Science TechnologyThursday, 8 October 2026·The Hindu - National
Telangana’s MeeSeva moved to PostgreSQL in April 2026, cutting about ₹10 crore annual Oracle costs
Telangana migrated its MeeSeva platform from Oracle to PostgreSQL in April 2026 to reduce recurring software costs and dependence on proprietary systems.
Key highlights
Direct fact
In April 2026, Telangana migrated its MeeSeva citizen-service platform from Oracle to the open-source PostgreSQL database, after about 15 years on Oracle, with the State saying the move would eliminate roughly ₹10 crore a year in licensing and maintenance costs.
Key specifics
- MeeSeva had been running on Oracle for about 15 years before the April 2026 migration.
- The platform handles about 80,000 government-to-citizen transactions a day.
- It provides more than 500 government-to-citizen and government-to-business services.
- The migration covered more than 85 microservices and 1,939 tables, using 3 Oracle servers.
- The team used Ora2Pg, an open-source tool, and reported less than 4 hours of downtime with no data loss.
Exam lens
e-Governance and open-source technology, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Ora2Pg, 80,000 daily transactions, ₹10 crore annual cost — TNPSC may ask why governments shift to open source and what technical tool enabled migration.