Why MEITY enlisted 11 Companies to store Government IT data on Cloud System within India

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Why MEITY enlisted 11 Companies to store
Government IT data on Cloud System within India?
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The Ministry of Electronics and IT gave
instructions on setting up an IT infrastructure
by the government departments by making use of
the technology of cloud computing with a clause
mandating that all data must be stored within the
country.
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MEITY has enlisted 11 companies as the cloud
service providers in India to provide cloud
computing services to the Government that includes
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Sify Technologies
Microsoft Corp.
Hewlett Packard
IBM India
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CtrlS Data Centers
Tata Communications
BSNL
Net Magic IT Services
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With the help of cloud computing, government can
increase the capacity of their IT systems as per
the requirements.
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Moreover, the guidelines on cloud computing
follows MeghRaj Policy (Cloud Policy) in order to
provide a strategic direction for the adoption of
cloud services by the government.
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The focal point of this cloud policy is to
realize a comprehensive vision of government
cloud environment available only for use by the
Central and State Governments, districts and the
municipalities to trigger their ICT-enabled
service improvements. According to the
guidelines, both the Government and Cloud Service
Provider will have to share the responsibility
for managing the services using the cloud
computing facility.
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Sources
http//www.sifytechnologies.com/dc-services/
https//www.medianama.com/2017/04/223-meity-govern
ment-services-cloud/
http//meity.gov.in/
https//www.bensound.com/
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