Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh presents National e-Governance awards in Hyderabad

Hyderabad, Feb 28: The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh presented the National e-governance Awards during the valedictory session of the two-day 21st National Conference on e-Governance here on Tuesday.

He presented 19 awards in 8 categories for their commending efforts in use of technology. In each category, the gold carried Rs 2 lakh cash prize & citation and silver carried Rs one lakh award.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr Jitendra Singh said that the main aim of e-governance should be 'ease of governance' leading to 'ease of living' of people. This was essential for the emergence of a 'New India' that Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi envisages, he added. He said that the Government had taken over with the commitment to give "maximum governance, minimum government" and at the same time, switch-over to e-Governance.

Dr Jitendra Singh said that the regional conferences organized by the Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances (DARPG) indicate that the Ministry of Personnel has taken the conferences out of National Capital Delhi and moved to different places of the country.

In our successful bid to hold Regional Conferences on Governance, the Ministry in the last three years has covered venues such as Guwahati, Jammu, Nagpur, Chandigarh, Visakhapatnam, Jaipur and Hyderabad.