Ahmedabad, 23 September (IANS) Surat in Surat, Pulsana Gram Panchayat has won the lamels to adopt innovative methods for its specific service in digital rule and to reach people.
It was awarded the National E-Governance Jury Award at the 28th National E-Governance Conference held in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday. The award was promoted to digital governance, providing quality services to citizens and for innovative initiative, Union Minister Dr. Was presented by Jitendra Singh.
The award was received by District Development Officer Shivani Goyal, Deputy District Development Officer Piyush Patel, Sarpanch Praveenbhai Air and Talthi co -ministers Pinak Maddy.
The conference organized as a joint venture of the Union, Administrative Reforms and Public Grievance (DARPG) and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity) received more than 1.45 lakh entries from across the country. And, after several rounds of evaluation, it chose Surat-based Palsana Gram Panchayat as the winner.
The selection process for Palsana Gram Panchayat was first held at the taluka level, and then, after being declared winners at the district and state levels, the Gujarat government sent its name to the Central Government.
A central government team inspected the selected panchayats, and finally, the panchayats were shortlisted including Palsana. The panchayat presented its people-oriented work, including online tax collection, its own website, more than 17,000 online applications, a CCTV camera system and an online grievance redressal system. These achievements led the final selection.
District Development Officer Shivani Goyal said that this honor is a matter of pride for the entire Surat district and said that more efforts were being made to strengthen digital rule.
District chief Bhaviniben Patel said that this honor is a proud moment for every resident of Surat district.
“This will help more villages to become models of digital governance in future,” he said.
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