Kanyashree Prakalpa, a flagship programme of Government of West Bengal, was ranked first among the eight schemes chosen for the UN Award from 552 nominations from 62 countries. The award was conferred on 23rd June, 2017 in UNPSA Award ceremony at The Hague, Netherlands.
Kanyashree Online 4.0 (wbkanyashree.gov.in), designed & developed by NIC-West Bengal State Centre, is an e-governance mechanism of the programme, which provides a single-window & end-to-end ICT enablement. The entire process, from enrollment to direct bank transfer is online. Real time reporting with data disaggregated by age, location, minority groups, disability and educational attainment are available, as are service delivery performance indicators. The services are available through multiple channels like, portal, mobile app, smart phone version as well as through SMS services. The bi-lingual Kanyashree Portal & Mobile App, a tool to promote Digital Literacy amongst the Kanyashree Girls also provides virtual workspace for all Kanyashree Girls.. The programme is being run from 15,826 institutions across the State. Around 40.40 lakh adolescent girls are already enrolled in the programme. 87.52 lakh unit cash transfers have already been sanctioned within a period of 4 years and Rs.4,000 Crores have been disbursed through DBT.