Best district panchayat award

Kollam district panchayat wins Swaraj Trophy for the State’s best district panchayat for 2021-22 fiscal The Thiruvananthapuram Corporation bagged the trophy for the best corporation; the awards will be presented at the Local Self-Governance Day celebrations to be held at Thrithala on February 18 and 19 February 15, 2023 05:50 pm | Updated 05:50 pm IST - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM The Kollam district panchayat won the Swaraj Trophy for the best district panchayat in the State for the 2021-22 financial year. The Kannur district panchayat stood second in the rankings. The Thiruvananthapuram Corporation bagged the trophy for the best corporation. The Mulanthuruthy grama panchayat won the award for the best grama panchayat in the State and Pappinissery and Marangattupilly grama panchayats won the second and third places. The award for the best block panchayat went to Perumpadappu, while Kodakara and Nedumangad won the second and third places. Tirurangadi won the award for the best municipality, while Wadakkanchery and Sulthan Bathery won the second and third places. The Kallikkad grama panchayat in Thiruvananthapuram won the Mahatma award for the best implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) while the Kollam Corporation won the Mahatma Ayyankali award for the implementation of the Ayyankali Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme (AUEGS). Wadakkanchery and Vaikom won the award for municipalities. Minister for Local Self-Governments M.B. Rajesh...

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New Delhi: Panchayats have a significant role to play in the effective and efficient implementation of flagship schemes for transformation of rural India. There are many outstanding performers among Panchayats all over the country and such Panchayats need to be identified and encouraged. The Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR), Government of India has been incentivizing the best performing Panchayats recommended by the State Governments/UT Administrations since 2011-12. The awards are given on the National Panchayati Raj Day celebrated on 24th of April every year. Online Nominations are invited from Panchayats (or similar level local bodies) for National Panchayat Awards 2021 (Appraisal year 2019-2020) under the following categories: The Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India will award Panchayats – Gram Panchayat (GP) Block Panchayat (BP), Zilla Panchayat (ZP) on 24 April 2021. There will be 4 categories of Awards – • Deen Dayal Upadhaya Panchayat Sasaktikaran Puraskar (for GP- cash award upto Rs15 lakh, ,BP- cash award Rs 25 lakh, ZP- cash award Rs50 lakh) in General and 9 theme categories. • Nanaji Deshmukh Rastriya Gaurabh Gram Sabha Puraskar ( for GP one in each state- cash award Rs10 lakh). • Gram Panchayat Development Plan award ( for one GP in each state- Rs5 lakh cash award). • Child Friendly Gram Panchayat Award( for one GP in each state- Rs5 lakh cash award). Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Sashaktikaran Puraskar (DDUPSP) is given to best performing Panchay...

Mulanthuruthy of Ernakulam district will receive the award for best grama panchayat. Elavally in Thrissur and Mangalapuram in Thiruvananthapuram came in second and third positions respectively in the category of grama panchayats. Meanwhile, the Pathanamthitta district made remarkable achievements in the list of Mahatma awards. Along with a trophy, Rs 25 lakh is awarded as first prize of Swaraj trophy in the state level and Rs 15 lakh for the second and Rs 10 lakh for the third prize winners. No cash prize will be given for the Mahatma awards. A reward of Rs 10 lakh will be given for first prize in district level Swaraj trophy and Rs 5 lakh as second prize.

Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy presented the National Panchayat Awards-2021 conferred by the Union Ministry of Panchayat Raj to the panchayats, mandals and districts on the occasion of the National Panchayat Raj Day on Saturday. Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the awards ceremony through a video-conference. Union Panchayat Raj Minister Narendra Singh Thomar and Chief Ministers of various States took part. With the press of a button by the Prime Minister, cash incentives were credited to the bank accounts of the panchayats, mandals and districts that won awards. On the occasion, Mr. Modi said that village panchayats performed well during the COVID-19 crisis last year, and exhorted them to work with the same spirit now as the second wave of the pandemic hit the country. National Panchayat Raj Day is celebrated on April 24, marking the coming into force of the Constitution (73rd Amendment) Act, 1992, that vests certain powers with the local bodies. Andhra Pradesh won 15 awards in 2020 and 17 in 2021. It received 2nd best award among the States in the e-Panchayat category, two awards at the district level, and four and 10 awards at the mandal and panchayat levels respectively. The district-level awards carry a cash incentive of ₹50,000, mandal-level awards ₹25,000 and village-level awards ₹8,000 to ₹10,000 depending on the population. Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy presented the State-level award in the e-Panchayat category to Panchayat Raj and Rural Development C...

The awards were given away by President Droupadi Murmu to Ganjam collector Dibya Jyoti Parida and other officers of the districts. While Ganjam zilla parishad was awarded Rs 5 crore, Hinjilicut block received Rs 2 crore. Under Hinjilicut block, Kanchura and Syasan Ambagam gram panchayats received the ‘healthy panchayat’ (second position) and ‘clean and green panchayat’ (second position) awards respectively. With all the 6,200 persons above 18 years of age from 1,800 families having enrolled themselves under the central government sponsored old age pension scheme, life insurance and accident insurance schemes, Kulada GP under Bhanjanagar block of Ganjam district was awarded second position as a ‘socially secured panchayat’. The three panchayats were conferred the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Satat Vikas Puraskar by the Union Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Giriraj Singh. Under the special category of awards, Bonaigarh gram panchayat in Sundargarh received the Gram Urja Swaraj Vishesh Panchayat Puraskar and Carbon Neutral Vishesh Panchayat Puraskar. It was selected for the awards for innovatively reducing power consumption of individual users by erecting solar panels and exemplary work towards achieving Net-Zero carbon emissions. Ankuli panchayat in Ganjam was also presented the Gram Urja Swaraj Vishesh Panchayat Puraskar. The National Panchayat Awards honour the best-performing panchayats (local self-government bodies) across the country by assessing their performan...

