Maharashtra govt empanels 'big four' as eGovernance consultants

  • | Sunday | 12th May, 2019

The departments will be authorised to select any of the empanelled consultants for eGovernance related work. The selected agency will be required to provide monthly status reports to the department on the performance of work,'' the officer said. Maharashtra government has empanelled leading consultancy firms Deloitte, Ernst and Young, Grant Thornton, KPMG, PwC and Wipro to provide consultancy services for the effective implementation of eGovernance in all departments. However, the departments will have to finalise the scope of work for consultancy with concurrence of directorate of information technology (DIT). The eGovernance programmes aim to take the government to the citizens' doorsteps as an usher in a digitally inclusive society.''

Maharashtra government has empanelled leading consultancy firms Deloitte, Ernst and Young, Grant Thornton, KPMG, PwC and Wipro to provide consultancy services for the effective implementation of eGovernance in all departments. The contract period will be upto March 2023. The departments will be authorised to select any of the empanelled consultants for eGovernance related work. However, the departments will have to finalise the scope of work for consultancy with concurrence of directorate of information technology (DIT). State government officer told DNA, "The government is laying emphasis on cutting edge technology initiatives with the overall administration. The eGovernance programmes aim to take the government to the citizens' doorsteps as an usher in a digitally inclusive society.'' However, the government has issued strict guidelines in the selection of the empanelled consultants. ''The empanelled firms will have to clearly define the milestones in their proposal for the project and clearly devise the measurable outcomes. The selected agency will be required to provide monthly status reports to the department on the performance of work,'' the officer said. The selected agency will be responsible for economising the cost of the project by encouraging use of common infrastructure, database and code sharing as per the e Governance, cloud and other government policies. ''It will be binding on the project manager of the selected agency to monthly brief DIT about the progress and status of the project so that best use of existing infrastructure and inputs could be made in the interest of the project,'' the officer informed. Some of the eGovernance initiatives launched by the state government include RojgarWahini, a web portal developed for the Department of Employment and Self-Employment. It provides free services like vocational guidance, job opportunities and self-employment guidance to the job seekers. SARITA - Stamps & Registration Information Technology based Administration is a government to citizen project which aims to design, develop, and implement a computerized application for registration of documents.

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