National Informatics Centre (NIC) of the Department of Information Technology is providing network backbone and e-Governance support to Central Government, State Governments, UT Administrations, Districts and other Government bodies. It offers a wide range of ICT services including Nationwide Communication Network for Decentralised planning, improvement in Government services and wider transparency of national and local Governments. NIC assists in implementing Information Technology Projects, in close collaboration with Central and State Governments, in the areas of (a) Centrally sponsored schemes and Central sector schemes, (b) State sector and State sponsored projects, and (c) District Administration sponsored projects. NIC endeavours to ensure that the latest technology in all areas of IT is available to its users.

NIC Ranchi – NIC ( National Informatics Centre ) started its state centre at Jharkhand in 2000 and since it has been providing valuable ICT support to the Government Departments at various levels. The major areas include consultancy , training , establishing network and ICT infrastructure , video conferencing , design and development of application software , project implementation , etc.