Targeting to make all public services online so that a citizen does not have to visit a government office at all, Maharashtra will be launching a mobile application and digital payment gateway by the end of the year to facilitate this. The initiative was announced by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.

• The aim is to have all the services online so that a citizen is not forced to visit a government office at all.
• The company named Exuberant  has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Maharashtra government to invest Rs 200 crore in the facility, which will create 500 new jobs by the end of fiscal 2017-18.

Did You Know?

• Devendra Fadnavis is the 18th and current Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
• A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the RSS, Fadnavis represents the Nagpur South West constituency in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.
• At the age of 44, he became the second youngest Chief Minister of Maharashtra, following Sharad Pawar who at the age of 38 became youngest Chief Minister.
• He also served as president of the Maharashtra state unit of the BJP, now succeeded by Raosaheb Dadarao Danve.