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Maharashtra govt empanels 'big four' as eGovernance

consultants

Maharashtra government has empanelled leading consultancy firms Deloitte, Ernst and Young,

Grant Thornton, KPMG, PwC and Wipro to provide consultancy services for the effective

implementation of eGovernance in all departments. The contract period will be upto March

2023.

Maharashtra government has empanelled leading consultancy firms Deloitte, Ernst and Young,
Grant Thornton, KPMG, PwC and Wipro to provide consultancy services for the effective
implementation of eGovernance in all departments. The contract period will be upto March
2023.
The departments will be authorised to select any of the empanelled consultants for eGovernance
related work. However, the departments will have to finalise the scope of work for consultancy
with concurrence of directorate of information technology (DIT).

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State government officer told DNA, "The government is laying emphasis on cutting edge
technology initiatives with the overall administration. The eGovernance programmes aim to take
the government to the citizens' doorsteps as an usher in a digitally inclusive society.''
However, the government has issued strict guidelines in the selection of the empanelled
consultants. ''The empanelled firms will have to clearly define the milestones in their proposal
for the project and clearly devise the measurable outcomes. The selected agency will be required
to provide monthly status reports to the department on the performance of work,'' the officer said.

The selected agency will be responsible for economising the cost of the project by encouraging
use of common infrastructure, database and code sharing as per the e Governance, cloud and
other government policies. ''It will be binding on the project manager of the selected agency to
monthly brief DIT about the progress and status of the project so that best use of existing
infrastructure and inputs could be made in the interest of the project,'' the officer informed.
Some of the eGovernance initiatives launched by the state government include RojgarWahini, a
web portal developed for the Department of Employment and Self-Employment. It provides free
services like vocational guidance, job opportunities and self-employment guidance to the job
seekers.
SARITA - Stamps & Registration Information Technology based Administration is a
government to citizen project which aims to design, develop, and implement a computerized
application for registration of documents.

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ARTICLE DATED- 24/12/2021
https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-maharashtra-govt-empanels-big-four-as-
egovernance-consultants-2748351
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EIGHT FIRMS VYING FOR MAJOR CONSULTING

CONTRACT IN UTTAR PRADESH
The task is a mammoth one: Planning out how to take the Uttar Pradesh's gross
state domestic product (GSDP) to $1 trillion by 2025 – currently at $230 billion.
Eight organisations reportedly fancy the challenge and have joined the bidding
process.
Growing from $230 billion to $1 trillion in five years requires a growth rate of
around 45% per year. Last year – a solid one for Uttar Pradesh – saw a growth
rate of 7%. The state government wants to up the ante, and how. In conversation
with the Hindustan Times, economic experts labeled the plan as an “aspirational
goal rather than an achievable target.”

Despite acknowledging the steepness of the target figure – and having witnessed
the Covid-19 economic impact – the Uttar Pradesh government put out a request
for proposal (RFP) in June, calling on consultants to draw up a plan to meet the
targets.
Eight bids have come in from consultancies and research institutes, including
from Boston Consulting Group, Grant Thorton, Nangia and Co, Deloitte and IIM-
Ahmedabad.

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A high-powered committee under the chief secretary is currently shortlisted the
companies that will be invited to the presentation round. “Thereafter, the
technical bids would be opened and evaluated, followed by financial bids,” said a
senior officer to the Hindustan Times.

For the selected consultant, the job description is large and complicated.
According to the RFP document, the plan should specify “monthly, quarterly and
annual key performance indicators, how to measure them, and who should
measure them and its online reporting mechanism.”

The consultant is also tasked with scrutinising Uttar Pradesh’s existing state
infrastructure and institutions to point out factors that can help or hinder growth.
All this must be done in the context of a modernising economy, taking into
consideration economic trends across sectors and identifying best practices from
around the world. The consultant will “assign targets and how to achieve them for
each sector towards one trillion (dollar) economy.”

Powering ahead 
With more than 200 million people – roughly the population of Brazil – Uttar
Pradesh is India’s most populous state and the third largest by GDP. The

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numbers represent the region's significance for India from an economic
standpoint. Primed to become the second largest economy in the world by 2050,
India’s immediate goal is to reach $5 trillion in output by 2025.
The central government is taking myriad measures to meet these targets,
featuring land & labour reforms, corporate tax cuts, manufacturing incentives and
several others. Individual state governments, meanwhile, are looking to up their
contribution by focusing on key strengths.

In related news, the Andhra Pradesh government recently enlisted management

consultancy Boston Consulting Group (BCG) to advise on an economic
development plan – a process that yielded actionable insights.

