Date: 2025-12-22Category: Press ReleaseState: Union GovernmentCountry: India
33rd Webinar of the National Good Governance Webinar Series 2025-26 under the theme ‘Holistic Development of Districts’ held on 22nd December 2025 for dissemination and replication of best practices.
**Executive Summary**
The Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances (DARPG) held the 33rd webinar of the National Good Governance Webinar Series 2025-26 on December 22nd, 2025. The theme of the webinar was "Holistic Development of Districts." The purpose was to disseminate and replicate best practices from award-winning initiatives under the Prime Minister's Award for Excellence in Public Administration.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Webinar Series Overview:**
* Webinars are conducted monthly since April 2022, as directed by the Prime Minister.
* The series aims to share and replicate best practices from PM's Award for Excellence in Public Administration.
* Each webinar is attended by approximately 1000 officials.
* Webinars include status of institutionalisation/ sustainability of the initiative, but also provides insights into the status of its replication/expansion
* **33rd Webinar Details:**
* Held on December 22nd, 2025.
* Featured two initiatives awarded with the PM's Award for Excellence in Public Administration for 2023.
* Initiatives focused on the theme 'Holistic Development of Districts'.
* **Featured Initiatives:**
* Nalanda District initiative, Bihar, presented by Shri Shashank Shubhankar, District Magistrate, Gaya, Bihar.
* Barpeta District initiative, Assam, presented by Shri Aayush Garg, Deputy Commissioner, Sivasagar, Assam.
* **Webinar Participation:**
* Chaired by Shri Puneet Yadav, Additional Secretary, DARPG.
* Attended by senior officers of the Department and from more than 800 locations across India.
* Attendees included Senior Officials of Administrative Reforms Departments of States/UTs, District Collectors, State and District officers, Officers of Central and State Administrative Training Institutes.
**Impact Analysis**
**Line Departments, State Governments, District Collectors, State Administrative Training Institutes, and Central Training Institutes**
* **Impact:** Increased awareness of successful initiatives and insights into replication/expansion strategies.
* **Action Required:** Consider implementing or adapting showcased initiatives in their respective jurisdictions.
**Senior Officials of Administrative Reforms Departments of States/UTs**
* **Impact:** Exposure to best practices and potential areas for improvement in their respective states/UTs.
* **Action Required:** Evaluate the applicability of the showcased initiatives within their administrative context and develop plans for implementation.
**DARPG**
* **Impact:** Fulfills the Prime Minister's directive to disseminate and replicate best practices.
* **Action Required:** Continue organizing and facilitating the National Good Governance Webinar Series.
Key Entities Referenced
Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances (DARPG): The department that directed and conducted the National Good Governance Webinars.
National Good Governance Webinar Series: A series of webinars focused on dissemination and replication of best practices.
Nalanda District: One of the districts whose initiative was presented during the webinar.
Barpeta District: One of the districts whose initiative was presented during the webinar.
Prime Minister's Award for Excellence in Public Administration: The award associated with the showcased initiatives.
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
33rd Webinar of the National Good Governance
Webinar Series 2025-26 under the theme
‘Holistic Development of Districts’ held on 22nd
December 2025 for dissemination and replication
of best practices.
Presentations made on the Nalanda District initiative, Bihar
by Shri Shashank Shubhankar and Barpeta District initiative,
Assam by Shri Aayush Garg to national audience.
प्रव तथ: 22 DEC 2025 5:53PM 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 33 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.
The 33rd Webinar was held on the 22th December 2025 in which two initiatives, awarded with the PM’s
Award for Excellence in Public Administration for the year 2023, under the theme ‘Holistic Development
of Districts’, as per details below presented Power Point presentation on:
i. Nalanda District initiative, Bihar by Shri Shashank Shubhankar, District Magistrate, Gaya, Bihar;
and
ii. Barpeta District initiative, Assam by Shri Aayush Garg, Deputy Commissioner, Sivasagar, Assam.
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 800 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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