• Biggest E-Governance Project in the G2B Segment.
  • Covering Complete State of Maharashtra with 38 Locations.
  • 1400 Sales Tax Officers & 6500 Office Staff becoming Digital economy participants.
  • Sales Tax Department having Rs.22,000 Crores Annual outlay.
  • The dealers serviced by the Project – 6,00,000.
  • Citizens serviced by the project – 15,00,000.
  • Won Joint bid with ECIL competition from… IBM, HP, TCS, RELIANCE, HCL Info, CMS, ICICI INFOTECH, ROLTA, TCIL etc.

Business Processes:

A dealer, carrying out business in Maharashtra, is expected to register with STD under relevant act(s). Based on the category, the dealer files tax returns monthly, quarterly and / or yearly, based on which the dealer is assessed. If the dealer is not in agreement with the assessment carried out, an appeal can be filed. Enforcement divisions take necessary actions to detect the tax evasion. The Department collects Rs.17,000 Crores per annum.

 

MahaVikas is the Software deployed for the effective automation of the Sales Tax department involving Key modules like Dealer Information System (DIS), Returns, Assessment, Appeals, Enforcement, Forms Control and Recovery.

 

Scope of Work & Deliverables:

 

  • Automation of Sales Tax Dept. by Computerizing the various Sales Tax Offices spread across 42 districts in the State of Maharashtra on BOOR (Build-Operate-Own-Replenish) basis.
  • Design the IT architecture for the Sales Tax Department’s total automation keeping in view of the efficiencies that can be derived from the use of Information Technologies. As per the design, we have established and maintained Primary Data Center in Mumbai, Secondary Data Center in Hyderabad, Network Operations Centre in Nagpur, IT hardware, networking components, communications and necessary site preparation at all other STD locations.
  • Executed the outsourced processes like Data Entry / Scanning, Printing Notices etc.
  • Established Helpdesk(s) for resolving queries on IT components, MahaVikas and outsourced operations for STD.
  • Carry out application software maintenance / modification / development over the period of contract.
  • Developed and maintained website of STD for dealers with online registration / forms, returns, payment, grievances, querying etc. facilities.
  • Manage transition including understanding of operations, data migration, training the Department employees etc.

 

Technology Deployed:

 

Software – Provided by M/s Mastek Ltd, a Java based three-tier architecture model with DB2 Databases. We shall be responsible for one of the largest deployment of Linux Open source Systems in India resulting in enormous cost savings to the Government.

 

Hardware – Deployment of Very High-end Servers, Large Installations of Desktops, Printers etc.

 

Data Center – Deployment of a state-of-the-art Data Center in Navi-Mumbai with failsafe HVAC Systems and 24/7 availability.

 

Network – A state wide area Network consisting of redundant routes with Hybrid model of Star & Mesh network.

 

Helpdesk – A state wide toll free Help desk working on 24/7 availability.

 

Manpower – The Project requires around 120 Engineers in IT Outsourcing on site basis and around 300+ Staff for Process Outsourcing Activities.