Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh to inaugurate 24th Conference on e-Governance 2020-21 in Hyderabad

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh will inaugurate the 24th Conference on e-Governance 2020-21 in Hyderabad today. The two-day conference themed ‘India’s Techade: Digital Governance in a Post Pandemic World’ will be organized by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances and Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, in association with the Government of Telangana.

During the event, National Awards for e-Governance 2021 will be presented under 6 categories to 26 e-Governance initiatives at Central, State and District levels and also to Academic and Research Institutions and Public Sector Undertakings.

This includes 12 Gold, 13 Silver and 1 Jury Award. In the plenary session of the conference, various technology-related discussions will also be held which would shape Digital governance in the future. Our Correspondent reports that this conference would provide considerable momentum to the e-Governance initiatives across the country, providing opportunities for civil servants and industry captains to showcase their successful interventions in e-Governance in improving end-to-end service delivery.

Delegates from 28 states and 9 Union Territories along with academia, research institutions, IT Industry would be participating in the conference through Virtual Mode.