The Web-portal for National Awards for e-Governance (NAeG) 2024 has been launched by the Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances (DARPG).
The Central Ministries / Departments as well as the Principal Secretaries (AR) and (IT) and the DCs/DMs of all the 28 States and 8 UTs of India as well as Award Winners of NAeG 2023 were invited for the launch ceremony in hybrid mode.
The web portal for National Awards for e-Governance 2024 was made live on Friday 8th December, 2023. The last date for submission of nominations is 29th December, 2023.
The National Awards for e-Governance Scheme is recognized amongst the most competitive and prestigious digital governance awards schemes in the country and objective of the Scheme is to recognize and promote excellence in implementation of e-Governance initiatives. The Purpose is also to encourage innovations in successful e-Governance solutions
The NAeG Awards, 2024 will consist of: (i) Trophy, (ii) Certificate and (iii) an incentive of Rs 10 lakh for Gold Awardees and Rs 5 Lakhs for Silver Awardees to be awarded to the District/organisation for being utilised 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 2024. Of these 10 will be Gold Awards and the remaining 6 will be silver Awards
For the year 2024, there are five categories under which the National Awards for e-Governance 2024 will be conferred. These categories are
(i) Government Process re-engineering,
(ii) Application of Emerging Technologies for providing Citizen Centric Services,
(iii) District level initiative in e-Governance,
(iv) Research on Citizen Centric Services by Academic & Research Institutions and
(v) Replication of Top Technological Solutions / initiatives.
The NAeG 2024 has three categories under which States/UTs can apply; 2 categories under which Central Ministries/Departments and Districts can apply and one category under which Academic/Research Institutions and Startups can apply.
There is a three stage evaluation process which comprises of the first two stages by the Screening Committee and the final Stage by the Jury.
About National Awards for e-Governance
National Awards for e-Governance are presented every year for exemplary implementation of e-Governance initiatives to recognize and promote excellence in implementation of e-Governance initiatives.
- Recognize achievements in the area of e-Governance
- Disseminate knowledge on effective methods of designing and implementing sustainable e-Governance initiatives
- Encourage incremental innovations in successful e-Governance solutions
- Promote and exchange experiences in solving problems, mitigating risks, resolving issues and planning for succes