In a bid to explore partnerships and transparency in governance in the State, global technology giant Oracle has signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Jharkhand on Monday. The visiting CEO of Oracle Corporation, Safra A Catz, said technologies from Oracle are bound to drive digitisation in India, its second largest base after the US.
“The company employs close to 40,000 people in India making it its second largest centre outside the US. In our view, India is one of the greatest possible opportunities right now,” said Catz while signing a MoU with the Jharkhand Government for jointly exploring and identifying areas in which Oracle’s latest cloud based technologies can be used to deliver improved citizens services..
She hoped that the latest agreement with the Jharkhand, and a similar one with Maharashtra last year, would pave the way for alliances with other States. “The investment is unbounded. We have not bound the investments in any way. We have not put a cap on it,” Catz, who is on a three-day visit to India, said adding that Oracle will support start-ups in the State.
“We have initiated programmes in this direction. We have recently started State Data Centre which is very effective and helpful in providing effective and responsible governance,” he said.
Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das also said the State is ramping up IT infrastructure. “We have initiated programmes in this direction. We have recently started State Data Centre which is very effective and helpful in providing effective and responsible governance,” he said.
Das said that in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s digital India drive, the State Government is undertaking continued efforts to bridge the gap between the Government and its citizens through increased usage of IT. “We have targeted to make all the Government departments paperless by the end of this year,” he said.
Jharkhand is now heading towards Mobile governance, he said, adding the State is aiming to provide various information and services on time to its citizens. “The Government of Jharkhand has distributed 100,000 mobile phones to women entrepreneurs,” he pointed out.
Das-led a high-level delegation comprising state Chief Secretary Rajbala Verma, Principal Secretary to CM Sanjay Kumar, IT & e-Governance Secretary Sunil Kumar Barnwal.