Today, almost every Government department is trying to leverage upon the benefits of ICT to provide better services to the common citizen. A number of e-Governance initiatives have been undertaken by the government departments at Central and State levels. Some of the e-Governance projects are already running successfully in different parts of the country. An endeavour like the National Portal provides an ideal front-end for diverse services and information from a single point. National Portal of India, 'india.gov.in' has been launched as a part of Mission Mode Project under the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) by National Informatics Centre, http://www.nic.in, Department of Information Technology, Government of India. The portal has proved as a one-stop-solution for all information and services related to the Government of India. In order to promote more and more innovative e-Governance initiatives and to give due recognition to the exemplary efforts in this direction, the Web Ratna Awards have instituted under the ambit of the National Portal of India. The awards aim not only to recognize the noteworthy and sustainable initiatives in the realm of e-Governance but also to disseminate information about such initiatives for others to customize the replicate the successful solutions. These awards would reflect the outstanding ICT initiatives in full categories: 1. Citizen Centric Service; 2. Public Participation Service; 3. Outstanding Web Content; 4. Innovative Use of Technology; 5. Comprehensive Web Presence Ministry/ Department; 6. Comprehensive Web Presence State; 7. National Portal Coordinator (NPC); 8. NIC Coordinator of the National Portal (NCNP). These awards were announced some times ago for nominations. Nominations were received from all over India and have been reviewed by committee of experts & our esteemed jury. The awards will be conferred shortly in Platinum, Gold, and Silver categories.