National e-Governance Awards Scheme

03.01.2025

National e-Governance Awards Scheme

Why in the news?                    

                Recently, the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions issued the scheme guidelines for the 28th National Awards for e-Governance (NAeG) 2025.

About National e-Governance Awards Scheme:

• It is recognized amongst the most competitive and prestigious digital governance awards schemes in the country.
• The objective of the Scheme is to recognize and promote excellence in implementation of e-Governance initiatives.
• The NAeG Awards, 2025 will consist of Trophy, Certificate and an incentive of Rs 10 lakh for Gold Awardees and Rs 5 Lakhs for Silver Awardees to be awarded to the district/organization for being utilized for implementation of project/programme or bridging resources gaps in any area of public welfare.
• This year 16 Awards are being conferred under the NAeG 2025. Of these 10 will be Gold Awards and 6 will be silver Awards.
• For the year 2025, there are six categories under which the National Awards for e-Governance 2026 will be conferred:

○Government Process Re-engineering by use of technology for Digital Transformation

○Innovation by Use of AI and other new age technologies for providing Citizen-Centric Services,

○Best e-Governance Practices/Innovation in Cyber Security

○Grassroot Level Initiatives for Deepening/ Widening of Service Delivery with focus on initiatives by Districts/ULBs/Gram Panchayats

○Replication and Scaling up of Successful National Awarded Projects like NAeG, Prime Minister Awards in Excellence, Awards conferred by other Central Ministries by State/UT/ District The NAeG 2024

○Digital transformation by use of data analytics in digital platforms by Central Ministries/States/UTs

• Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions

                                                                          Source: PIB

Consider the following statements with reference to the National e-Governance Awards Scheme:

1. Its objective is to recognize and promote excellence in the implementation of e-governance initiatives.

2. It will consist of a Trophy, Certificate and an incentive of Rs 10 lakh for Gold Awardees and Rs 5 Lakhs for Silver Awardees.

3. The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions serves as its nodal ministry.

How many of the statements given above are correct?

A.Only one

B.Only two

C.All three

D.None

Answer C