President Murmu to confer Digital India Awards on Saturday

The federal government has envisioned the Digital India Programme to rework the nation right into a digitally-empowered society and information financial system.

The Digital India Awards 2022 goals to encourage not solely the federal government entities but additionally startups and grassroots stage digital initiatives in fulfilling the Digital India imaginative and prescient.

Minister for Electronics and IT Communications and Railways, Ashwini Vaishnaw, and Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Data Know-how (MeitY), Alkesh Kumar Sharma may also attend the occasion in New Delhi, together with different dignitaries.

“The choice course of for Digital India Awards contains nomination of digital initiatives by Authorities entities by way of the Rashtriya Puraskar Portal (https://awards.gov.in) managed by Director Basic, Awards on the Ministry of House Affairs,” the ministry stated.

The unified portal has been developed and operationalised on the instructions of the Prime Minister for managing all Nationwide Awards. That is adopted by Rating of entries by the Nomination Processing Companion, Indian Institute of Know-how (IIT) Delhi, and choice of Winners by a jury constituted beneath the chairmanship of Secretary, MeitY with illustration from authorities, trade and academia.

“Central Authorities Ministries/ Departments/ workplaces/ organisations, State Authorities Departments/ workplaces/ organisations, district administrations and Indian Missions overseas are eligible to use for the Awards,” it stated.

The seventh version of the awards contains classes similar to digital empowerment of residents, digital initiatives at grassroot stage, digital initiatives for ease of doing enterprise, knowledge sharing and use for socio financial improvement, and public digital platforms – central ministries, departments and states.

Different classes embrace digital initiatives in collaboration with startups, greatest net and cellular initiatives complying with pointers for Indian authorities web sites and accessibility pointers.

“Digital India Awards are instituted beneath the aegis of Nationwide Portal of India (https://india.gov.in), which supplies single-window entry to data & providers being provided by Indian authorities entities in any respect ranges,” it stated.