In an attempt to spread awareness about conservation of water, Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation launched a contest : “Jal Bachao, Video Banao, Puraskar Pao” on 10th July 2018 running till 4th November, 2018. For the third and fourth fortnight of the Contest, entries were invited from 9th to 23rd August and 24th August to 7th September, 2018 on MyGov Portal.

Department of Biotechnology (M/o Sc. & Tech.), Government of India, the organizing partner for 4th India International Science Festival, 2018 to be held at Lucknow from 5th to 8th October, 2018, had conducted a contest for Slogan/Tagline for 4th IISF to catch the attention on the theme of the IISF.

The India Innovation Challenge Design Contest (IICDC) has grown from strength to strength every year since its inception in 2016. Organized by Texas Instruments in collaboration with Department of Science and Technology (DST) and anchored by NSRCEL, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB) and supported by MyGov, IICDC is an attempt at creating an immersive ecosystem to encourage innovation.

महात्मा गांधी का कथन है, ‘स्वच्छता, राजनीतिक स्वतंत्रता से अधिक महत्त्वपूर्ण है।’ यह कथन समाज में स्वच्छता के महत्व को रेखांकित करता है। उनके इसी कथन को को मूर्त रूप देने के लिए माननीय प्रधानमंत्री श्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने 15 अगस्त, 2014 को लाल किले की प्राचीर से राष्ट्र को संबोधित करते हुए कहा था कि “हमें गंदगी और खुले में शौच के खिलाफ लड़ाई लड़नी है, हमें पुरानी आदतों को बदलना है और महात्मा गांधी की 150वीं जयंती के वर्ष 2019 तक स्वच्छ भारत का लक्ष्य प्राप्त करना है।” जिसके तहत 15 सितम्बर से 2 अक्टूबर (गांधी जयंती) तक देश भर में एक विशेष स्वच्छता अभियान का आगाज किया गया, जिसे पीएम मोदी ने ‘स्वच्छता ही सेवा’ (क्लीनीनेस इज़ सर्विस) नाम दिया है।

Incubation Centre, IIT Patna had invited students, members of faculty and other innovators to participate in Hack-E-Thon, 2018. The objective of the event is to identify solutions for relevant problems existing in various sectors prevalent in the rural and urban community.

An online Quiz on Sports was conducted by Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports in coordination with MyGov from 28.8.2018 to 8.9.2018. The Quiz received an overwhelming response, and witnessed participation more than 22,000. The top 10 participants of this Quiz are as furnished here under:

The Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals launched 3 competitions on MyGov Portal as under :- 1. Slogan Writing on “Bringing out the positive role of plastics and removing the negativity around use of plastics”. 2. Paragraph Writing on “Success Stories: Positive impact of plastics in the daily life of citizens”. 3. Crowd Sourcing of Innovative Ideas on “Managing Plastics Waste for a better environment-solutions from origin-to-end disposal”

The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC India, in the run up to its Silver Jubilee Celebrations, organized Painting Competition, online through the “MyGov” portal in March, 2018 in order to seek people’s involvement and participation in the promotion and protection of human rights. A total of 526 entries were received till the last date on the 15th July, 2018 for the competition from people of varied age groups and from different parts of the country.

National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) initiated the ‘Coin a suitable name for One Nation One Card’ contest on the MyGov platform from 20-08-2018 to 27-08-2018. The contest recorded considerable participation with nearly 8537 submissions.

In an attempt to spread awareness about conservation of water, Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation launched a contest named as “Jal Bachao, Video Banao, Puraskar Pao” from 10th July 2018 running till 4thNovember, 2018.