Digital India Awards Explained

Digital India Awards
Type:	National civilian
Country:	India
Established:	^[1]
Firstawarded:	2009
Lastawarded:	2022
Presenter:	Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

The Digital India Awards, formerly called the Web Ratna Awards, is a category of award constituted by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to acknowledge exemplary initiatives of various states in the realm of e-governance.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]} After 2014, it was renamed to Digital India Awards.^[6]

Awardees

• 2016: National Crime Records Bureau, Silver Medal, Open Championship
• 2016: Citizen COP, best user-friendly mobile application^[7]
• 2016: Coimbatore Municipal Corporation, Silver Award, Most Innovative Citizen Engagement.
• 2017: Rashtriya e-Market Services, Gems of Digital India for Excellence in Digital Governance
• 2020: e-Committee of the Supreme Court of India, Platinum Award, Excellence in Digital Governance^[8]

External links

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Union Government felicitated the winners of the third Web Ratna Awards. March 26, 2015. Jagranjosh.com.
2. Web site: वेब रत्न अवार्ड से नवाजे जाएंगे डीएम. Hindustan.
3. Web site: PIB, railways bag web ratna awards. April 19, 2010. Hindustan Times.
4. Web site: पूर्वी चंपारण का बढ़ा देश में मान, मिलेगा वेब रत्न सम्मान. Dainik Jagran.
5. Web site: Pundir. Amit. Digital India Awards conferred for Excellence in Web Space. 2020-08-23. en-US. 2020-11-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20201129234020/https://currentaffairs.adda247.com/digital-india-awards-conferred-for-excellence-in-web-space/. dead.
6. Web site: Web Ratna Awards .
7. Web site: Chhattisgarh’s smart policing app ‘Citizen Cop’ to receive Digital India award . 2023-11-24 . The New Indian Express.
8. Web site: Roy . Radhika . 2020-12-30 . Platinum Award For Excellence In Digital Governance Conferred On e-Committee Of Supreme Court Of India . 2023-11-24 . www.livelaw.in . en.