Meri Panchayat App Bags WSIS Champion Award 2025 in Geneva

Meri Panchayat App has bagged the prestigious World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Prizes 2025 Champion Award under the Action Line Category: Cultural Diversity and Identity, Linguistic Diversity and Local Content. The honor was conferred during the WSIS+20 High-Level Event 2025, organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) as part of the WSIS initiative. Meri Panchayat, as a WSIS Prizes 2025 Champion Project, symbolizes the global excellence of India’s digital governance model. The WSIS Champion Certificate was formally presented to the Union Minister of Panchayati Raj, Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh, at a ceremonial event held in New Delhi.

Meri Panchayat App Bags WSIS Champion Award 2025 in Geneva

Meri Panchayat App Wins WSIS Champion Award 2025 in Geneva

Mobile application ‘Meri Panchayat’ has won the prestigious World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Prizes 2025 Champion Award under the Action Line category: Cultural diversity and identity, linguistic diversity and local content.

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The WSIS Champion Award 2025 honor was conferred ‘Meri Panchayat’ app during the WSIS+20 High-Level Event 2025, organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) as part of the WSIS initiative.

The WSIS Champion Award Certificate was formally presented to the Union Minister of Panchayati Raj, Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh, at a ceremonial event held in New Delhi.

World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)+20 High-Level Event 2025

The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)+20 High-Level Event 2025 was held from 7 to 11 July 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland.

Also known as the WSIS Forum 2025, the event was co-hosted by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the Swiss Confederation and co-organized by ITU, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

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Marking twenty years since the original WSIS, it provides a global platform to assess progress, address emerging challenges, and chart the future course for building inclusive information societies.

Ms. Sunita Jain, Senior Director, National Informatics Centre (NIC) / National Informatics Centre (NIC) within the Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR), received the prestigious Champion Award for “Meri Panchayat” on behalf of the Government of India in Geneva on 10 July during the WSIS+20 High-Level Event 2025.

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About Meri Panchayat Mobile App

Recently, Meri Panchayat App has been internationally recognized with the prestigious World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Prizes 2025 Champion Award.

Meri Panchayat Mobile App – The m-Governance Platform for Panchayats of India empowers over 25 lakh elected representatives and approximately 950 million rural residents across India’s 2.65 lakh Gram Panchayats, transforming rural governance through digital inclusion and transparency.

Meri Panchayat Mobile App is an initiative of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj and National Informatics Centre (NIC) under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

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Key Features of Meri Panchayat App

The key feature of the Meri Panchayat App is that citizens can easily access the following on their mobile devices:

• Real-time Panchayat budgets, receipts, payments and development plans.
• Details of elected representatives and functionaries.
• Information on public infrastructure and civic services in their Panchayat.
• Gram Panchayat Development Plans (GPDPs) and track project proposals.
• Weather forecasting at Gram Panchayat level.
• Social audit tools, fund utilization data, and grievance redressal with geo-tagged and geo-fenced features
• Multilingual interface supporting 12+ Indian languages to ensure inclusiveness

The Panchayat App also enables citizens to propose new projects, review and rate implemented works, and access Gram Sabha agendas and decisions, thereby strengthening participatory democracy and civic engagement.

Static Current Affairs related to Ministry of Panchayati Raj for upcoming exams

• Headquarters: New Delhi
• Cabinet Minister: Lalan Singh
• Minister of State: S. P. Singh Baghel