Oracle and the Maharashtra government have signed a Memorandum of Understanding intended to accelerate the State’s smart city programme.
According to the MoU, Oracle and the Maharashtra government will create a Center of Excellence in Mumbai. This will serve as a research platform to design, develop and test new capabilities that will deliver better government-to-citizen and government-to-business services.
The proposed projects, to be finalised before the end of the calendar year, include- unified app development for services such as drivers’ licence renewals or property tax payments, digital platform to deliver smart city services across the State, connected infrastructure across all devices, kiosks and citizens, infrastructure services for equipment and IT, resources to manage transportation logistics, including analytics, asset tracking, fleet management and resources to manage utilities, including water and power.
Both Oracle and Maharashtra will invest in IT infrastructure, training and skillset resources as well as management of the CoE.
The Maharashtra government initiated a programme in April to develop 10 smart cities, adding to the 33 announced by the Central government in the 100 smart cities initiative.
Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister of Maharashtra, said: “Together with Oracle, we want to build a new, efficient, transparent and inclusive system that benefits our people. The CoE is a step in that direction and will make more government services available with the click of a button.”
This follows Oracle’s recent announcements including a campus centred in Bengalaru, nine incubation centres throughout India, and an initiative to train more than half a million students each year to develop computer science skills.