Digital India Awards 2016 – Healthy Ministry wins gold in the Web Ratna Category
The Ministry of
Health and Family Welfare won gold in the Web Ratna category in the recently
concluded Digital India awards, 2016, conferred by the Ministry of Electronics
& IT to promote more innovative e-governance initiatives by the
government entities. Hon'ble Union Minister of Electronics and Information
Technology and Law & Justice, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad presented the
award. Digital India awards, earlier known as the Web Ratna Awards, were
instituted under the Ambit of National Portal of India. The award acknowledges
exemplary initiatives of various government entities in the realm of
e-governance. Shri Jitendra Arora, Director, e-Governance, at the Ministry of
Health and Family Welfare received the award.
Web Ratna award
felicitates a Ministry or Department of the Government of India which has a
comprehensive web presence and display the level of accountability in terms of
quantity, quality, spectrum of coverage, and innovation ascertaining user
satisfaction. Level of convenience provided to the citizen for availing the
services, usability and accessibility are also assessed.
The website of
the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare conforms to the UUU trilogy. It is
totally bilingual as per the directions of Parliamentary Committee of official
languages and is accessible to all. Special features have also been
incorporated in the website for visually challenged users.
The website
complies with the mandatory requirements of Guidelines for Indian Government
Websites (GIGW). Search has been facilitated using GOI Search as Service (SAS)
available on http://searchservice.nic.in.
All relevant web policies have been implemented with due approvals. Content has
been grouped systematically under drop down menus that result in easy
navigation.
A well placed
Content Management System (CMS) keeps the website regularly updated. The
website and CMS are both security audited. It has been awarded for
comprehensive web presence in Web ratna awards in 2014 and appreciated by SUGAM
Web e-Newsletter as usable, user-centric and universally accessible. It is
compliant with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG-2.0). Social Media
has also been integrated with the website.
Digital India Awards 2016 – Healthy Ministry wins gold in the Web Ratna Category
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