President Ram Nath Kovind confers 6th Digital India Awards
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- President Ram Nath Kovind virtually confered the 6th Digital India Awards via video conferencing.
- Digital India Awards honour exemplary initiatives and practices in digital governance.
- The National Informatics Centre (NIC), under Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY), has been conducting the biennial Digital India Awards to promote innovation in eGovernance and digital transformation of government service delivery mechanism.
Source: Hindustan Times
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Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
- The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is an executive agency of the Union Government of the Republic of India.
- It was carved out of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology on 19 July 2016 as a standalone ministerial agency responsible for IT policy, strategy and development of the electronics industry.
- Officeholder: Ravi Shankar Prasad (Minister)
- Founded: 19 July 2016
- Headquarters: New Delhi