
protect information and information infrastructure in R&D in IT
cyberspace.
• The Cabinet approved the ‘National Supercomputing
• The initiatives are focused on issues such as cyber Mission (NSM)’ with an outlay of `4,500 crore over a
security threat perceptions, threats to critical period of seven years to be jointly implemented by
information infrastructure and national security etc. DeitY and DST. This will enable India to leapfrog into the
league of world class high performance computing
Human Resource power nations.
Development
• Two new centres of SAMEER are being set up, one on
• A Skill Development Scheme for the electronics sector electromagnetic interference at Vishakhapatnam and
for training 3.28 lakh persons has been approved. another on high power microwave components at
Guwahati to meet the requirements of both strategic
• A Visvesvaraya Ph.D Scheme for increasing the number and civilian applications.
of Ph.Ds in Electronics & IT was started in 2014-15 to
support full time and part-time Ph.D students across R&D in Electronics
universities in India.
• Technological support to farmers
• A scheme for setting up of 7 new regional Electronics
and IT Academies across the country to improve • Web enabled agricultural information access in 7 local
quality of graduate education has been approved. languages
• A scheme to provide Digital Literacy (DISHA) for 42.5 • Digital Image Processing applications in Tasar
lakh persons at an estimated cost of `380 crore has also Sericulture
been approved. This scheme targets ASHA and
Aanganwadi workers and Authorized Ration Shop • Sensing system for taste characterization of food and
dealers. agro produce
• In the area of IT education, new Centres of NIELIT at • GIS based decision support system for tea gardens
Ranchi and Kokrajhar have been made operational and
centres at Muzaffarpur and Buxor in Bihar are in pipeline. • Electronic Nose for monitoring of industrial obnoxious
odorous constituents from pulp and paper industries.
• Pilot demonstration of E-waste Recycling Facility for
recovery of precious metals from PCB initiated.
e-Learning
• Development of Online Labs (OLabs) is an e-Learning
initiative jointly developed by C-DAC and Amrita
University.
• ‘e-Saadhya’ is an education framework for children with
autism and mild mental retardation.
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