The awards were given away by President Droupadi Murmu to Ganjam collector Dibya Jyoti Parida and other officers of the districts. While Ganjam zilla parishad was awarded Rs 5 crore, Hinjilicut block received Rs 2 crore. Under Hinjilicut block, Kanchura and Syasan Ambagam gram panchayats received the ‘healthy panchayat’ (second position) and ‘clean and green panchayat’ (second position) awards respectively. With all the 6,200 persons above 18 years of age from 1,800 families having enrolled themselves under the central government sponsored old age pension scheme, life insurance and accident insurance schemes, Kulada GP under Bhanjanagar block of Ganjam district was awarded second position as a ‘socially secured panchayat’. The three panchayats were conferred the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Satat Vikas Puraskar by the Union Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Giriraj Singh. Under the special category of awards, Bonaigarh gram panchayat in Sundargarh received the Gram Urja Swaraj Vishesh Panchayat Puraskar and Carbon Neutral Vishesh Panchayat Puraskar. It was selected for the awards for innovatively reducing power consumption of individual users by erecting solar panels and exemplary work towards achieving Net-Zero carbon emissions. Ankuli panchayat in Ganjam was also presented the Gram Urja Swaraj Vishesh Panchayat Puraskar. The National Panchayat Awards honour the best-performing panchayats (local self-government bodies) across the country by assessing their performan...

Mulanthuruthy of Ernakulam district will receive the award for best grama panchayat. Elavally in Thrissur and Mangalapuram in Thiruvananthapuram came in second and third positions respectively in the category of grama panchayats. Meanwhile, the Pathanamthitta district made remarkable achievements in the list of Mahatma awards. Along with a trophy, Rs 25 lakh is awarded as first prize of Swaraj trophy in the state level and Rs 15 lakh for the second and Rs 10 lakh for the third prize winners. No cash prize will be given for the Mahatma awards. A reward of Rs 10 lakh will be given for first prize in district level Swaraj trophy and Rs 5 lakh as second prize.

Kollam district panchayat wins Swaraj Trophy for the State’s best district panchayat for 2021-22 fiscal The Thiruvananthapuram Corporation bagged the trophy for the best corporation; the awards will be presented at the Local Self-Governance Day celebrations to be held at Thrithala on February 18 and 19 February 15, 2023 05:50 pm | Updated 05:50 pm IST - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM The Kollam district panchayat won the Swaraj Trophy for the best district panchayat in the State for the 2021-22 financial year. The Kannur district panchayat stood second in the rankings. The Thiruvananthapuram Corporation bagged the trophy for the best corporation. The Mulanthuruthy grama panchayat won the award for the best grama panchayat in the State and Pappinissery and Marangattupilly grama panchayats won the second and third places. The award for the best block panchayat went to Perumpadappu, while Kodakara and Nedumangad won the second and third places. Tirurangadi won the award for the best municipality, while Wadakkanchery and Sulthan Bathery won the second and third places. The Kallikkad grama panchayat in Thiruvananthapuram won the Mahatma award for the best implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) while the Kollam Corporation won the Mahatma Ayyankali award for the implementation of the Ayyankali Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme (AUEGS). Wadakkanchery and Vaikom won the award for municipalities. Minister for Local Self-Governments M.B. Rajesh...

New Delhi: Panchayats have a significant role to play in the effective and efficient implementation of flagship schemes for transformation of rural India. There are many outstanding performers among Panchayats all over the country and such Panchayats need to be identified and encouraged. The Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR), Government of India has been incentivizing the best performing Panchayats recommended by the State Governments/UT Administrations since 2011-12. The awards are given on the National Panchayati Raj Day celebrated on 24th of April every year. Online Nominations are invited from Panchayats (or similar level local bodies) for National Panchayat Awards 2021 (Appraisal year 2019-2020) under the following categories: The Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India will award Panchayats – Gram Panchayat (GP) Block Panchayat (BP), Zilla Panchayat (ZP) on 24 April 2021. There will be 4 categories of Awards – • Deen Dayal Upadhaya Panchayat Sasaktikaran Puraskar (for GP- cash award upto Rs15 lakh, ,BP- cash award Rs 25 lakh, ZP- cash award Rs50 lakh) in General and 9 theme categories. • Nanaji Deshmukh Rastriya Gaurabh Gram Sabha Puraskar ( for GP one in each state- cash award Rs10 lakh). • Gram Panchayat Development Plan award ( for one GP in each state- Rs5 lakh cash award). • Child Friendly Gram Panchayat Award( for one GP in each state- Rs5 lakh cash award). Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Sashaktikaran Puraskar (DDUPSP) is given to best performing Panchay...