The 37th National Good Governance Webinar was held on June 25, 2026, under the theme 'Sustainability and Replication of the Awarded Initiatives under PMA' (Prime Minister's Awards for Excellence in Public Administration). This webinar series was initiated in April 2022 following a directive from the Hon'ble Prime Minister to the Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances (DARPG) to facilitate greater dissemination and replication of award-winning public administration initiatives.
The webinar focused specifically on the PM Award-winning initiative from Nashik District, Maharashtra, which received the award in 2023. Three presentations were made: the original Nashik District initiative was presented by Shri Jalaj Sharma, former District Magistrate of Nashik and Commissioner of Nashik Metropolitan Region Development Authority; sustainability aspects of the initiative were discussed by Shri Ayush Prasad, the current District Magistrate & Collector of Nashik; and replication of key aspects along with further scaling up in Yavatmal District was presented by Shri Vikas Meena, District Collector of Yavatmal.
The webinar was chaired by Shri Puneet Yadav, Additional Secretary of DARPG, and attended by senior officers of the Department. The event connected more than 640 locations across India with participation from Senior Officials of Administrative Reforms Departments of States/UTs, District Collectors, State and District field officers, and Officers of Central and State Administrative Training Institutes. This was the 37th webinar in a series that typically attracts about 1,000 officials per session from Line Departments, State Governments, District Collectors, State Administrative Training Institutes, and Central Training Institutes.
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