Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today said youngsters constitute a major chunk of the country's population and hence, they have the responsibility of inculcating a sense of nationalism and patriotism among the masses.
Lauding the role of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) in national reconstruction and student-related activities, he said the BJP-wing was committed to all-round development in the country.
Fadnavis, who was once associated with ABVP, was speaking after inaugurating a new building of the student organisation in the city.
Those below 25 years of age constitute a major chunk of the country's population. A big responsibility lies on their shoulders to carry forward the duty of inculcating a sense of nationalism and patriotism among people, he said.
ABVP activists, over the years, have shown tremendous will power and fighting spirit. After facing setbacks, ups and downs in their history, they are are now tasting success in student elections in universities like Delhi-based JNU and even in West Bengal and Kerala, the Chief Minister said.
Spiritual guru Jitendra Maharaj, Rajya Sabha MP Ajay Sancheti and District Guardian Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule, among others, were present on the occasion.
Fadnavis honoured 18 winners in 12 different categories
for their outstanding achievement in e-Governance.
Alex Paul Menon, District Collector of Balrampur in Chhattisgarh, the project-head of 'Chhattisgarh online school monitoring system (COSMOS)' won the gold award in the category of excellence in Government process-re-engineering.
Silver award was given to the Social Justice Department of Madhya Pradesh for the project 'SAMAGRA Portal', an initiative to implement integrated social security programmes.
For its online tracking system for missing children (Track Child), West Bengal's Department of Women & Child Development won the gold award.
In the category of innovative use of technology in e-governance, Employment Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) under Ministry of Labour and Employment, won gold for implementation of universal account number programme.
Delhi Police won the silver award for its lost report application.
Maharashtra Remote Sensing Applications Centre, Nagpur won gold award for innovative use of GIS Technology.
Other award categories include incremental innovation in existing projects, best district level initiatives in citizen centre service delivery through ICT, innovative use of mobile technology in e-governance.
Besides, sectoral awards in the fields like financial inclusion, innovative use of ICT by Central Government, PSU's, State Government were distributed.
The Universal Account Number (UAN) programme of the Employees Provident Fund Organisation under the Ministry of Labour & Employment bagged the gold in innovative use of technology in e-Governance.
IRCTC's next generation e-ticketing system bagged the gold in innovative use of ICT in central PSUs category.
Award in the category of use of ICT for development by non-government organisation went to Western Union, Mumbai for its collaboration with India Post for money transfer.
The paddy procurement automation system of Odisha, village profile planning atlas of Gujarat, Delhi traffic police mobile app, online hotel reservation system of Himachal Tourism were also among the winners.
