Twitter on Tuesday March 24,2015 launched Twitter Samvad in collaboration with the Indian Govt so as to allow people to receive tweets as SMSes from government offices, including the Prime Minister's Office.
The service was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his meeting here with Twitter chief executive Dick Costolo, who told media persons after the meeting that "based on Indian technological innovation, Twitter Samvad is dedicated and specially built for the largest democracy of the world".
"As part of the Prime Minister's Digital India initiative, this tweet-powered service enables citizens to be the first to know about the government's actions by receiving political content in real-time on their mobile devices anywhere in the country."
As of now, 16 government offices, including the ministry of railways, the Bengaluru police and the chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal are participating in Twitter Samvad, which is powered by Bengaluru-based ZipDial, which was recently acquired by Twitter.
Narendra Modi has launched a new service called Twitter Samvad in India. This service will deliver a group of government written tweets to registered mobile users daily, and keep them updated about their proceedings and further e-governance. It’s a first-of-its-kind initiative where every day a set of curated tweets will be delivered from the government and leaders’ accounts to mobile users across the country as SMS
Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted on the new collaboration: "Lets deepen our connect! Give a missed call on 011 3006 3006 & get my Tweets on your mobile as SMS."
Users are required to give a missed call to the numbers associated with the accounts to follow the specific Twitter account.
On placing the missed call, users will start to receive a curated set of tweets throughout the day from the government offices they had called.
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