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ARTICLE DATED – 13/10/2020
https://www.consultancy.in/news/3405/eight-firms-vying-for-major-consulting-contract-
in-uttar-pradesh
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TOP CONSULTING FIRMS HELPING

GOVERNMENT WITH COVID-19 PLANS
India’s government is very busy making Covid-19 response plans, helped along
by a cohort of leading strategy consulting firms and the consulting divisions of
the Big Four groups. While most work is paid, consultancies are also providing
pro bono support. 
In the past month and a half, central and state governments have sought help
from leading consulting firms to study Covid-19’s economic impact, and help with
resource planning, economic modeling. Firms are drawing up exit strategies,
stimulus packages, and suggesting sector-specific and macroeconomic revival
schemes that might accelerate economic recovery. A roundup:

McKinsey & Company

McKinsey has been working closely with the central government since the start of
the crisis. India’s central planning body NITI Aayog and the Ministry of Finance
have both been consulting McKinsey for advice on resource & economy planning
and forecasts. Similar support is being given to the Maharashtra government at
the state level. No doubt, the firm has offered global economic expertise, while
also offering tech support at the state and regional level. McKinsey has
developed a digital dashboard that enables coordination between several
databases in various formats – a critical tool for crisis management. Most of this
work is pro bono.

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Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
BCG has been in the mix at the Central Health Ministry’s war room, while also
supporting the state health ministry in Maharashtra. A spokesperson from the
firm described the project as a “privilege,” stating, “we consider our responsibility
towards society and nation-building as a core element of our purpose.” BCG
was recently appointed to help the Karnataka government rearrange its
regulatory and monetary framework to attract investors that are shifting away
from China in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis.

Kearney
Kearney – formerly A.T. Kearney has been involved in the infrastructure
development process in response to the crisis, although the firm declined
to share details of their efforts due to “confidential nature of the
information.”

Big Four
Consulting arms of the Big Four are stretching to offer support where they can.
EY, for instance, has repurposed its staff for crisis management, with teams
spread across central bodies, state governments, and 210 districts across India.
More than 15 central ministries are currently consulting EY teams, alongside 19

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state governments.National Leader for Government & Public Sector services at
EY India Gaurav Taneja offered the Economic Times insight on the type of
functions that EY staff is serving. “We are working with states on pandemic
preparedness, central command centres, public distribution systems, police
department deployments, health services related procurements, and in some
cases like Haryana, even creating health related mobile apps and supporting
decision making with data analytics.” “We are working with state governments in
ensuring the build out of logistics and supply chains, formulating strategies for a
phased opening of industries and enabling the government in making decisions
on an economic stimulus for businesses and industries,” he said.

KPMG is involved with nine state governments and a handful of central ministries
for crisis management as well, with a specific focus on healthcare management
and logistics. “Our teams are working tirelessly alongside government officials,
practically around the clock, to manage the crisis,” said Elias George, partner &
head of Infrastructure, Government & Healthcare at KPMG India.
Leveraging its strengths, Deloitte has been supporting five cities across India
with digital and analytics support. Offering insights, partner at Deloitte India
Arindam Guha said, “we have been supporting them in implementation of
technology solutions, deployed for identifying high incidence areas on a real time
basis, tracking people under quarantine and isolation, real time tracking of
delivery of essential supplies in containment zones etc.”

All together
In May, a cohort of seven consultancies including PwC, KPMG, EY, Bain &
Company, Primus Partners and Mirae Asset Management were brought on
board by public-private partnership industry body Invest India to "create a
strategy and ‘ready to implement’ plan of action for India’s economic revival by

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analysing quantitative and qualitative metrics across states, districts and
sectors.”

ARTICLE DATED – 22/07/2020

https://www.consultancy.in/news/top-consulting-firms-helping-government-with-
covid-19-plans
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BCG to help Karnataka's government attract

investments
Boston Consulting Group has been appointed by the Karnataka State
Government for a period of 12 months to help the state attract investments. The
contract is worth Rs. 12 crore for the entire period.
BCG’s task is to help the state attract funds to a variety of industries, including
aerospace, biotechnology, IT and food processing, among others. One central
goal for the state, according to Livemint reports, is to position itself to capitalise
on investments that are moving out of China due to the Covid-19 crisis.

Experts have been calling for India to market itself as a substitute, and the
Karnataka government has reportedly established a specialist task force to target
businesses that are looking to move out of China. The bottom line is to draw
investments and rescue the Karnataka economy – a process of which Boston
Consulting Group (BCG) will now be an integral part.
The state economy was already struggling with liquidity before the pandemic hit
at the start of this year, and the economic lockdown has only served to worsen
the situation. Alongside the establishment of a specialist task force and the
appointment of BCG, the government has taken several measures to draw
investments, including a relaxation of labour laws in the state.

