What is "vikaspedia"

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Vikaspedia is an online information guide launched by the Government of India. 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, Dongri, Sanskrit, kashmiri, Konkani, Nepali, Oriya, Urdu, Maithili, Manipuri, Santali, Sindhi, Punjabi, and Marathi.

It was started on 18 February 2014 and has information in the domains of Agriculture, Health, Education, Social Welfare, Energy and e-Governance. The name of the portal is a portmanteau of the words Vikas ( Sanskrit for "Development") and encyclopedia. The uniqueness of the portal is providing information in local languages in all 6 given sectors. Vikaspedia is planning to launch portals in 4 more regional languages including Punjabi, Oriya, Sanskrit and Urdu.