'Mor Raipur App' received National e-Governance Award | 28 Aug 2023

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On August 25, 2023, the National E-Governance Award-2023 was awarded to the 'Mor Raipur App' of 'Swarna' Raipur Smart City Ltd. by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Government of India, for district-level excellent e-governance initiative.

Key Points:

• The 'India Smart City Award-2022' organized for the cities of the Smart Cities Mission, operated under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India, was also announced, in which the Oxy Reading Zone Library 'Nalanda Complex' prepared by Raipur Smart City Ltd. Received the Best Innovative Idea Award.
• In the category of excellent work done from the social point of view of this competition, building renovation and infrastructure construction of B.P. Pujari Shala Bhavan Upgradation Program has got a place at the national level.
• The system of 'Mor Raipur App' has been considered as an excellent innovation under the e-governance initiative. Under this App, the initiative towards hi-tech citizen services by creating a system of digital door number, payment of municipal taxes, service & redressal of grievances has been given the ‘National e-Governance Award’ by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Government of India.
• Apart from this, two important projects of Smart City Raipur have also been appreciated at the national level in the result of 'India Smart City Award-2022'.
• The B.P. Pujari Shala Bhavan Upgradation Program of Raipur has got the third place in the country after the projects of Vadodara in Gujarat and Agra city in Uttar Pradesh in the category of social approach of this contest.
• Apart from this, the Nalanda campus built by Raipur Smart City Ltd. has been awarded the Innovation Award in the category of innovations. In this category, the project of Hooghly Dharwad and Surat city got first and second place.