Government's citizen-engagement platform MyGov has launched a nationwide contest to build a mobile app for the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). "This contest will be held across the country, at different institutions and colleges and will invite participation from people throughout India," the statement said. Internet giant Google is partnering with the MyGov to create the PMO Mobile App. 

While speaking at NASSCOM event, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that they were planning to invite ideas from the public for developing a mobile app for his office. "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," Gaurav Dwivedi, CEO, MyGov said. 

"We announced about five months ago that we will contribute on the Digital India initiative and the app development contest is a step in that direction," Rajan Anandan, Vice President and Managing Director, Google India & South-East Asia said. 

The contest will be divided into three phases, the first phase will seek ideas from the public on what they would like to see in the mobile app for the PMO, the second phase will involve building wireframes and the final phase will include short listing, judging and building the app.

By Premji