Jharkhand

• 09 Jan 2023

President Gave Digital India Award to Koderma District Administration

Why In News?

• On January 7, 2023, President Draupadi Murmu awarded the Digital India Award to the Koderma district administration of Jharkhand for the excellent work done in providing computer information to the common people, especially the youth, at a program held at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. The award was received by Koderma DC Aditya Ranjan.

Key Points

• Koderma is the only district in Jharkhand to receive this honour.
• According to the information, on the initiative of DC Aditya Ranjan, the district's first DEGS Computer Basic Training Center was started on September 5, 2021 in the Collectorate premises. After the good response received by this center, this center was started in Koderma, Jhumritilaiya, Satgawan, Domchanch, Chandwara and Jayanagar except Markacho block. Two other centres were launched on January 4.
• Koderma DC Aditya Ranjan said that the number of eight DEGS Computer Basic Training Centers currently running will be increased to 11 soon. Apart from this, every year about 20 thousand people will be trained through these centers towards making them digitally literate.
• The Ministry of Information and Technology, Government of India, had selected Koderma to give the Digital India Award in view of the work done under this concept. Koderma DC Aditya Ranjan had on December 8 placed before the jury the plan for a basic training centre in Delhi.
• It is noteworthy that the Ministry of Information and Technology, Government of India had invited applications for the Digital India Award in 2022 . Thousands of nominations were made for this.
• More than 100 projects were included in the first round short list for the awards given in seven different categories. After this, everyone gave their presentation before the nine-member jury.