Uttam Seva Medal

• 27 Dec 2024

Why in News? 

On the occasion of Good Governance Day, a ceremony to honour police personnel was organised at the State Emergency Response Centre in Haryana. 

 Key Points 

• Highlights of the Ceremony: 
  • Directors General of Police (DGP) honoured the police personnel who had performed commendable work in various fields with the Uttam Seva Medal. 
• Individual Contributions Recognized For: 
  • Enhancing SWAN bandwidth and digitizing wireless communication for the ‘SWAN’ project. 
  • Contributions to the implementation and monitoring of CCTNS and ICJS projects. 
  • Effectively defending cases in higher and lower courts. 
  • Commendable work in the Special Task Force (STF) Rohtak. 
  • Advancing the e-challaning application. 
  • Reuniting 845 missing children with their families nationwide. 
  • Bravery in arresting major criminals during his STF tenure and was recognized for his efforts. 

 State Wide Area Network (SWAN) 

• SWAN is a central scheme to establish a converged backbone network for data, voice, and video communications across the country.  
• It was approved in March 2005 and is one of the core infrastructure components of the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP). 

 Good Governance Day  

• It is celebrated on 25^th December to raise awareness among citizens about government accountability and effective administration. 
  • The theme for 2024 is “India’s Path to a Viksit Bharat: Empowering Citizens through Good Governance and Digitalisation.”  
  • It was started in the year 2014 to honor the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.  
  • The birth anniversary of Pt. Madan Mohan Malaviya is also observed on 25th December.