Many govt websites down due to glitch in NIC serve

Websites of various ministries and state-run departments are down since late morning today due to a technical glitch in the server of NIC.

New Delhi: Websites of various ministries and state-run departments are down since late morning today due to a technical glitch in the server of NIC, the agency which handles IT functions of the government.
"There was a UPS (interruptible power supply) failure at 1130 hours (at NIC control room) and the sites will be restored within a few hours of the failure," Department of Information Technology Secretary J Satyanarayana said.

Some websites like finmin.Nic.In and pib.Nic.In have since been restored.

National Informatics Centre (NIC), established in 1976, to provide e-government and e-governance solutions adopting best practices, integrated services and global solutions in the government sector.

PTI

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