Advanced tech being used for service delivery to citizens in Telangana

The government of Telangana has deployed advanced technologies to ensure better service delivery for citizens, reports Shivani Shinde

Rangareddy in the state of Telangana is perhaps one of the few districts in the country where farmers use artificial intelligence (AI) to control pests and improve the quality of their cotton produce.
 
Telangana’s information technology electronics and communications (ITE&C) department, the Mumbai-based Wadhwani Institute for Artificial Intelligence — a non-profit research institute that uses AI solutions for the social good — and the NITI Aayog have together created a mobile application based on AI that allows cotton farmers to detect pests early in the product cycle and adopt remedial measures.
 
The app helps detect pink bollworm and