Water Resources Department Received ET Government Digi-Tech Award 2023 | 09 Aug 2023

Why in News?

The Water Resources Department of Rajasthan was awarded the ET Government Digitech Award 2023 in the category of Digital Initiatives at the three-day Economic Times Government Digitech Conclave & Awards 2023 being held in Goa on August 8, 2023.

Key Points:

• Dr. Subodh Agarwal, Additional Chief Secretary, Water Resources and IGNP received the award at the function.
• During the program, the Additional Chief Secretary told about the innovations in information and technology happening in the department and the state.
• Rajasthan has received this award at the national level for outstanding use of digital technology in the field of water.
• It is worth mentioning that the Water Informatics Centre run by the Department of Water Resources, Government of Rajasthan has received this award in the category of 'Digital Initiative in Making Climate/Disaster Resistant States/Cities'.
• This award is one of the prestigious national level e-Governance Awards, which has been instituted with the objective of recognizing and recognizing the digital experiments & innovations being done in the field of E-Governance.