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Another initiative being taken by the government is a Global Investors Meet, due
to be held in November this year, aimed at publicising the investment
opportunities available in Karnataka to global investors. Big Four accounting and
advisory firms EY and PwC were reportedly brought on board as partners for the
event, which has now been thrown into uncertainty by the pandemic.
The state government is yet to confirm whether the event will go ahead. In the
mean time, BCG will work with the government for the next 12 months to try and
draw investments into the state. Investments are likely to start flowing as the
economy opens up in India and around the world, and BCG will help ensure that
Karnataka projects itself as a bright spot to attract funds.

This is not the first time the consulting firm has been appointed to help a state
government in India with its development plans. Late last year, BCG was called
upon by the Andhra Pradesh government to resolve a deadlock on how best to
move forward with its economic development strategy.

BCG put together a comprehensive set of recommendations at the start of this

year, suggesting a region-wise development plan. The Karnataka government
will hope that the firm’s previous experience will come in handy to help achieve
its economic objectives.

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ARTICLE DATED- 13/07/2020

https://www.consultancy.in/news/3181/bcg-to-help-karnataka-government-attract-investments

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Govt to hire KPMG for Rebuild Kerala

consultancy at Rs 6.8cr

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ARTICLE DATED- 25/06/2020

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/rebuild-kerala-contract-reeks-
of-graft-ramesh/articleshow/76632439.cms

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State govts leverage Big 4’s tech for

management of pandemic
NEW DELHI : With states preparing for a likely influx of migrant workers
after the lockdown, the so-called ‘big four’ consultancies are helping state
governments with crisis management to deal with the coronavirus
pandemic, according to several people aware of the development.
KPMG, Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and EY teams already
working on different assignments in the states have been repurposed to
help with advance planning and allocation of resources for building
facilities to house migrants and creating medical infrastructure, among
other tasks.
In preparation for industries opening up after the 40-day lockdown, they are
setting up helplines, bringing states upto speed and helping firm up their
protocols around health and safety, transportation, logistics and standard
operating procedures (SOPs).
“Almost all states are using consultants," said a senior partner at one of the four
firms, requesting anonymity.
With their project management units (PMUs) in place, they have been helping
Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Assam with logistics
planning for hospitals, quarantine facilities, isolation beds, intensive care units
(ICUs), ventilators and personal protective equipment (PPE).
“We are helping the states with procurement and have repurposed our teams as
we already had existing mandates in the states," said another senior partner of
another consulting firm, who also did not want to be named. The union and the
state governments have been using these firms as programme managers for
implementing the marquee schemes.
Spokespersons for KPMG, Deloitte, PwC and EY declined to comment.

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Consultancy and audit firms are among the front-line companies affected by the
covid-19-related economic slowdown, because almost all their client companies
have halted key strategic and ongoing projects, affecting payment schedules.
Executives at the firms have been effusive in their praise of the state
bureaucracy that has adopted a new 24x7 playbook and a speedy
responsiveness metric in the process.
“Given the huge problems, states are aware of the challenges and their
responsiveness has been eye opening. All principal secretaries, additional chief
secretaries and the rank and file is up till late night for finding quick resolutions,"
said the second partner cited above.
This comes against the backdrop of the Narendra Modi government resetting the
rules of engagement, specifically for civil servants of the Indian Administrative
Service.
“Since they were already working on some of our projects it made sense to
leverage their capabilities," said a state government official, requesting
anonymity.
There has been growing criticism that the lockdown, while necessary, was
unplanned, upending the lives of more than 600,000 daily wagers and their
families, and forcing them to leave for their villages. Public health experts fear
that the mass migration, the biggest since partition, may also trigger an explosion
of cases in rural areas where healthcare facilities are poorly staffed, lack testing
labs and have almost no critical-care equipment.
With everyone involved needing to be in-sync round the clock, technology has
emerged as the saviour in the age of social distancing.

ARTICLE DATED- 28/04/2020

https://www.livemint.com/news/india/state-govts-leverage-big-4-s-tech-for-management-of-
pandemic-11588016812794.html

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 RANKINGS
INDIA’S TOP CONSULTING FIRMS IN
THE GOVERNMENT INDUSTRY

RANKS FIRMS NAME

1 Boston Consultancy Group (BCG)

2 EY

3 Bain & Company

4 Deloitte

5 KMPG

6 McKinsey & Company

7 Strategy&

8 Alvarez & Marsal

9 Cordence Worldwide

10 Mercer

11 Nextcontinent

12 Analysys Mason

13 YCP Solidiance

REF- https://www.consultancy.in/rankings/top-consulting-firms-in-india-by-industry-
expertise/government

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