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- It has been internationally recognised with the prestigious World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Prizes 2025 Champion Award.
- It was under the ‘Action Line Category: Cultural Diversity and Identity, Linguistic Diversity and Local Content’.
- The honour was conferred during the WSIS+20 High-Level Event 2025.
- It was organised by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
- It was formally presented to the Union Minister of Panchayati Raj, Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh, at a ceremonial event held in New Delhi.
- The App has helped in advancing citizen-centric governance through digital means.
- It empowers over 25 lakh elected representatives and approximately 950 million rural residents across India’s 2.65 lakh Gram Panchayats.
- It provides real-time access to the panchayat budgets, receipts, payments, and development plans, along with details of elected representatives, public infrastructure, and civic services.
- The app also offers access to the Gram Panchayat Development Plans (GPDPs), project tracking, the weather forecasts at the Gram Panchayat level, social audit tools, fund utilisation data, and grievance redressal with geo-tagged and geo-fenced features.
- It supports over 12 Indian languages.
- The app ensures inclusivity through its multilingual interface.
- Citizens can propose new projects, review and rate implemented works, and access Gram Sabha agendas and decisions.
- It is fostering greater civic engagement and transparency in rural governance.
- The WSIS+20 High-Level Event was held from July 7 to 11 in Geneva, Switzerland.
- It marked two decades since the original WSIS.
- It was co-hosted by ITU and the Swiss Confederation.
- It was co-organised by ITU, UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation), UNDP (United Nations Development Programme), and UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development).
- The forum served as a platform to evaluate progress and address challenges in building inclusive information societies.
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