Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on 22 January 2016 presented the National Awards for e-Governance for the year 2015-16 in Nagpur. These awards are given for the outstanding achievement in the field of e-governance.
The awards were conferred during the valedictory function of 19th National e-governance conference held in Nagpur on 21-22 January 2016.
Eighteen winners were awarded in 12 categories.
List of some of the winners:
| Category | Gold | Silver |
|---|---|---|
| Excellence in Government Process Re-engineering | Shri Alex Paul Menon, District Collector, Balrampur, Chhatisgarh, who is the project-head of ‘Chhatisgarh online school monitoring system (COSMOS) Balrampur | The Social Justice Department of Madhya Pradesh for the project ‘SAMAGRA Portal’ – which is an initiative to implement integrated social security programmes. |
| Outstanding performance in Citizen-Centric Service Delivery | Department of Women & Child Development, Government of West Bengal for its online tracking system for missing children (Track Child) | |
| Innovative Use of Technology in e-Governance | Delhi Police for its lost report application | |
| Innovative use of GIS Technology in e-Governance | Maharashtra Remote Sensing Applications Centre, Nagpur | |
| Innovative Use of ICT by Central Government PSUs | IRCTC’s New Next Generation e-Ticketing System | |
| Use of ICT for Development by Non-Government Institutions | Western Union, Mumbai for its collaboration with India Post for money transfer. |
Other award categories included, incremental innovation in existing projects, best district level initiatives in citizen centre service delivery through ICT, innovative use of mobile technology in e-governance.
Besides, sectoral awards in the fields like (Focus Sector for 2015-16: Financial Inclusion), Innovative Use of ICT by State Government PSUs/Cooperatives/Federations/Societies, Outstanding e-Governance initiative by Academic and Research institutions were distributed.
The Paddy Procurement Automation System of Odisha, Village Profile Planning Atlas of Gujarat, Delhi Traffic Police Mobile App, online hotel reservation system of Himachal Tourism were also among the winners of National e-Governance Awards.
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