Why Indian Government Agencies Need a Secure Community Cloud Solution?

India’s digital infrastructure has been revolutionized in the past few years, transforming the country into a global leader in digital adoption. With a fast-expanding digital economy fuelled by advances in cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and digital governance, India’s infrastructure is constantly changing to meet the increasing needs of the public and commercial sectors. Strategic initiatives and projects have been launched to enhance the digital backbone of the country, making it accessible, scalable, and secure in terms of delivering government services, economic development, and improving the lives of citizens.

The construction and establishment of data centers are a significant component of India’s digital landscape. These are critical in serving the growing demand for cloud computing, data storage, and AI/ML use cases. India’s data center market is set to explode with a huge expansion of IT load capacity, presently in excess of 1000 MW.

ESDS Software Solution Limited established data centers in Nashik, Mumbai, and Bangalore, offering consistent cloud facilities to the state governments as well as the public sector entities (PSUs).

Digital Infrastructure: A Game Changer

Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) refers to fundamental digital systems that are accessible, secure, and interoperable and enable critical public services. In India, DPI has played an essential role in altering the digital economy, similar to traditional infrastructure for industrial growth. Key accomplishments include Aadhaar, the Unified Payment Interface (UPI), etc. Aadhaar, the world’s most extensive digital identity program, provides a unique digital identity based on biometric and demographic information. It allows identification at any time and location while preventing duplicate and fraudulent identities. So far, 138.34 crore Aadhaar numbers have been created. The Unified Payment Interface (UPI) allows digital payments and improves financial inclusion.

Common Center Services: Reaching Rural Area

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)’s Common Services Centres (CSCs) project has been instrumental in introducing e-services to rural India. As of October 2024, over 5.84 lakh CSCs are functioning nationwide, including 4.63 lakh at the Gram Panchayat level. The project has enabled the delivery of over 800 services ranging from government initiatives to education, telemedicine, and financial services.

Citizen-Centric Digital Service

Another significant program aiming at making government services more accessible is the Unified Mobile Application for New-Age Governance (UMANG). This smartphone app combines services from various industries, including agriculture, health, education, and retirement. With over 7.12 crore users, UMANG has transformed how citizens interact with government services by offering a uniform platform for quick access and transactions. UMANG is provided in 23 multilingual languages (for the top 100 services), including English and Hindi.

UMANG now provides over 2000 services from 207 central and state government ministries spread throughout 32 states/UTs.

Why is a government agency looking for a government community cloud?

Below are a few key reasons behind looking forward to the best Government Community Cloud:

• Compliance: The Government Community Cloud (GCC) adheres to strict government protocols, ensuring full compliance with national standards and data sovereignty.
• Customer Support: IT assistance from subject matter experts (SMEs) tailored to their specific needs.
• Unmatched Security: With security measures comparable to those of ofIndia’s banks, ESDS is among the leading managed security services.
• Governance: GCC supports the digital transformation of governance, efficient, transparent, and practices.

ESDS Supporting Government-Led IT Infrastructure Projects

• The government-led Mudra Yojana scheme, securely hosted on ESDS’s Government Community Cloud.
• The ESDS Government Community Cloud hosts India’s smart meters and disaster recovery (DR) sites.
• ESDS GCC enables the Digital India Mission and hosts key government schemes.

Conclusion:

ESDS has developed a suitable system to support this development. India’s digital transformation is in full gear, propelled by the Digital India Mission.

The ESDS Government Community Cloud (GCC) is designed to support the IT infrastructure needs of federal and state government entities, enabling digital service delivery while storing data within Indian borders. Several PSU and government clients utilize ESDS’s double-patented vertical auto-scaling technology for hosting applications on the government community cloud.