National Awards for e-Governance (NAeG) are presented every year to recognize and promote excellence in implementation of e-Governance initiatives. The 29th NAeG 2026 awardees in seven categories include the Gram Panchayats category, recognising deepening and widening of service delivery at grassroots level through digitisation.
4. The seven categories for the NAeG 2026, are (i) Government Process Re-engineering by Use of Technology for Digital Transformation, (ii) Innovation by Use of AI and Other New Age Technologies for Providing Citizen Centric Services, (iii) Best e-Gov Practices/Innovation in Cyber Security, (iv) District Level Initiatives in e-Governance, (v) Grassroots Level Initiatives by Gram Panchayats or equivalent Traditional Local Bodies for Deepening/Widening of Service Delivery, (vi) Replication and Scaling of Nationally Awarded and Mission-Mode e-Governance Projects by States/UTs/Districts, (vii) Digital transformation by Use of Data Analytics in Digital Platforms by Central Ministries/States/UTs.
5. The NAeG Awards, 2026 consist of: (i) Trophy, (ii) Certificate and (iii) an incentive of Rs 10 lakh for Gold Awardees and Rs 5 lakh for Silver Awardees to be awarded to Central Ministry/Department/State/UT/ District/Organisation/Gram Panchayat for being utilised for implementation of project/programme or bridging resources gaps in any area of public welfare.
6. The awards ceremony will be held during the 29th National Conference on e-Governance in Jaipur, Rajasthan.
