Many awards to be given on CS Day

Four priority programmes have been identified for the awards to be presented on Civil Services Day 2018:  Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana,,  Promoting Digital Payments,  Pradhan MantriAwas Yojana – Urban & Rural, and    Deen Dayal Upadhyaya  Grameen Kaushalya Yojana. 11 awards for 4 identified Priority Programmes will be given this year while two awards shall be given to organizations of Central/ State Government/Districts  for innovationsout of which one award will be given to an Aspirational District. A new category of awards for Additional Secretary/ Joint Secretary level officers and Director/ Deputy Secretary serving in Government of India has also been introducedthis year to recognize their contribution towards bringing about transformational improvements in processes/systems through simplification and process re-engineering, etc.