Govt announces contest to crowdsource ideas for PMO’s mobile app

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MyGov, the citizen engagement platform of the Government of India, has partnered with Google to announce a contest for building the official mobile application of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). With smartphones acting as the first or main point of internet access for a significant number of the Indian citizens, the app will play a vital role in connecting the PMO with the general population.

To make sure the application has features that are relevant to all, the government is going to the people itself to get suggestions on what that want to see in the application.

“Through the PMO app contest we wish to use technology effectively to encourage innovation, aspiration and enhance connectivity. We want to provide every citizen access to the PMO through a mobile device. And since this is an app for the people, we are inviting people to submit ideas on the features they would like to see in their PMO’s mobile app,” said Gaurav Dwivedi, CEO, MyGov.

The app contest has been divided into three phases: the first phase will seek ideas from the public on what they would like to see in the app, the second phase will involve developers sending out mock-ups, and the final phase will include short listing, judging and selecting a team, which will building the app. Like any contest, there are prizes and you can read about them on the contest website.

From the available information so far, it seems like that the PMO application will be available only for Android (at least initially).

MYGov has tied up with Google to be the technical partner for this project. The company will provide its expertise on the matter as well as mentor the finally chosen team of developers, who will build the PMO app.

“To realise the Government’s Digital India vision, we are collaborating with MyGov to develop a mobile app for the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) through a contest.

With this we wish to support the Government’s agenda and provide every citizen access to the PMO’s office through a mobile device,” saif Chetan Krishnaswamy, Country Head- Public Policy at Google India.

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Govt announces contest to crowdsource ideas for PMO's mobile app

 

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Contest for PMO mobile app launched; winner gets trip to US

NEW DELHI: A contest has been launched for development of a mobile app for the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).  
 
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his recent address at the 25th foundation day of the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) had announced the intention to launch a mobile app for PMO. 

The Government’s citizen engagement platform MyGov will host this contest in association with Google. The contest will be organized over the next three months in three areas 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 United States. 

The contest is open for all citizens of India above the age 18 years, who are registered on MyGov (https://mygov.in). Participants can submit their entries on the contest page. Each phase will be assessed by an independent jury constituted by MyGov. 

Speaking on the launch, Communication & Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said views of the citizens collected through the MyGov and other forum have been incorporated into railway and Union Budgets. 
 
The need to tackle benami properties and the idea for introduction of sovereign gold bound scheme have come through some suggestions from the people. He said this Government wants to take follow up action on ideas obtained through crowd sourcing and also wants to use social media for public good. 



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