The National Awards for e-Governance aim to recognise and promote excellence in the implementation of e-Governance initiatives. In 2026, the National Awards for e-Governance scheme includes seven categories:

The nominations were invited in the following categories:-

Category (I) - Government Process Re-engineering by Use of Technology for Digital Transformation. In this category, 4 awards would be conferred.

Category (II) - Innovation by Use of AI and Other New Age Technologies for Providing Citizen Centric Services. In this category, 3 awards would be conferred.

Category (III) - Best e-Gov Practices/Innovation in Cyber Security. In this category, 3 awards would be conferred.

Category (IV) - District Level Initiatives in e-Governance. In this category, 2 awards would be conferred.

Category (V) – Grassroots Level Initiatives by Gram Panchayats or equivalent Traditional Local Bodies for Deepening/Widening of Service Delivery. In this category, 2 awards would be conferred.

Category (VI) - Replication and Scaling of Nationally Awarded and Mission-Mode e-Governance Projects by States/ UTs/ Districts. In this category, 1 award would be conferred.

Category (VII) - Digital transformation by Use of Data Analytics in Digital Platforms by Central Ministries/States/UTs. In this category, 1 award would be conferred.

 

Considering the National Awards for e-Governance 2026 portal was launched on 23rd September, 2025. The portal was made operational for submission of nominations from 6th October 2025 to 29^th December 2025.

802 nominations have been received on the National Awards for e-Governance portal on the closing day of nomination i.e., 29.12.2025. The category-wise break-up of nominations received were –

 

Category (I) - Government Process Re-engineering by Use of Technology for Digital Transformation - 341

Category (II) - Innovation by Use of AI and Other New Age Technologies for Providing Citizen Centric Services - 104

Category (III) - Best e-Gov Practices/Innovation in Cyber Security - 23

Category (IV) - District Level Initiatives in e-Governance - 235

Category (V) – Grassroots Level Initiatives by Gram Panchayats or equivalent Traditional Local Bodies for Deepening/Widening of Service Delivery – 1.66 Lakhs

Category (VI) - Replication and Scaling of Nationally Awarded and Mission-Mode e-Governance Projects by States/ UTs/ Districts - 38

Category (VII) - Digital transformation by Use of Data Analytics in Digital Platforms by Central Ministries/States/UTs – 61

 

The evaluation of the applications for the purposes of awards would include (i) Short-listing of

applications by the Screening Committee, to be chaired by the Joint Secretary, DARPG (ii) Spot Study of the shortlisted applications by Under Secretary level officers of Government of India (iii) Further Evaluation by Screening Committee- II to be chaired by Joint Secretary, DARPG (iv) Final recommendation for the awards by the Jury Committee, chaired by the Secretary, DARPG.

 

The National Awards for e-Governance 2026 will consist of (i) Trophy (ii) Certificate (iii) Incentive of Rs. 10 Lakh for the Gold Awardee/ Incentive of Rs. 5 Lakh for the Silver Awardee to be awarded to the Department/Organization which has to be utilized for implementation of a project/programme or bridging gaps in any area of Public Welfare.

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