National e Governance Division

In 2009, the National e-Governance Division was created by the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology as an independent business division under the Digital India Corporation (erstwhile Media Lab Asia), a Section 8 not-for-profit company. Since 2009, NeGD has been playing a pivotal role in supporting MeitY in programme management and implementation of e-Governance projects, providing technical and advisory support to ministries/departments, both at central and state levels, along with other government organisations. NeGD’s major operational areas include programme management, project development, technology management, capacity building, and awareness and communication-related activities under the flagship Digital India Programme. NeGD has developed and is managing several National Public Digital Platforms, such as DigiLocker, Entity Locker, UMANG, OpenForge, API Setu, myScheme, India Stack Global, Meri Pehchaan, and UX4G.