The State Government has announced Silver award for Guntur district in e-Governance category for 2012-13 for successfully implementing ‘Sampoorna Vidya Darsini’ programme.

The district has bagged another silver award for striving for achieving development through the e-governance platform. Mr. Suresh Kumar stated in a press release that the district got a total cash incentive of Rs. 4 lakh. The e-governance awards were instituted by the Department of Information Technology & Communications. Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy will be presenting the awards to top officials representing the award-winning districts soon. In the e-governance category, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board won the platinum award and ‘Marpu’ programme of Karimnagar district got gold.

The awards are instituted by the Department of Information Technology & Communications.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Andhra Pradesh / by Staff Reporter / Guntur, May 15th, 2013