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Government and Public Sector

Citizen services that work on a basic phone and in the citizen's own language. Public bodies serve large and varied populations with fixed budgets, formal procurement and strict security review. Most departments already have several legacy applications, so the useful work is often a citizen facing layer, case workflows for officers and dashboards for decision makers, built to government web and hosting guidelines.

  • State departments and directorates
  • Municipal corporations and urban local bodies
  • Public sector undertakings
  • Smart city SPVs
  • Regulators and statutory boards
  • Universities and public institutions
Officials in a formal meeting

The pressure points

What slows government and public sector teams down

High volumes of applications and grievances
Certificates, licences, permissions and complaints arrive in thousands, often on paper or through several portals, and officers track them in registers.
Legacy systems that cannot be switched off
Older applications hold years of records. New services must read from and write to them until migration is safe.
Security and hosting requirements
Applications need a security audit by a CERT-In empanelled auditor, hosting on government or MeitY empanelled cloud and compliance with GIGW before go live.
Reaching every citizen
Citizens use basic Android phones, speak many languages and some have disabilities, so portals must be light, multilingual and accessible.

Built for this sector

Systems specific to government and public sector

The work that generic software does not cover, and where most of the value sits.

Grievance redressal workflow
Complaints from portal, helpline, WhatsApp and CPGRAMS routed to the right office, with timelines, escalation and citizen feedback.
Scheme and beneficiary management
Eligibility rules, application scrutiny, beneficiary registry, DBT payment files and de-duplication against other schemes.
Licensing and permission systems
Single window applications with checklists, inspections, fee calculation and digitally signed certificates with QR verification.
Command and control dashboards
Live feeds from city systems such as water, traffic and waste collection into one view for officials.

Where AI helps

AI use cases with a clear return

  1. Citizen help in regional languages

    A voice and chat assistant answers questions about services and eligibility in Gujarati, Hindi and other languages, grounded in official documents.

    Citizens get clear answers without visiting an office, and helpline staff handle complex cases.

  2. Grievance classification and routing

    Reads complaints, identifies department, location and urgency, and routes them correctly, with duplicates grouped.

    Fewer complaints bounce between offices and urgent ones are seen sooner.

  3. Form and document processing

    Extracts data from scanned applications and supporting documents and checks completeness before scrutiny.

    Officers review complete files and incomplete ones are returned to citizens early.

  4. Policy and circular assistant

    Lets officers ask questions across government resolutions, circulars and rules, with the source order cited.

    Decisions refer to the current rule, and new staff learn procedures faster.

What your team would see

Citizen services pendency
Illustrative
Applications received (month)
48,210
Disposed within timeline
87%
Pending beyond timeline
1,940
Citizen satisfaction
4.1 / 5

Monthly applications, thousands

Monthly applications, thousands, point 1: 36Monthly applications, thousands, point 2: 39Monthly applications, thousands, point 3: 41Monthly applications, thousands, point 4: 38Monthly applications, thousands, point 5: 44Monthly applications, thousands, point 6: 46Monthly applications, thousands, point 7: 43Monthly applications, thousands, point 8: 47Monthly applications, thousands, point 9: 49Monthly applications, thousands, point 10: 48

Pendency by service, %

  • Building permissions31
  • Property tax24
  • Trade licences19
  • Birth and death certificates14
  • Water connections12

A sample of the kind of dashboard we build for this sector. Figures are illustrative.

Connects with

  • DigiLocker
  • Aadhaar authentication through licensed AUAs
  • Government payment gateways and PFMS
  • GeM
  • CPGRAMS
  • SMS gateways and WhatsApp Business
  • Existing state data centre applications

Rules we design for

  • DPDP Act 2023
  • Guidelines for Indian Government Websites (GIGW 3.0)
  • CERT-In Directions 2022 and security audit requirements
  • MeitY cloud empanelment guidelines
  • Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016
  • Information Technology Act 2000

Before you start

Government and Public Sector: common questions

Can AI run on government infrastructure without public cloud APIs?

Yes. Open models such as Llama or Qwen can run on servers in a state data centre or empanelled cloud, so citizen data never leaves approved hosting.

Do you build to GIGW and accessibility standards?

Yes. Accessibility, bilingual content, performance on low end phones and security testing are part of the build plan from the first week.

How do you deal with existing legacy systems?

We integrate first through APIs or database views, run old and new side by side, and migrate data in stages once records reconcile.

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