Maharashtra Government Joins Forces with Microsoft and Gates Foundation for Digital Transformation

Mumbai : Microsoft and the Gates Foundation on Thursday have collaborated with the Maharashtra government to make the state a model for digital governance including setting up innovation city in Navi Mumbai and help empower 25 lakh women in becoming self-employed.

Microsoft’s co-founder Bill Gates along with his representatives from the Gates Foundation met Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. According to the sources, the gates foundation will partner with the Maharashtra government to make the state malaria-free. The organisation founded by Bill Gates is focused on improving global health, reducing poverty, and expanding access to education.

Maharashtra Chief Minister met Bill Gates at the Sahyadri guest house in south Mumbai and the two had a discussion on the use of Artificial Intelligence in the field of health, agriculture, global health, reducing poverty and expanding access to education. “We had a very good discussion on varied subjects, including Maharashtra’s initiatives and schemes for youth, farmers, the poor, and women, such as Lakhpati Didi and Ladki Bahin Yojana, which has contributed immensely to the economic upliftment,” Fadnavis wrote on X.“Mr Bill Gates shared that the Gates Foundation will partner with us to make Maharashtra malaria-free. We also discussed AI-driven advancements in health, agriculture, and infrastructure, along with dengue control and innovation city partnerships,” he said.