Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Public Administration 2020

Recently, Government has launched the restructured Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Public Administration 2020 scheme and web portal, in which for the very first time the ‘Good Performance for Ganga Rejuvenation Award’ has been instituted.

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Key-Points

The Scheme has been revamped to recognize the performance of the District Collectors towards outcome indicators, economic development, peoples’ participation and redressal of public grievances.

The Government of India instituted “The Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Public Administration” in the year 2006 to recognize the extraordinary work done by Districts/ Organizations of the Central and State Governments.

In the meeting of the National Ganga Council held in December, 2019 at Kanpur under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister, it was decided to create a “Good Performance for Ganga Rejuvenation” award for the Ganga districts under the Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence for Public Administration Scheme.