MUMBAI: The Government of Maharashtra's Directorate of Economics and Statistics (DES) has implemented a Decision Support System to provide critical information to assist in better planning of the progress of the state.

According to a press release, Blue Star Infotech, in conjunction with SAS, HP and Oracle, built and commissioned the entire system in a record timeframe of 8 calendar months.
 
Blue Star Infotech was appointed as a Turnkey Solution Provider for a contract period of 5 years with responsibilities for supply, installation and commissioning of all tendered Hardware, Networking and Software, development / implementation of all aspects of the solution ranging from data entry forms to analytical reports and requisite training of the DES staff.
 
According to Mr. V. K. Aggarwal, Additional Chief Secretary - Planning, Government of Maharashtra: "DES-Maharashtra is the first government department to implement such a system. With this new computerized system, information collected at various regional and district statistical offices can be consolidated at the state head office without any delay and the complex analysis can be carried out more easily and with greater accuracy. We are pleased that the solution was commissioned on time by Blue Star Infotech."