National e-Governance Awards Scheme:
The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions issued the scheme guidelines for the 28th National Awards for e-Governance (NAeG) 2025.
- National e-Governance Awards Scheme is recognized amongst the most competitive and prestigious digital governance awards schemes in the country.
- The objective of the Scheme is to recognize and promote excellence in implementation of e-Governance initiatives.
- The NAeG Awards, 2025 will consist of Trophy, Certificate and an incentive of Rs 10 lakh for Gold Awardees and Rs 5 Lakhs for Silver Awardees to be awarded to the district/organization for being utilized 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 2025. Of these 10 will be Gold Awards and 6 will be silver Awards.
- For the year 2025, there are six categories under which the National Awards for e-Governance 2026 will be conferred:
- 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-Governance Practices/Innovation in Cyber Security
- Grassroot Level Initiatives for Deepening/ Widening of Service Delivery with focus on initiatives by
- Districts/ULBs/Gram Panchayats
- Replication and Scaling up of Successful National Awarded Projects like NAeG, Prime Minister Awards in Excellence,
- Awards conferred by other Central Ministries by State/UT/ District The NAeG 2024
- Digital transformation by use of data analytics in digital platforms by Central Ministries/States/UTs
- Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
