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National Resource Centre for Free/Open Source Software
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<p>National Resource Centre for Free/Open Source Software (NRCFOSS) is an organisation created and financed in <a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM">India</a> by the Department of Information Technology, <a href="/facts/Ministry_of_Communications_and_Information_Technology_(India)/pCCv0o3j">Ministry of Communication and Information Technology</a>, <a href="/facts/Government_of_India/BIpETqjv">Government of India</a> in April 2005. </p><p>It is jointly administered by the Chennai Division of <a href="/facts/Centre_for_Development_of_Advanced_Computing/nnJTNzpl">Centre for Development of Advanced Computing</a> (C-DAC) and the <a href="/facts/Anna_University_K_B_Chandrashekar_Research_Centre/dKlQk9FA">AU-KBC Research Centre</a> of <a href="/facts/Anna_University/kaHh1kDD">Anna University</a>. </p><p>Some state governments, for example <a href="/facts/Kerala/DMP5u40q">Kerala</a>, already have programmes to popularize <a href="/facts/FOSS/1cHtjLCB">FOSS</a> among the masses especially among the students. The founding of NRCFOSS is the first initiative by the Government of India in the direction of making efforts for increasing the acceptance of <a href="/facts/FOSS/1cHtjLCB">FOSS</a> at a national level. NRCFOSS is designed to give a boost to the efforts to popularize <a href="/facts/FOSS/1cHtjLCB">FOSS</a> products among lay computer users of India. </p>