E-Governance award for Nagaland’s Mon district

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Nagaland’s Mon District Administration has been conferred with the prestigious National Award for e-governance 2020-21 (Silver) at the recently concluded 24th National Conference on e-Governance at Hyderabad on 7th - 8th January 2022.

The theme for this year’s conference is “India’s Techade: Digital Governance in a Post Pandemic World”

• The award was presented by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) by Union Minister of State (MoS) Dr. Jitendra Singh.
• The district’s project titled “Technology in Aid to Administration” won silver in the category of “Use of information and communication technology in the management of COVID­19”
• The project was initiated to mitigate the hardships caused to the public while enforcing COVID-19 Appropriate Behaviour (CAB), and thereby curb the escalating spread of COVID-19 infections.
• The project has been reducing the hardship of people, increasing the effectiveness of administration, and keeping people safe from Covid.