The official website of the Udham Singh Nagar district has been awarded by the Government of India at Digital India Award -2016 function held in New Delhi recently.
The district’s website has been awarded the silver prize under the Web Ratna District category.
Addressing the media at the district collectorate hall, the Udham Singh Nagar district magistrate Chandresh Kumar informed that the district’s website usnagar.nic.in had won the silver prize (third prize) in the Web Ratna District category.
The award was presented under the Government of India’s Digital Award-2016 programme held on December 19 at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. The award was presented to the district magistrate by the union Information Technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. The district magistrate further informed that the official website of Udham Singh Nagar district had been accorded the third prize out of 500 district websites under the Web Ratna District category as it has stayed ahead when it comes to providing information to the public about various governmental schemes and services. He said, “Presentation of the Web Ratna District award under Digital India Award has been started from this year and in the inaugural itself, our district website succeeded in securing the third prize. The first position—platinum prize under Web Ratna District category was won by North Goa while the second position (gold prize) was won by Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir. Applications had been received from five hundred districts out of which our district’s website secured the third position,” he added.