‘Microsoft – Data Heroes’ Award for eTaal Portal was received by Shri IPS Sethi, Sr.TD, NIC and Shri OP Gupta, Scientist-C NIC on 3rd May 2017 at New Delhi ‘Microsoft Data Heroes’ Award for the tremendous efforts and leadership displayed by organizations in unlocking insights from data and to inspire the industry with leading best practices and stories was given away during Microsoft Data Amp event at Taj Mahal Hotel, Delhi on 3rd May 2017. The Award was conferred to eTaal portal of NIC, which provides e-Transactions count of e-Services delivered to the citizens across the country. eTaal has a nationwide acceptability as data is being captured for approx. 3377 e-Services from 21 Central Ministries, 36 States/UTs and 21 Mission Mode Projects (MMPs).