<p>The government has set up a new organisation which would coordinate with central and state government agencies to implement the Digital India programme. <br /><br />The Digital India Corporation (DIC) would work on capacity building for e-governance projects, besides promoting best practices, encouraging Public-Private Partnerships and nurturing innovation and technology, IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told reporters here on Tuesday. <br /><br />DIC, whose creation was approved by the board of Media Lab Asia headed by the IT Minister last week, would work with all government departments to make Digital India a success. <br /><br />The ministry also released a new software procurement policy to provide a level playing field for all stakeholders by determining appropriate, pre-qualification and technical evaluation criterion.<br /><br />The new policy would bring uniformity in software procurement in various state and central government departments. <br /><br />Prasad said tech giants had earlier urged the government to bring a model request for proposal to guide organisations across the government and obviate variations, vagaries and uncertainties.<br /><br /></p>
<p>The government has set up a new organisation which would coordinate with central and state government agencies to implement the Digital India programme. <br /><br />The Digital India Corporation (DIC) would work on capacity building for e-governance projects, besides promoting best practices, encouraging Public-Private Partnerships and nurturing innovation and technology, IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told reporters here on Tuesday. <br /><br />DIC, whose creation was approved by the board of Media Lab Asia headed by the IT Minister last week, would work with all government departments to make Digital India a success. <br /><br />The ministry also released a new software procurement policy to provide a level playing field for all stakeholders by determining appropriate, pre-qualification and technical evaluation criterion.<br /><br />The new policy would bring uniformity in software procurement in various state and central government departments. <br /><br />Prasad said tech giants had earlier urged the government to bring a model request for proposal to guide organisations across the government and obviate variations, vagaries and uncertainties.<br /><br /></p>