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Design e-greetings for Independence Day
The citizen engagement platform, MyGov marked the celebrations of the 68th Independence Day of our country by inviting citizens to design e-greetings. The Creative Corner witnessed the enthusiastic participation of thousands of people designing wonderful e-greetings on the occasion. Here’s a peek into the vivid submissions (Logged-in users can view). Out of these entries, a few have been selected and were featured on the official E-greeting portal. MyGov heartily congratulates these winners for their exceptional designs! Following are the winners who have been rewarded for their artwork:
Digital India
PM Modi has often time and again laid emphasis on using technology to overcome issues ranging from farming to governance. The Digital India Group on MyGov is a significant step towards that goal. It's one of the fastest growing groups on the MyGov site with 37,590 members and is open to members who preferences are Digital Technologies which include Cloud Computing and Mobile Applications.
Girl Child Education
Girl child education is a field that finds top priority in the Narendra Modi led Government's agenda and is quite close to the PM's heart. Improving the current literacy rates requires serious effort and what better way to get started than initiate discourse and take feedback from the people of the country itself! With an aim to study the discussions and ideas to improve girl child education in the country, whether it be facilities or economic assistance, the 'Girl child Education' group on MyGov provides the platform for the necessary debate.
Green India
All of us dream of Green and Pollution free India. The wish has got the support of our government now that MyGov site MyGov.nic.in has the ‘Green India’ group. Since its launch barely a week back the group has seen more than 48,000 members. The members hold discussion on two topics – Through sound and innovative policies, how can we achieve both development and a clean environment? Can only Government mitigate the menace of climate change or is public participation the way ahead?
Job Creation
Through the citizen-centric platform MyGov, join hands with the Government of India to tackle the unemployment issue. Being in the grip of slowdown, India's Job market needs stimulus. (1st) To turn the current tide with uptrend in hiring and new opportunities, the Narendra Modi Government is seeking people’s suggestions on policy reforms and ground level changes through 'Job Creation' Group. Since the launch, the group has witnessed more than 42,000 members voicing their concerns and suggestions regarding job creation in the country.
Skill Development
To create a nation of skilled citizens especially youth and encourage their active engagement with the Government for nation building, the MyGov site calls for suggestions on developing employable skills. The 'Skill Development' group seeks bold ideas, suggestions on concrete policies and initiatives to keep pace with the changing trends and help youth enter job market. Since the launch, more than 49,000 members have joined the group.
Swachh Bharat (Clean India)
It is heartening to see 33,000 plus people join the group 'Clean India' created on the My Gov site MyGov.nic.in. The pragmatic suggestions of the group members ensure that the vision of Hon'able Prime Minister to create a 'Swachh Bharat' by the time India marks the 150th birth anniversary of Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi will be a reality.
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna
Pradhan Mantri Ji in his Independence Day Speech from the historic Red Fort announced a major initiative for Financial Inclusion named “Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna”. A competition was held through the MyGov Platform (http://mygov.nic.in) for suggesting the name, logo and tagline. More than 6000 entries were received. Jury selected and shortlisted names from which “Jan Dhan” was picked up for the name of the scheme. We congratulate the following participants who had suggested the names which are exact or partial match. Final logo and tagline will be announced shortly.
Winners of the Contests organised by National Archives of India Announced
On the occasion of 125th anniversary of foundation day, National Archives of India, Ministry of Culture organised two contests 1) Designing a logo for125th Anniversary Celebrations 2) An emblem for National Archives of India with a tagline The announcements for the contest were made on My Gov portal and other sources like facebook page and website of the department. Further, eminent art colleges of the country, National Institute of Design and empanelled firms for the preparation of archival exhibitions in the department were also requested to participate in the contest.
MyGov presents the winners of Republic Day e-greetings contest
To commemorate the 66th Republic Day of India, MyGov members enthusiastically participated in the contest to design e-greetings for the occasion. Over 625 entries were submitted, out of which 18 entries were shortlisted and published on the e-greetings portal.
Congratulations to the winners of contest for Integrated Watershed Management Programme hosted on MyGov
Department of Land Resources (DoLR) invited all Resident Indians to participate in three separate Contests on MyGov to 1. Design a Logo, Give Name and Tagline for the Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) 2. Design a Logo and coin a Tagline for “e-Dharti” - National Land Records Modernization Programme (NRLMP), and 3. Design a Logo and giving Tagline for Neeranchal - World Bank Assisted National Watershed Management Project.