Jan Aadhaar Yojana has enhanced the name of Rajasthan at the national level – ET Government Digitech Awards 2023

Rajasthan government’s initiative to provide good governance through e-governance is proving to be exemplary for other states of the country as well. In this series, Janadhar, an important flagship scheme of the state government, has established new dimensions by winning the Gold Award in the “Digital Transformation in Social Sector” category at the three-day Economic Times Government Digitech Conclave and Awards 2023 held in Goa on Saturday. This honor was received on behalf of the department by Mr. Bhanwar Lal Bairwa, Director of Economic and Statistics Department and Mr. Sitaram Swaroop, Joint Director of Jan Aadhaar Authority.

Planning Department Minister Smt. Mamta Bhupesh has congratulated all the officers and employees of the department on this achievement. Chief Government Secretary of the department Mr. Bhawani Singh Detha has also congratulated the entire team of Jan Aadhaar for the award and has inspired them to continue working with the same determination in the future.

It is worth mentioning that this award is one of the prestigious national level e-governance awards, which has been established with the aim of recognizing and honoring the digital experiments and innovations being done in the field of e-governance. Its jury members include present and former technical officers from the Central and State Governments.

Joint Director of Jan Aadhaar Authority Shri Sitaram Swaroop said that Jan Aadhaar Yojana has received this award out of more than 300 entries received from across the country. He said that Janadhar is such a basic database, through which all benefits are transferred to the eligible beneficiaries of public welfare schemes of the state government through a single platform without any human intervention. Janadhaar also provides the facility of auto intimation and auto approval of beneficiaries through its database.