Vikaspedia

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Vikaspedia is an Indian online encyclopedia by Government of India.[1][2] It was implemented by Centre for Development of Advanced Computing and run by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology of en:Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.[3]

Vikaspedia
Type of site
Information and knowledge portal
OwnerGovernment of India
URLvikaspedia.in
Launched18 February 2014; 10 years ago (2014-02-18)[4]

Language editions[change | change source]

It is have 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.[5]

References[change | change source]

  1. "Government launches Vikaspedia as online information guide". DNA India. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  2. "Government launches Vikaspedia, website for local content development tools". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  3. PTI (2014-02-18). "Govt launches Vikaspedia as online information guide". mint. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  4. "Indian government launches Vikaspedia". Techinasia. 19 February 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  5. "Tech in Asia - Connecting Asia's startup ecosystem". www.techinasia.com. Retrieved 2024-03-26.