National Awards for e-Governance:
The Union government named 16 projects of the Central, state and local governments across the country as the winners of the National Awards for e-Governance(NAeG).
- NAeG are presented every year to recognize and promote excellence in implementation of e-Governance initiatives.
- Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
- The NAeG Awards, 2026 consist of:
- Trophy, Certificate and an incentive of Rs 10 lakh for Gold Awardees and Rs 5 lakh for Silver Awardees to be awarded to Central Ministry/Department/State/UT/ District/Organisation/Gram Panchayat for being utilised for implementation of project/programme or bridging resources gaps in any area of public welfare.
- This year 16 Awards are being conferred under the NAeG 2026. Of these 10 will be Gold Awards and 6 will be silver Awards.
- The seven categories for the NAeG 2026, are:
- Government Process Re-engineering by Use of Technology for Digital Transformation
- Innovation by Use of AI and Other New Age Technologies for Providing Citizen Centric Services
- Best e-Gov Practices/Innovation in Cyber Security
- District Level Initiatives in e-Governance
- Grassroots Level Initiatives by Gram Panchayats or equivalent Traditional Local Bodies for Deepening/Widening of Service Delivery
- Replication and Scaling of Nationally Awarded and Mission-Mode e-Governance Projects by States/UTs/Districts,
- Digital transformation by Use of Data Analytics in Digital Platforms by Central Ministries/States/UTs.
