On December 30, 2020 President of India, Ram Nath Kovind conferred 6th Digital India Awards(DIA) 2020 through video conferencing in a virtual awards ceremony. 24 digital governance initiatives/ products by Government entities under 7 categories received Digital India Awards 2020. The National Informatics Centre(NIC) under the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) organized the awards online. It is a biennial award.
- New 2 categories have been introduced namely, Innovation in Pandemic category and Exemplary Product category in DIA 2020.
Highlights of the Awards:
i.The Department of Post won the gold icon award in the category, ‘Excellence in Digital Governance Ministry/Department (Central)’ for implementing an IT application in the land registration system in India, named as a National Generic Document Registration System (NGDRS).
- It has already been implemented in 12 states and UTs, including Punjab, Jharkhand, Goa, Manipur, Mizoram, Maharashtra and Dadra & Nagar Haveli.
ii.Aapda Sampoorti Portal of Bihar govt won silver icon award in the category, ‘Innovation in Pandemic’ for innovative initiatives done during COVID-19 lockdown to outreach migrants for providing different kinds of assistance.
- The e-governance solution was developed under active supervision of CM Office, Bihar and Disaster Management Department with technical supervision of NIC, Bihar.
- Over 21 lakh stranded workers outside Bihar were provided financial assistance through the ‘Bihar Sahayata Mobile App’.
- The portal won the award for providing the following features in the single window: Mukhyamantri Vishesh Sahayata Mobile App, Shram Saadhan, Aapda Sahyog and Bihar Sahayata Mobile App.
iii.E-Committee Supreme Court of India, Department of Justice won Platinum award in the category ‘Excellence in Digital Governance Ministry/Department (Central)’ for the E-Courts project.
- The E-Courts project was implemented by the eCommittee Supreme Court of India, along with the Department of Justice and NIC. It is a Mission Mode Project of the Government of India.
- E-committee of supreme court of India consists of Patron-in-Chief Mr Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde, Chief Justice of India; Chairperson Dr Justice Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, Judge, Supreme Court of India ; Vice-Chairperson Mr Justice R.C. Chavan, Former Judge, Bombay High Court and four members.
iv.Haryana wins Platinum icon award in the category of Excellence in Digital Governance State/UT for its Antyodaya-SARAL portal which digitizes more than 380 services.
- Overall 31% reduction in processing time has been achieved
v.Tamil Nadu won Gold icon award in the category of Excellence in Digital Governance State/UT for implementing various eGovernance applications.
vi.The Food and Civil supplies department of Uttar Pradesh has won the Silver icon award in the category of Excellence in Digital Governance State/UT for its following initiatives:
- e-Point of Sale(PoS) based food distribution, Tracking the vehicles transporting food grains through Global Positioning System(GPS) and online billing and payment for the foodgrains purchased from farmers.
vi.West Bengal won the Excellence in Digital Governance State/UT for ‘eAbgari project’ is an end-to-end supply chain management system of Beverage Alcohol, Medicinal Alcohol, Industrial Alcohol & Life Saving Narcotic Drugs in West Bengal state excise sector.
Table of List of Winners of 6th Digital India Awards 2020
| Category | Winners | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Platinum Icon | Gold Icon | Silver Icon | |
| Innovation in Pandemic | eSanjeevani – National Telemedicine Service | Covid-19 Sample Collection Management System |
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| Excellence in Digital Governance Ministry/Department (Central) | eCommittee Supreme Court of India, Department of Justice | Department of Posts |
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| Excellence in Digital Governance State/UT | Haryana | Tamil Nadu |
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| Excellence in Digital Governance District | Khargone, Madhya Pradesh | Changlang, Arunachal Pradesh | Kamareddy, Telangana |
| Open Data Champion | Department of Health and Family Welfare | Research Data Management in ICAR |
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| Exemplary Product | Port Community System PCS1x – National Maritime Single Window | ServicePlus | Integrated Temple Management System – ITMS |
| Jury Choice Award | AarogyaSetu, eOffice | ||
About Digital India Awards:
i.The Digital India Awards (DIA), instituted under the aegis of National Portal of India.
ii.The awards are biennial and the previous editions have been held in 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018.
iii.The award is presented to promote innovation in eGovernance and digital transformation of government service delivery mechanism.
iv.The Awards were initially known as Web Ratna Awards until 2014 and from the 2016 season, it was re-named as Digital India Awards.
About National Portal of India:
It is a mission mode project under the National E-Governance Plan, designed and maintained by NIC.
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About National Informatics Centre:
Director General – Dr. Neeta Verma
Headquarter – New Delhi, Delhi
