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Type of site | Information and knowledge portal |
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| Owner | Government of India |
| URL | vikaspedia |
| Launched | 18 February 2014 (2014-02-18)1 |
Vikaspedia is an Indian online encyclopaedia, launched by the Government of India.23 The website was implemented by C-DAC Hyderabad and is run by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. It is built as a portal for the social sectors, and offers information in 23 languages: English, Assamese, Telugu, Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Bodo, Dogri, Sanskrit, Kashmiri, Konkani, Nepali, Odia, Urdu, Maithili, Meitei, Santali, Sindhi, Punjabi, and Marathi.4
It was started on 18 February 2014 and has information in the domains of Agriculture, Health, Education, Social Welfare, Energy and e-Governance.5 The name of the portal is a portmanteau of the words Vikas (Sanskrit for "Development") and encyclopedia. The portal provides information in local languages in all six given sectors.
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- "Government launches Vikaspedia as online information guide". DNA. 18 February 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- "Government launches Vikaspedia, website for local content development tools". NDTV. 18 February 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
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