“UDAN” scheme selected for Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration

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The UDAN (UdeDeshkaAamNagrik) Scheme has been selected for Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration 2020 under the category “Innovation (General) – Central”.

• Ministry of Civil Aviation will receive the award on 21st April i.e. Civil Services Day.

• A special event has been organised by the Government of India at VigyanBhawan on the occasion of “Civil Service Day” where the representative of the ministry will be facilitated with the award.

• Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration

–Government of India has instituted this scheme in 2006 

–its purpose is to acknowledge, recognize and reward the extraordinary and innovative work done by Districts/ Organisations of the Central and State Governments.

–The Scheme was restructured in 2014 for recognizing the performance of District Collectors in Priority Programs, Innovations and Aspirational Districts.

–The Scheme was restructured again in 2020, to recognize the performance of District Collectors towards economic development of the District. 

• UDAN Scheme

–It was launched under the Ministry of Civil Aviation in 2016.

–its objective is to develop the regional aviation market.

–It is also known as the regional connectivity scheme (RCS)

–it seeks to improve air connectivity to tier-2 and tier-3 cities through revival of unused and underused airports.

–The scheme will be jointly funded by the central government and state governments.

–The scheme will run for 10 years and can be extended thereafter.