Date: 2025-09-26Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: India
31st Webinar of the National Good Governance Webinar Series 2025-26 under the theme ‘Aspirational Blocks Programme’ held on 26th September 2025 for dissemination and replication of best practices
On September 26, 2025, the Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances (DARPG) held the 31st National Good Governance Webinar Series 2025-26, under the theme 'Aspirational Blocks Programme', for the dissemination and replication of best practices. The webinar, which was chaired by Shri Puneet Yadav, Additional Secretary, DARPG, featured presentations on two initiatives that received the PM's Award for Excellence in Public Administration for the year 2024:
1. The Gamharia Block initiative in Saraikerla-Kharsawan, Jharkhand, presented by Shri Ravi Shankar Shukla, Commissioner, Department of Excise and Prohibition, Jharkhand.
2. The Parappa Block initiative in Kasaragod, Kerala, presented by Shri Inbasekar K., Deputy Commissioner, Kasaragod, Kerala.
The webinar was attended by senior officers of the Department, with participants from more than 850 locations across India, including Senior Officials of Administrative Reforms Departments of States/UTs, District Collectors, State and District officers, Officers of Central and State Administrative Training Institutes. As directed by the Prime Minister, the DARPG has conducted one National Good Governance Webinar every month since April 2022, to disseminate and replicate award-winning nominations under the Scheme of Prime Minister's Award for Excellence in Public Administration. Each webinar is attended by about 1000 officials. The webinars aim to present the current status of institutionalization and sustainability of the initiatives, as well as provide insights into their replication and expansion. The PIB Delhi posted this release on September 26, 2025, at 4:09 PM.
Key Entities Referenced
Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances (DARPG): Responsible for conducting webinars and promoting the replication of best practices in public administration.
Prime Minister's Award for Excellence in Public Administration: The award scheme under which initiatives are recognized and disseminated via webinars.
Aspirational Blocks Programme: A program or theme showcased in the webinar series, related to public administration excellence.
National Good Governance Webinar Series: A series of webinars focused on disseminating and replicating best practices in public administration.
Jharkhand: State where the Gamharia Block initiative, a case study in the webinar, is located.
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
31st Webinar of the National Good Governance
Webinar Series 2025-26 under the theme
‘Aspirational Blocks Programme’ held on 26th
September 2025 for dissemination and replication of
best practices
Posted On: 26 SEP 2025 4:09PM by PIB Delhi
The Prime Minister has directed Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances (DARPG) to
hold virtual conferences/ webinars with District Collectors and other officers in which past award winners of
PM’s Awards for Excellence in Public Administration be invited to present their experiences with the
objective of greater dissemination and replication.
In pursuance of the Prime Minister’s directions, the DARPG has conducted 31 National Good Governance
Webinars, one Webinar every month, since April, 2022 to encourage dissemination and replication of the
award-winning nominations under the Scheme of Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public
Administration. Each webinar is attended by about 1000 officials from Line Departments, State
Governments, District Collectors, State Administrative Training Institutes and Central Training Institutes.
These webinars not only present the current status of institutionalisation/ sustainability of the initiative, but
also provides insights into the status of its replication/expansion.
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The 31 Webinar was held on the 26 September 2025 in which two initiatives, awarded with the PM’s
Award for Excellence in Public Administration for the year 2024, under the theme ‘Aspirational Blocks
programme’, as per details below presented Power Point presentation on:
i. Gamharia Block initiative, Saraikerla-Kharsawan, Jharkhand by Shri Ravi Shankar Shukla,
Commissioner, Department of Excise and Prohibition, Jharkhand; and
ii. Parappa Block initiative, Kasaragod, Kerala by Shri Inbasekar K., Deputy Commissioner, Kasaragod,
Kerala.
The Webinar was chaired by Shri Puneet Yadav, Additional Secretary, DARPG and was attended by senior
officers of the Department. The Webinar was attended from more than 850 locations across India with Senior
Officials of Administrative Reforms Departments of States/UTs, District Collectors, State and District
officers, Officers of Central and State Administrative Training Institutes.
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