PMO App Development Contest Launched

Posted on 5th Mar 2015 11:19 am by mohit kumar

New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) The government along with online search giant Google launched on Wednesday a nationwide contest to develop a mobile app for the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said here.

Google will partner MyGov in this contest to build the PMO mobile app.

“This is the government, which not only engages, it also acts upon the suggestions,” the minister said while launching the app.

He said this tieup shows that the government “use social media for public good” and the crowd sourcing it does implies that the government reposes immense trust with its people.

Prime Minister Narender Modi in his address at the 25th foundation day of the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) recently had announced the plan to launch a mobile App for the PMO.

The contest will be organized over the next three months in three phases of ideation, wireframe development and App development. The best App will be then presented to the PMO. The team developing the wining app will get a chance to visit the headquarters of Google in the US.

The contest is open for all citizens of India above the age of 18 years, who are registered on MyGov.

The government also sought suggestions from the citizens of the country through its MyGov portal before the Rail Budget and Union Budget 2015-16 and incorporated these suggestions in the respective budgets.

“This app will be Made in India and it will be Made for India,” Rajan Anandan, vice president and managing director, Google India & South-East Asia said.

Observing that India is a mobile first nation, he said India has 300 million Internet users, out of which 200 million access it through mobile phones.

Other news

Umran Malik's lethal bowling: The ball hit Mayank's ribs at the speed of 143, and the Punjab captain started sobbing with pain; the match had to be stopped

The last league match of the IPL 2022 season was played between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Ki

BJP's protest in the espionage case for the second day: Many BJP workers in custody; CM Kejriwal's program canceled at AAP headquarters

After the Delhi MCD, the BJP on Thursday tried to corner the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the espiona

Solar Eclipse 2023: When is the solar eclipse in India, know the time and date; how to avoid negative energy

Surya Grahan 2023: The first solar eclipse of the year 2023 is going to happen on 20 April. This

Coronavirus: 8 million people withdraw money from PF, what will be the effect on you

In three months, 80 lakh people have withdrawn money by breaking their provident fund.

&n

GDP of India: S&P estimates India's GDP growth rate to be 7.3% in the current financial year, know details

S&P Global Ratings on Monday projected India's GDP growth rate at 7.3% for the year 2022-23.

Coronavirus: 265 people died in a day in the country, 7964 cases were reported in 24 hours

New Delhi: The deadly corona virus outbreak is increasing in the country. In the last 24 hours, 2

In the last 24 hours, about 17,000 new patients were found, 20,000 were cured; More than 16,000 of those recovering are from Maharashtra and Kerala only

Continuation of rapid increase in corona patients in the country. On Tuesday, 16,846 new patients

Rishabh Pant Accident: Car overturned several times after the accident, instead of helping Rishabh, the youth ran away with money from his bag

Indian cricket team player Rishabh Pant's car met with a major accident while coming from Delhi t

Corona threat in the country and the world: China opens all borders, 200 crore people will move in 40 days

With the increase in corona cases in China, the danger of a new wave is also looming in countries

Adani Group's 74% stake in Mumbai Airport, agreement for the acquisition

The Adani Group will acquire GVK Group's stake in Mumbai Airport. The group, led by billionaire i