New Delhi, April 20 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi will confer the Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Public Administration on the occasion of Civil Services Day at 1100 hours on Thursday at Vigyan Bhawan. He will also address Civil Servants during the event. Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Public Administration have been instituted with a view to recognise the extraordinary and innovative work done by Districts/ implementing ts and Central/ State organisations for the welfare of common citizens. They are also conferred for effective implementation of identified priority programs and innovation, the PMO said. Exemplary work done in the following five identified priority programmes will be given awards which is to be presented on Civil Services Day 2022. The awards are being presented in certain identified priority programs which include Promoting Jan Bhagidari or People’s Participation in Poshan Abhiyan, Promoting excellence in sports and wellness through Khelo India scheme, Digital payments and Good Governance in PM SVANidhi Yojana, Holistic Development through One District One Product scheme, Seamless, End-to-End Delivery of Services without Human Intervention. A total of 16 awards for 5 identified Priority Programmes and for innovations in the sphere of public administration/delivery of services etc. will be given this year, the PMO said. ASU SY 1230