Jan Aadhaar Yojana won the Gold Award in the Category 'Digital Transformation in Social Sector' | 08 Aug 2023

On August 5, 2023, Rajasthan government's important flagship Jan Aadhaar Yojana to provide good governance through e-governance won the Gold Award in the category 'Digital Transformation in Social Sector' at the three-day Economic Times Government Digi-tech Conclave and Awards 2023 held in Goa.

On behalf of the department, the award was received by Bhanwar Lal Bairwa, Director, Department of Economic and Statistics and Sitaram Swaroop, Joint Director, Jan Aadhaar Authority.
It is worth mentioning that this award is one of the prestigious e-Governance awards of the national level, which has been instituted with the aim of recognizing and honoring digital experiments and innovations being made in the field of e-governance.
Its jury members include current and former technical officers of the central and state governments.
Sitaram Swaroop, Joint Director, Jan Aadhaar Authority, said the Jan Aadhaar scheme received the award from over 300 entries received from across the country.
Janadhar is a basic database through which all the benefits are transferred to the eligible beneficiaries of the state government's public welfare schemes through a single platform without any human intervention.
Janadhar also facilitates auto intimation and auto approval of beneficiaries through its database.