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New Delhi : The Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Public Administration shall be conferred by the Prime Minister on Rashtriya Ekta Diwas – October 31, 2020, at the Statue of Unity, Kevadia, Gujarat.
Government of India had instituted a scheme in 2006 named, “The Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Public Administration” – to acknowledge, recognise and reward the extraordinary and innovative work done by Districts/ Organisations of the Central and State Governments.The Scheme was restructured in 2014 for recognising the performance of District Collectors in Priority Programmes, Innovations and Aspirational Districts. The Scheme has been restructured again in 2020, to recognise the performance of District Collectors towards economic development of the District.
For the year 2020, the scheme for Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Public Administration has been comprehensively restructured to recognise the contribution of civil servants in strengthening of:
- Inclusive Development through Credit Flow to the Priority Sector
- Promoting people’s movements – “Jan Bhagidari” through Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban and Gramin) in the District
- Improving Service Delivery and Redressal of Public Grievances
The scope of the awards has been expanded to identify areas of overall outcome-oriented performance in the districts across sectors. The contribution of District Collectors would be recognised for implementation of Inclusive Credit Flow to the Priority Sector, promoting people’s movements through Jan Bhagidari, and Improving Service Delivery and Redressal of Public Grievances.
The Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Public Administration seek to recognise the efforts of District level officials in Namami Gange Programme. The award for the Aspirational Districts Programme has been revamped to reward the District having the best overall progress under the Scheme following 2 years of implementation.
The Innovations category has traditionally received the highest number of nominations. The scheme has been broad based to recognise Innovations at National/ State / District level in 3 separate categories, according to a PIB release.
The PM’s Awards portal was launched by Dr Jitendra Singh, MOS (PP) on July 17, 2020. Since then Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances carried out reach out activities via VCs, call centre and communication from Secretary (AR & PG) to Chief Secretaries/ Administrators of all UTs. The last date of registration and filing nominations was extended till August 23, 2020, considering COVID 19 pandemic situation.
Almost 702 Districts have registered and participated in the Prime Ministers Awards for Excellence in Public Administration 2020 which is 95%. Out of this, 678 Districts have chosen District Performance Indicators Programme (DPIP). Total 646 applications have received under Innovations Category of which 104 belongs to Central Government organisations, 193 belongs to State Level innovations and 660 Applications have received for District Level Innovations. Under Namami Gange, 48 districts and under Aspirational District programme, 81 Districts out of 112 have applied.