Digital India Award: President Draupadi Murmu will give the prestigious Digital India Award on Saturday i.e. 7th January. Government has launched Digital India program to promote a digitally empowered society and knowledge based economy in the country. The Digital India Awards (DIA) are given to government entities for innovative digital initiatives. DIA 2022 aims to empower not only government entities but also startups and grassroots digital initiatives To promote.

Won this award in digital initiatives under ‘Startup’ category A unique digital experiment focused on reducing plastic waste in the pilgrimage route of Kedarnath Dham in Uttarakhand has received the Digital India Award. ‘Digital Deposit Refund System’, a joint initiative of Rudraprayag district administration and a company named Recycle, won the award in digital initiatives under the ‘Startup’ category. This company named Recycle is Asia’s largest company for recyclable items.

When purchasing products with packaging Used to deposit extra Rs.

Under this digital initiative, tourists and pilgrims while purchasing plastic packaging products and when they deposit plastic bottles or these products at the Deposit Refund Center set up by Recycler Were, they used to get this money back in cash or through UPI method. Abhay Deshpande, Founder and CEO of Recycle said that due to this initiative 1.58 More than a million bottles were prevented from entering these Himalayan ditches and water bodies, and at the same time, additional sources of work and income were created for the local people. .

Digital India Awards to the winners will be awarded by President Draupadi Murmu An official statement said, “Draupadi Murmu, President of India, on 7th January will give away the Digital India Awards 4413 to the winners here. Electronics and IT, Communications and Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav will also be present in the programme. The seventh edition of DIA includes categories such as Digital Empowerment of Citizens, Digital Initiatives at the Grassroots, Digital Initiatives for Ease of Doing Business, Data Sharing and Use for Socio Economic Development and Public Digital Platforms.

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Sat, Jan 7, 2023, 8: 32 AM IST