About the Award

The Chief Minister Award for Best Government Service Application is an annual award designed to stimulate and encourage university students to provide creative solutions via smartphone applications. The aim is to improve government services and provide simple around the clock government services that are easy, efficient and transparent to exceed customer expectations.

Poverty-Free Village

Empowering Uttar Pradesh Villages: Uniting for Poverty Eradication, Cultivating Prosperity, and Creating a Path to a Brighter Future

Healthy Village

The Uttar Pradesh government prioritizes holistic well-being in its healthy village initiative, ensuring access to healthcare, sanitation, clean water, and nutritious food for every resident, fostering a thriving, disease-free environment.

Child-Centric Village

Uttar Pradesh government's child-centric village initiative focuses on nurturing the youngest members of society through quality education, healthcare, and protection measures, ensuring every child reaches their full potential.

Ample Aquatic Village

Embracing its abundant aquatic resources, the Uttar Pradesh government promotes sustainable water management, clean water access, fisheries development, and water-based livelihoods in its ample aquatic village initiative.

Clean And Hygenic Village

Committed to cleanliness and hygiene, the Uttar Pradesh government emphasizes waste management, sanitation facilities, and community cleanliness drives, fostering a healthy environment for all residents.

Self-Reliant Village Infrastructure

Focusing on self-reliance, the Uttar Pradesh government invests in community-driven projects and essential infrastructure to enhance the well-being and quality of life for all residents.

Socially Safe Village

The Uttar Pradesh government prioritizes community cohesion, conflict resolution, and social inclusivity in its socially safe village initiative, creating a secure environment where residents feel respected and empowered.

Village with Good Governance

Driven by transparency, accountability, and citizen participation, the Uttar Pradesh government exemplifies good governance practices in its villages, ensuring efficient service delivery and equitable resource allocation.

Women Friendly Village

Championing gender equality and women's empowerment, the Uttar Pradesh government promotes women's participation in decision-making, access to education, healthcare, and economic opportunities in its women-friendly village initiative.

Main Criteria

Feasibility of Implementation (35%)

This criterion focuses on the feasibility of implementing the mobile application to facilitate the provision of the government services
Innovation (25%)

This criterion focuses on the "Wow!" factor - that is, the innovative use of technology or stand-out approaches for combining ideas in a creative and collaborative manner and developing a solution that is unique, original, and new focusing on life event services that impact overall customer experience.
Efficiency & Effectiveness (20%)

This criterion focuses on the adoption of services amongst the targeted audience, and the ability to solve a problem that deals with Public Service with a high level of impact on society.
Ease of Use (20%)

This criterion focuses on how well the services are being delivered from a user perspective. It focuses on functionalities such as but not limited to easy navigation with friendly design (look and feel).

Rules for Nomination

Through the implementation of Panchayati Raj, Uttar Pradesh villages have witnessed a transformative journey, with empowered local bodies catalyzing infrastructural growth and fostering community-driven initiatives, nurturing holistic rural development.