The web portal for the Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Public Administration 2025 has been launched by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances. The registration and nomination submission process commenced on October 1, 2025, with nominations accepted until November 15, 2025. The event saw the presence of District Collectors from all states and Union Territories.
This initiative aims to promote healthy competition, new ideas, and improvements in work processes. The focus will be on how administration and strategies reach the public, with an emphasis on implementing changes at the ground level to ensure tangible results, not just statistical ones. Civil servants who have successfully reached the benefits of schemes to the beneficiaries and fully implemented them will be recognized.
### Who Will Receive the Award?
Applications for the awards will be evaluated based on three parameters: good governance, quality, and quantity. All districts are included in the Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Public Administration 2025. Districts with aspirational blocks, covering 500 aspirational blocks spread across 331 districts of India, can participate in the Aspirational Block Programme category.
For Category-I, the work and achievements between April 1, 2022, and September 30, 2025, will be evaluated. For Categories II and III, the evaluation period is from April 1, 2023, to September 30, 2025. A total of 16 awards will be given under the Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Public Administration 2025. The process includes shortlisting of districts and organizations by a screening committee in the initial and second stages, evaluation by an expert committee, and final selection by an empowered committee. The recommendations of the empowered committee will be approved by the Prime Minister for the awards.
### What the Prime Minister’s Award 2025 Includes
The award comprises a trophy, a scroll (certificate), and an incentive of ₹20 lakh. This amount will be used for the public welfare of the awarded district or organization.
