Monday 10 February 2020

National Conference on e-Governance concluded in Mumbai


The 23rd National Conference on e-Governance was held in Mumbai from 7-8 February 2020. The conference was held under the theme "India 2020: Digital Transformation".

Organizing Team:
The conference was organized by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology along with the Department of Information Technology, Government of Maharashtra.

Highlights:
♦ The conference included discussion on the rich deliberations on issues, opportunities, and challenges in transforming governance using digital technologies. 
♦ e-Governance is the key to the future of India's developmental journey in the 21st century.
♦ Mumbai Declaration on e-Governance was unanimously adopted at the conference.
♦ The National e-Governance Awards 2020 were presented. 
♦ Under the category of Excellence, the National Health Authority of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare received Gold for Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana. It allowed the government to process re-engineering for Digital Transformation.
♦ Antyodaya Saral of Department of IT, Haryana was awarded Gold for Excellence in providing citizen-centric delivery. 
♦ IIT Roorkee's Satellite-Based Agriculture Information System: An Efficient Application of ICT received the Gold Award for Outstanding Research on Citizen-Centric Services.

Participants:
Several officials from the Central government and state governments, including IT secretaries and IT Directors and delegations from the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Department of Information Technology of Maharashtra State government participated in the conference.

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