Panchayat Raj & IT get 12 Skoch Awards

Amaravati: The Panchayat Raj and IT departments together achieved 12 awards, under the leadership of Minister Nara Lokesh in the in 52ndSkoch Summit for 2018 held in New Delhi on Saturday. Interestingly, Lokesh himself won the Skoch Person of the Year – Governance Award, which was received by Ranjith Bhasha, Director of Panchayat Raj. The awards were presented to the concerned officials at a programme in Skoch Summit held in New Delhi.

AP Innovation Society got Platinum Award for encouraging the Start-up companies in the state. The Mee Seva in the IT department got Gold Award, according to office of Nara Lokesh. The 8 Skoch awards in the Panchayat Raj department are including; Gold Award for using GPS tracking for the Mana Neeru–Mana Uru scheme under which the government supplied drinking water to villages transparently. Silver award was received by the department for implementing cutting edge technology in collecting taxes in villages. 

Gold award for GramaVikasam–Chief Minister’s 25 securities. Another Gold award under best department in the country received the Panchayat Raj and Rural Development together. Order of Merit Silver was presented to Panchayat Raj department through voting on the GramaVikasam – Chief Minister’s 25 securities programme. National Significance Gold Award got by the department for better performance in the country among all states.

For implementing various services in rural areas including tax collection through survey system, exempting poor from tax ambit and others, the Panchayat Raj department bagged Order of Merit Bronze Award. Another award was presented for effectively implementing drinking water supply to villages in the rural areas during summer – Order of Merit Silver. On the other hand, the APCRDA also won the Skoch Order of Merit Awards for Block Chain Technology & Mana Amaravati App and the same have been presented.  

“Block Chain Technology,” an extra layer technology for securing land records, will offer a compelling solution to the problem by combining accessibility with both privacy and security. It ensures 100 percent tamperproof and hacker proof. The “Mana Amaravati” app is a one-stop shop for all online updates on Amaravati. This is an App which provides all the information, services with value-added features of Amaravati. The main aim of App is to maintain transparency in capital developmental activities and keep people notified with ongoing developments.