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Re:India Orders 32 Websites Blocked, Including GitHub, Archi... by walshemj on Wednesday December 31, 2014 @04:56PM (#8821293)
what is a "political party IT cell" is this some committee of MP's? or some Indian political slang?
Re:India Orders 32 Websites Blocked, Including GitHub, Archi... by viksit on Wednesday December 31, 2014 @09:12PM (#8821910)
The terms are a bit messed up, but the closest thing these are to a US organization is a presidential campaign policy working group. [1] These are the guys who basically act as advisors to the government's top politicians on issues that relate to technology.

Edit: They don't only manage the online presence of the political party. They are more detailed, coming up with policies and papers (presumably - none of these ever show up in public, oddly) [2]

[1] As an example, here's Obama's - http://change.gov/learn/policy_working_groups

[2] The head of the IT cell's LI profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/argupta26

Re:India Orders 32 Websites Blocked, Including GitHub, Archi... by walshemj on Thursday January 01, 2015 @07:16AM (#8822738)
Ah like SPAD's (Special Advisors) are they considered temporary civil servants it seems odd that an unelected "advisor" is making policy and being quoted in the media though.
Re:India Orders 32 Websites Blocked, Including GitHub, Archi... by confusedIndian on Wednesday December 31, 2014 @09:10PM (#8821907)
The ruling party, BJP, has a group of IT professionals managing their online presence. This, they call their "IT cell".
Re:India Orders 32 Websites Blocked, Including GitHub, Archi... by munkay on Thursday January 01, 2015 @08:56PM (#8825173)
cell == division