Mobility Platform Services (MPS) is an open, comprehensive and advanced mobile application platform for smart phones and tablets, helping Government organizations of all sizes to efficiently customize the requirements, emulate and deploy on multiple platforms. MPS allows the Application Service Provider (ASP) to carry out the tasks such as registration of a mobile app, customization of requirements, registering web services to fetch data from multiple domains and deliver the mobile app on multiple platforms. The mobile apps that are offered from MPS are of two categories namely, Public Information Client providing information to citizen and Work from Anywhere Client for Govt. officials to carry out their field work, data collection, on site approvals and monitoring. Key Features yyCustomize once and deploy in multiple platforms; development of mobile applications not necessary yyOnline and offline mode of operations are supported. yyInformation Client App and Secured Work from Anywhere Client App are the two categories available under MPS. yySecure client can be used by the Field Officers in Government for field level verifications, validations, inputs, etc., with location details and photograph. yyPaper-less and efficient way to carry out tasks from anywhere. yyData exchanged is secure and encrypted over SSL and apps are security audited. yyUnicode is supported and multi lingual apps are available under MPS. yyEasily configurable and reusable and hence can be used by any department across the country yyGeo Coordinates supported and hence field leve l jobs can be performed and tracked from anywhere yyPersonalization is fully supported. Multiple themes, logo, BG designs are available for various requirements under MPS. yyStatistical Analysis on the usage, pattern, location and device are available under MPS. yyImmediate emulator review after customization over email & SMS MPS offers two types of mobile clients: yyInformation Client (Public/ Internal use), yyWork from Anywhere Client. An overview of Information Client Information Client can be used by the public or by the department internally. It disseminates information to the public as required. User can query the information from various departments using: yyTextual Data yyNumeric Data yyDates yySelection from the given list of options Information Client also registers the transaction details from the MPS services as transaction logs for statistical & analysis use. An overview of Work from Anywhere Client Work from Anywhere Client is a secured client for every government official to carry out their field work or monitoring. This requires authentication and authorization. The mobile IMEI number is verified for every operation that is carried out using this client. The client can be used by Department Officials to carry out their job from anywhere. Work from Anywhere Client uses the secured (SSL) hosted services, in which the Department user can obtain the information as required. Data collected through secured Work from Anywhere includes: yyTextual Data (numeric, date, alphabets, alphanumeric) yyPhotos yyGeo Tag (Latitude & Longitude) yySelection from the given list...etc. In addition the Work from Anywhere Client can also collect transaction details such as yyMobile IME Number yySIM Card Number yyDate & Time yyUser Name and Password as required Work from Anywhere Client also registers the transaction details from the MPS services as transaction logs for statistical and analysis use. Innovations in MPS yySDLC is eliminated. yyRequirement Analysis Prototype phase is live after every design change as SMS, email. yyIterative Design, feedback/review and the Requirement Freezing yyAlerts can be sent to all stakeholders for concurrence. yyThe mobile app is launched as soon as the required domain web service is provided by ASP. yyThe architecture is loosely coupled. yyPay load between layers is encrypted XML data. yyRestful web services are Secured Socket Layer for External application integration. Technology yyO.S - Ubuntu Linux yyDatabase - PostgreSQL 9.2 yyScripts use - PHP 5.3 yyWeb server - Apache and Tomcat yyFramework-1. Phone Gap Mobile development Framework 2. HTML5/CSS3 Green e-Governance Green e-Governance is the application of Green computing practices to the domain of e-Governance. It involves adoption of environmentally friendly practices with respect to creation, use and disposal of ICT facilities. The information client to public and secured anytime anywhere client work flow automation directly and indirectly saves paper from multiple field units at various levels of the department/Government. The data capturing, review and maintenance can be done through the device instead of workflow within the department using papers and files. Awards The Mobility Platform Services by NIC, Tamil Nadu bagged the prestigious e-India 2014 award under “Innovation in Governance of the year” category.