Web Hosting Services of NIC: National Informatics Centre Data Center & Web Services Division (DC&WS)
Web Hosting Services of NIC: National Informatics Centre Data Center & Web Services Division (DC&WS)
National Informatics Centre Data Center & Web Services Division (DC&WS)
Network load balancing and clustering solutions are also implemented on the infrastructure to effectively manage the heavy load on the websites / portals during peakhours and to ensure a high degree of availability and performance.
2. Domain Name :
There are around 4000 Domain Names already registered in NIC.IN Domain , used by the Web Sites/Portals/Web Applications belonging to various Union/State Government Ministries / Departments/organizations etc. As the domain name space under NIC.IN is owned by National Informatics Centre (NIC), NIC offers Domain Name Registration under .NIC.IN free of charge as a part of its hosting services.
The web hosting services are also extended on other domains like GOV.IN, ORG.IN, .AC.IN, .COM, .EDU, .ORG etc... If the site has to be hosted on any of the abovementioned Domains, the User Department has to get the Domain Name registration / renewal done through Domain Registrar. However the NIC officials will extend necessary technical support for the above mentioned task. Once the registration process is over, the site will be hosted on the desired Domain Name.
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3. Hosting Platform :
Web Hosting services are offered on Linux & Windows Platforms and the servers are powered with the state-of-the-art web technologies such as CGI, Perl, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET, JSP, and Servlet etc.. All popular Databases like MS SQL,Oracle, MySQL & PostgreSQL are also supported.
Software
IIS 6.0 SQL-Reporting SQL Server MS Access
Tech. Support
ASP, ASP.Net (Framework 1.1, 2.0,3.0,3.5,4.0) SQL 2005 Server Reporting SQL Server 2005 , SQL Server 2008 MS Access
Software
Apache (2.0.52 & Tomcat (5.5.9) Apache (2.2.23) & Tomcat (5.5.9) PostgreSQL Oracle* MySQL
Tech. Support
PHP (4.3.9), Perl (5.8.0), JSP(1.4.2) (J2SDK1.4.2_4), Servlet 2.4 PHP (5.1.6), Perl (5.8.8), JSP(1.4.2) (J2SDK1.4.2_4), Servlet 2.4 PostgreSQL 7.4 Oracle 10g MySQL 4.1 , MySQL 5.0
Database
* Only available for already running web- applications only not for any fresh distribution.
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6.3 WebStat :
It provides access to on-line analysis of the traffic received at your web site. It not only gives daily / monthly / yearly hit analysis reports of the sites, but also provides information on most popular pages, most often downloaded documents, least popular pages, top referrers/search engines, geographical distribution of visitors etc and many more reports which helps you in developing effective strategies for your Web Site. 6.4 WebCast : Streaming Media Services facilitates you to live webcast of the important Events, Conferences, Seminars etc and it also allows you to stream pre recorded audio/video clips as a part of your website. 6.5 Publicity/ Enhancing the visibility of the Website : To increase the popularity and enhance the visibility of your website, it will be announced in the following popular web portals / directories under suitable sections by providing links and by placing banners (for a specific period) India Image (http://indiaimage.nic.in ) : A gateway to the Indian Government information on the Web, which is extremely popular among netizens and it, also receives 15 million hits every month.
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GOI Directory (http://goidirectory.nic.in ) : A comprehensive directory providing information about websites of India Government including all its entities such as Ministries, Departments, States/Union, Territories, District Administrations Organisations, Institutions etc
7. Hosting Charges:
NICs Web Hosting charges, are announced in the blocks of 5 MB, 10 MB, 15 MB, 25 MB etc. with certain assumption of traffic (amount of data transferred) generated by the site. The various Hosting Plans and their charges along with the number of Email accounts provided are as listed below. 7.1 Hosting Plans & Charges :
Hosting Plan
I II III IV
Disk Space
5 MB 10 MB 15 MB 25 MB More than 25 MB up to 100 MB (Additional space in the units of 5 MB) 200 MB More than 200 MB up to 500 MB (Additional space in the units of 100 MB) 600 MB More than 600 MB up to 1000 MB (i.e 1 GB) (Additional space in the units of 100 MB) 2 GB More than 2 GB up to 1000 GB (Additional space in the units of 1 GB)
Email accounts
1 2 3 5 5
10 10
Rs.43,000 Rs.43,000 + Rs.2,600 (for Additional 100 MB) Rs.70,000 Rs.70,000 + Rs.2,600 (for Additional 100 MB)
VI
10 10
VII
20 20
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7.2 Terms & Conditions : The following terms & conditions are applicable to all the Shared Hosting Plans o User Department owns, updates & maintains the Content o The User Department has to update the relevant files/ folders and transfer the updated contents to the server using the given Remote Updation Facility o Regular Backup facility will be provided o The E-mail accounts offered with Hosting Plans will be under the same domain of Web Site and they are Web based POP accounts o The user department can report the errors/problems related to the hosted Web Site in Web Based Support center available at http://webservices.nic.in. 7.3 Billing Cycle : All the rates are applicable for one financial year. New users will be charged pro-rata on monthly basis from the month of commencement of service till the end of that financial year for the first year. Second year onwards the billing cycle shall be from financial year to financial year.
8. Contact Details :
Users are advised to forward his/ her request for Web Site Hosting as well as associated services through their NIC Coordinator or the Concerned officer from NIC. o If the User Department comes under some State/UT, please visit http://webservices.nic.in/flash/state.pdf to get the contact details of NIC Coordinator for the respective State/UT. o If the User Department comes under some Union Government Ministry / Department / Institute etc, please visit http://webservices.nic.in/flash/sectors.pdf to get the contact details of NIC Coordinator for the respective Ministry / Department.
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