Maharashtra CM Fadnavis directs departments to complete digital services integration by December 31

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has directed government departments and MahaIT to complete all pending work related to the statersquos digital governance services platform by December 31 ahead of its planned launch on January 26 2027The platform will integrate services available on MahaDBT 20 MAITRI 20 and Aaple Sarkar 20 with the aim of enabling citizens to access government services seamlessly through digital channelsFadnavis issued the directions during a meeting at his official residence Varsha to review the integration and streamlining of services across the three platforms He said effective coordination between departments and MahaIT was essential to ensure uninterrupted service deliveryOnce fully operational the system is expected to reduce the daily administrative burden on government departments by 50 per cent and minimise the need for citizens to visit government offices in personThe Chief Minister directed departments to avoid frequent changes to technical requirements during the development process and asked MahaIT to ensure that the platform meets departmental needs He also called for a timebound mechanism to record and resolve technical and administrative issuesDepartments have been instructed to complete the process of issuing government resolutions within three days of approval by the HighPowered CommitteeExternal portals to be integrated by November 30The state government has set November 30 as the deadline for departments to integrate their external portals with Aaple Sarkar and MAITRIMahaIT and MAITRI must also complete the development and integration of governmenttocitizen and governmenttobusiness services approved by the HighPowered Committee by the same dateUser acceptance testing field testing training for officials preparation of user manuals and citizen awareness activities must be completed by December 15Fadnavis said the platforms success would be measured by citizens experience and feedback rather than merely the completion of technical work He stressed that services must be easy to access and deliver tangible benefits to the public723 services rationalisedOf the 1222 services reviewed by the government 723 have been rationalised These include 32 nonservice items 83 obsolete services 51 immediate services and 333 duplicate or supplementary servicesFurther action is underway on 467 services across 46 subdivisions following approval from the HighPowered CommitteeMahaDBT 20 to include 130 schemesThe government plans to bring 130 schemes run by various corporations onto MahaDBT 20 using standardised application formsA unified lsquoMahaHostelrsquo platform is also being developed to cover more than 1700 hostels managed by nine departmentsThe state has additionally proposed a centralised registration portal for government contracts based on the principle of lsquoOne Contractor One Identification NumberrsquoMeanwhile a databasedriven system is proposed to proactively identify pension beneficiaries The government has identified 89 lakh potential beneficiaries across MaharashtraThe state is also developing a system to integrate the Sports eCertificate platform with the state education board so that students verified sports marks can be automatically included in examination resultsMaharashtra to classify service centres into four categoriesOf the 32479 active service centres across the state 17517 have reported compliance with prescribed standards while 12824 have completed verificationThe centres are being classified into four categories lsquoSmartrsquo lsquoCapablersquo lsquoEmergingrsquo and lsquoAspiringrsquo based on application volumes operational days approval rates citizen feedback and quality standardsThe government plans to felicitate centres classified as lsquoSmartrsquo on January 26 2027Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Ajit Pawar Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence Minister Ashish Shelar Maharashtra State Commission for Right to Services Chief Commissioner Manukumar Shrivastava senior officials from various departments and representatives of MahaIT MAITRI and Samagra attended the meeting