"Through 26 Mission Mode Projects and 8 support components that are estimated to cost over Rs. 23,000 crores over the next 5 years. Major Government development programs like NREG scheme will be implemented on an e-governance format. States have the flexibility to add up to 5 state-specific projects. The entire effort involves 500 implementation agencies, 2 lakh sites and an estimated 70,000 man-years of effort."

Details at http://www.indg.in/e-governance/egov-missionproject/view?set_language=en
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"Requirements for Customization in the CIPA Software Core, and the additional Local Development, are being discussed with States viz. Kerala, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Punjab, and Uttar Pradesh; and being incorporated/developed."
[The link says hardware already delivered for Kerala Police.]

Details at http://www.mit.gov.in/default.aspx?id=870
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In the "Implementation Guidelines, 2007", "ANNEXURE VI – FUNDING PLAN, it says 50% of System Software would be paid in 9th month and remaining 50% in the 12th month after commencement of the project. Interestingly it also says RDBMS should be SQL 2003 compliant - which Microsoft and Oracle "claims" (who is the authority - they themselves, who else) they are.
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Thus, in Kerala we are seeing the beginning of another major successful move, possibly initiated by proprietary software corporates - and Kerala Police being made the first victims, if that be the case. The Government IT consultants here should abandon such gross criminal intents, at least for the sake of future generations here. Kerala Police has a fairly umblemished record in administrative matters.

Can IT secretarial office of Govt of Kerala shed some light ?

CK Raju