New Delhi: MyGov is not just a website anymore but has become a ‘Jan Bhagidari’ platform, said Ajay Sawhney, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), on Saturday while lauding the citizens who actively participated in ‘MyGov challenges, shared their logo ideas, and helped the government in the formulation of policies and programmes. 

Expressing his amazement at the creativity of the winners and the logos MyGov received, he said: “The kind of creativity we see around MyGov is heart warming and whenever we reach out, we get such remarkable ideas. And whenever we receive a good idea or a logo, we take it very seriously and take it to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.”

He further said that if the government wants to run any program, “we share it through MyGov and many times, we use the ideas received to finalize the program outline.” “During Covid-19, MyGov has done an amazing job - be it creating awareness about masks, or making promotional videos. During COVID, everyone was a little depressed due to the lockdown and during that period MyGov created a positive harmony with big artists coming on the platform and sharing their music performances.”  

Minister of State for Culture Meenakshi Lekhi along with Sawhney, Abhishek Singh, President and CEO, NeGD, and MyGov, and Amitesh Kumar Sinha, Joint Secretary, MeitY, felicitated the winners of several MyGov challenges.

Lekhi lauded all the winners and appreciated the efforts of MyGov through which the government and citizens of India can interact with each other. “Through the launch of the platform we are able to reach out to many people. Most of the people awarded here are the ones who have voluntarily come forward to serve the society,” she said.

“The MyGov platform needs to be further utilized; we all need to participate more in policy making, advise the government and give more ideas. When we are in a democracy, we need to communicate and hence, the government needs to reach out to the citizens and people need to share their feedback,” she added. /BI/