Govt to have own pan-India comp network

DoT submitted Rs 450-crore proposal to Planning Commission for developing such a network during the 12th five-year plan

GN Bureau | January 6, 2012



Fed up with hackers intruding into the government computers and stealing data, the Government has decided to go for its own pan-India secure computer network that has no link whatsoever with Internet.

The Department of Telecom (DoT) has submitted a Rs 450-crore proposal to the Planning Commission for developing such a network during the 12th five-year plan that takes off in April this year. It envisages the new system for the government use totally separated from the computers connected with Internet for communicating with public.

The proposal says: "A lot of intra-government communication is classified. The security of this communication has to be ensured by an alternative mechanism because neither it is advisable to wait for such a mandating and capacity building nor is it appropriate to rely on the level of security provided by such a scheme as communication would still remain in the open domain of Internet."

It envisages creation of a fixed and wireless communication system for high security of classified government communications on the lines of such an internal private system already developed by the Defence Research and Development Organiastion (DRDO) for connecting its various centres across the country.

The foolproof infrastructure for telecom communication exclusively for the government will ensure those in the government use it for all sorts of communication, including e-mail and telephony that can not be eves-dropped by any outsider, the paper adds. The new network will be developed jointly by NIC (National Informatic Centre) and ERNET run by the Department of Electronics.

Comments

 

Other News

Making AI work where governance is closest to people

India’s next governance leap may not solely come from digitisation. It will come from making public systems more intelligent, more adaptive, and more responsive to the dynamics at the grassroots. That opportunity is especially significant at the panchayat level, where governance is not an abstract po

Borrowing troubles: How small loans are quietly trapping youth

A silent crisis is playing out in the pocket of young India, not in stock markets or government treasuries, but in smartphones of college students and first-jobbers who clicked on the Apply Now button without reading the small print.  A decade ago, to take a loan, you had to do some paperwor

A 19th-century pilgrim’s progress

The Travels of a Sadhu in the Himalayas By Jaladhar Sen (Translated by Somdatta Mandal) Speaking Tiger Books, 259 pages, ₹499.00  

India faces critical shortage of skin donors amid rising burn cases

India reports nearly 70 lakh burn injury cases every year, resulting in approximately 1.4 lakh deaths annually. Experts estimate that up to 50% of these lives could be saved with adequate access to skin donations.   A significant concern is that around 70% of burn victims fall wi

Not just politics, let`s discuss policies too

Why public policy matters Most days, India`s loudest debates stop at the ballot box. We can name every major leader and recall every campaign slogan. Still, far fewer of us can explain why a widow`s pension is delayed or how a government school`s budget is actually approved. That

When algorithms decide and children die

The images have not left me, of dead and wounded children being carried in the arms of the medics and relatives to the ambulances and hospitals. On February 28, at the start of Operation Epic Fury, cruise missiles struck the Shajareh Tayyebeh school – officially named a girls’ school, in Minab,


Archives

Current Issue

Opinion

Facebook Twitter Google Plus Linkedin Subscribe Newsletter

Twitter