The employees of Maharashtra Housing Area Development Authority will soon get tablet PCs for paper-free working and pursuing tasks assigned to the staff. The housing authority has also floated a tender for the same.
With this attempt, MHADA is aiming to move away from the traditional work patterns and of storing paper files. MHADA will purchase tablet PCs for its employees to keep up with the technological changes.
MHADA has invited tender from firms to provide 104 tablets and 2 laptops. The tender displayed on its website says that the cost of a single Tab as per the requirement of MHADA is Rs 32,500, where as the laptop cost is around Rs 35,000. In all, the housing authority has expressed willingness to spend Rs 34 lakh to make its department tech-savvy. 
According to a MiDDay report, a MHADA official said, “We have invited tenders for tablet PCs and laptops with the aim to speed up the lengthy paper work process. Mobile Software Task Manager (MSTM) will also be installed on the devices with the help of a software which will help the head of departments to keep a track of daily work of their respective department employees and will also know what work has been assigned to whom.”
It is worth mentioning here that earlier MHADA Vice President Satish Gavai had said that such technological initiatives will increase efficiency and transparency of work that is done by the housing authority.
The authority has appointed a company to design the software that will help MHADA officials to remind others and their subordinates about the tasks assigned to them. The authorities will also be able to check the status of various works appointed to their subordinates.
However, the official identified the issue of technical glitch with the use of the tablets. Since the interaction in the files is in Marathi language, the officials will take time to get accustomed to the language transition. MHADA is working to counter this issue as well by installing a Unicode font in the tablets
