"Telangana is adopting smart, safe and sustainable urban development"

In an exclusive interview, Duddilla Sridhar Babu, minister of IT, and electronics and communication, Government of Telangana, shares with Amit Shanbaug insights on leveraging digital technologies, fostering IT growth and promoting sustainability

- Amit Shanbaug

How is Telangana leveraging digital technologies to enhance public service delivery and governance?

Our Meeseva network which currently operates around 5,000 centres will expand by an additional 1,000 centres, equipped with advanced digital tech, offering over 500 government services more efficiently. We will introduce digital kiosks utilising IoT [internet of things], biometrics and analytics for faster and accurate service delivery. A super app will provide a unified platform for various services, from transportation to G2C [government to citizen] services.

Additionally, we are onboarding over 50 new citizen-centric services onto our G2C platform. We are also launching a unique G2G platform for real-time insights and unified communication for effective governance.

Are there specific policies aimed at attracting global tech companies?