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The article discusses how AWS India is working with various government bodies and initiatives

Amazon Web Services (AWS) stakes enhanced growth momentum in the region on the public sector's use of the cloud in India. According to Pankaj Gupta, Leader - Public Sector Enterprises and Government, Healthcare, AWS India, government ambitions to establish digital platforms for public service present a business opportunity for AWS.

In terms of opening the door for disruptive innovation, the cloud is essential to achieving India's goal of becoming a US$5 trillion economy. Initiatives in the healthcare, education, skill-building, and financial inclusion areas are what are driving this digital acceleration, according to Gupta, speaking to businessline.

He points out that public sector organizations are increasingly utilizing AWS' over 200 services, including AI, machine learning, IP, and application development, in addition to the usage of the cloud as an infrastructure. These use cases help to develop solutions for the general public.

As an illustration, AWS is a part of the government's initiative to repurpose the Co-WIN (COVID-19 vaccine) platform for widespread immunization. The Poshan Tracker program, which provides real-time monitoring of all Anganwadi Centers and services delivered to the beneficiaries, is another project on which it is collaborating with the government.

In his statement, Gupta said, "We work with the government departments and customers to assess their application landscape and then build a cloud migration journey, in the short, mid, Speaking on security further, he explains that AWS is built to be a flexible and secure cloud computing environment and offers clients more than 300 security, and long-term, governance, and compliance features and services.

The public sector is leading in digital transformation when it comes to establishing population-scale platforms, according to Gupta, even though we see growth across the board with all verticals based on the use cases expanding.