Gram Panchayats Bag National e-Governance Awards 2025 for Pioneering Digital Service Delivery
Gram Panchayats Bag National e-Governance Awards 2025 for Pioneering Digital Service Delivery
In a significant move marking a pioneering step in grassroots digital governance, Gram Panchayats were today conferred with the National Awards for e-Governance (NAeG) 2025 under a newly instituted category dedicated to grassroots-level initiatives in digital service delivery. The Awards were conferred during the 28th National Conference on e-Governance (NCeG) in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh by Dr. Jitendra Singh, Minister of State, Prime Minister’s Office & MoS (Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions). Earlier in the day, Shri N. Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, inaugurated the Conference and delivered the inaugural address.
After a rigorous multi-tier evaluation of more than 1.45 lakh entries nationwide, the following Gram Panchayats were awarded under the newly introduced category, “Grassroots-level initiatives in Gram Panchayats for deepening service delivery” :
Each award includes a trophy, certificate, and financial incentives of Rs.10 lakh (Gold) and Rs.5 lakh (Silver), to be reinvested in strengthening citizen-centric initiatives.
These award-winning Panchayats have set new benchmarks in digital governance, transparency, and participatory service delivery:
This first-of-its-kind recognition, instituted by DARPG in collaboration with the Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR), highlights the Government’s vision that Good Governance is best delivered through Digital Governance. The two-day National Conference, jointly organized by DARPG, MeitY, and the Government of Andhra Pradesh with IIM Visakhapatnam as knowledge partner, is themed “Viksit Bharat: Civil Service and Digital Transformation”. On 23rd September 2025, a dedicated plenary session on “Gram Panchayats and Grassroots Innovations in e-Governance”, chaired by Shri Vivek Bharadwaj, Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj, will showcase these success stories as replicable models for Panchayats nationwide.
