How Telangana’s MeeSeva migration to open source could make governments rethink software costs

The State’s move from Oracle to open-source PostgreSQL, completed in April 2026, shows both the potential savings and the technical and administrative hurdles involved in moving mission-critical government systems away from proprietary softwareWhen Telangana’s MeeSeva platform moved from Oracle to the open-source PostgreSQL database in April 2026, it was more than a change in the software running behind a government website.