In e-governance, the Himachal Government has won Award for its contribution during the Digital India Week held in July this year. The State has been ranked second among all States and Union Territories in India.
A spokesman of the State Government on Saturday said that the award would be presented on the Good Governance Day at New Delhi on December 28 by Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister of Communication and Information Technology.
Digital India Week was celebrated between 1 July to 7 July, 2015 and its main objective was to Inform, Educate and Engage with citizens through organization of events at large number of Digital Points of Presence such as Government Officers, CSCs/Post Offices, Blocks, Schools, Gram Panchayats etc. In Himachal Pradesh, a number of events were organised during this week and reporting was done through the online system, he added.
Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh had launched the Digital India Week by commissioning seven services under the e-district programme which include registration of birth, death & marriage, issuance of Parivar Register, etc. Inauguration of Aadhar Permanent Enrolment Centre, e-Vidhan and Mandi Tourism Mobile Apps and MyDiarY Mobile App were also launched during the series of events.
Workshop on Cyber Security was held and number of awareness counters for citizens were set up through-out the State to inform about the electronic delivery of Government and other services. Quiz Competitions on e-Governance and IT were also held in schools and dissemination of knowledge about e-governance activities was done in Special Gram Sabhas being held during that period.
The Spokesman said that Digital lockers of around 11,000 citizens were opened during this week through District Informatics Officers and lok Mitra Kendras which was almost double in National average in percentage terms.
Sirmaur, Shimla and Una districts would also receive the award for being best contributing districts of the State.