The award was conferred by Minister for Communications and Information Technology and received by Joint Secretary R Jay along with the New Media Wing team of the Ministry, on behalf of I&B Secretary Bimal Julka, a statement released here said.
The award was presented to I&B Ministry for having a significant presence on all social media sites which makes it accessible for users through multiple online platforms, the statement added.
"The home page of MIB website has timestamp, giving last update details. The website has a dedicated Hindi version besides regular English version. The portal has a Google enabled search facility to search within the HTML content. The website is based on Content Management System (CMS)," the statement said.