19th National e-governance Conference

19th National Conference on e-Governance

Question: The two-day 19th National Conference on e-Governance organized by Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) and Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) was held at-

(a) Nagpur
(b) Mumbai
(c) Hyderabad
(d) Chennai

Ans (a)

Related facts:

  • The 19th National Conference on e-Governance was inaugurated in Nagpur, Maharashtra on January 21 2016.
  • The two-day Conference was held on January 21-22, 2016.
  • The conference was organized by Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) and Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY), Government of India in association with the Government of Maharashtra.
  • The Conference serves as an effective forum for IT professionals of the Central and State Governments, Software Solution Providers and the Industry to interact and analyse various solution frameworks.
  • Many new initiatives in e-Governance have emerged out of these Conferences.
  • The Conference was divided into six plenary sessions on topics such as Governance with Accountability Transparency & Innovation (GATI) for Citizen-Centric Services, Financial Inclusion- Jan Dhan, Aadhaar and Mobile (JAM)
  • It also included the discussion on Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT), Urban Governance in Smart Cities, Cyber Security Framework for Citizen Centric Services, Decade of e-Governance- Way Ahead and Technology Enabled Education.
  • There was a book presented in the conference titled “Transforming Governance – A Decade of e-Governance and the Next Wave of Governance Reforms”.
  • The Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri Devendra Fadnavis honored 24 winners of national-e-governance awards in 12 categories for their outstanding achievement in the field of e-governance.
  • Project “TDS Reconciliation Analysis & Correction Enabling System (TRACES)” of Directorate of Income Tax won gold award in category-I.
  • Similarly project “Passport Seva” of Ministry of External Affairs of Govt. of India won gold award in category –II.

Reference:

http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=134612

http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=135728

http://nceg.gov.in/19th-nceg

http://nceg.gov.in/sites/nceg.gov.in/files/list_of_awards.pdf

http://nceg.gov.in/National-Awards-for-e-Governance