Panchayat awards

West Bengal is gearing up for the Panchayat polls with a single-phased voting scheduled on July 8. The gram panchayats, panchayat samitis and zila parishads will all go to the elections that are seen as the curtain raiser ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Prior to the polls, the process of filing nominations by the candidates has been witnessing violent clashes between the contesting parties across districts. The Opposition parties have alleged the ruling Trinamool Congress has been forcefully restricting them from filing their nominations. West Bengal’s State Election Commission (SEC) has scheduled a meeting on Tuesday to hear demands and grievances of all the political parties while also discuss the law and order situation in the state, news agency PTI reported. Here is all you need to know about the West Bengal Panchayat elections next month The State Election Commission on June 8 notified that the nomination for the panchayat polls has to be during the period from June 9 till June 15. The Opposition parties however moved the Calcutta High Court seeking extension of dates for filing nominations. During the hearing on June 9, the Calcutta HC Division Bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya urged the SEC to extend the nomination period and observed that the time given for filing nominations for the three-tier rural elections was “prima facie inadequate”. The State Election Commission, in an affidavit, however, told the High Court on Mo...

Nine rural local bodies of Karnataka have won the national-level panchayat awards for efficient implementation of schemes for transformation of rural areas. The six panchayats that have won the Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Raj Sashaktikaran are: Hassan Zilla Panchayat, Pandavapura Taluk Panchayat, Bengaluru East Taluk Panchayat, Tumminakatte Gram Panchayat, Yadaganahalli Gram Panchayat, and Karna Kuppe Gram Panchayat. Bengaluru East Taluk Panchayat has bagged the award for providing land for all 11 GPs in Anekal for solid waste management, for encroachment clearance drive, and for digitisation of records, according to Bengaluru Urban Deputy Commissioner J. Manjunath. The Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Raj Sashaktikaran award is given to the best-performing panchayat in recognition of the good work done by PRIs at each level for improving delivery of services and public goods. Hemmanahalli Gram Panchayat has bagged the Nanaji Deshmukh Rashtriya Gaurav Gram Sabha Puraskar. Rajankunte Gram Panchayat in Bengaluru North taluk has received the Namma Grama Namma Yojane Puraskar, while Munuganahalli Gram Panchayat has received the best child-friendly panchayat award. The awards were announced on Saturday on the occasion of National Panchayati Raj Day. Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a virtual conference with Chief Ministers and Panchayat Raj Ministers of the States. The cash prize for recognised zilla and taluk panchayats is ₹25 lakh, while for gram panchayats it i...

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...

Four panchayats from Kerala have secured awards at the National Panchayat Awards 2023. The Union government chose the winners based on nine indices related to Sustainable Development Goals. The Cheruthana grama panchayat in Alappuzha district has been chosen the best child-friendly panchayat in the country, while the Veeyapuram panchayat from the same district won the award for having the best self-sufficient infrastructure. The Perumbadappa panchayat in Malappuram won the second place in the water sufficiency category, while the Alagappa Nagar panchayat in Thrissur district won the third place for good governance. In addition to the four awards, the Meenangadi panchayat won a special award for carbon neutral initiatives. Minister for Local Self Governments M.B. Rajesh congratulated the four panchayats for winning the awards after competing with thousands of panchayats from across the country. Cheruthana panchayat president Aby Mathew said that it was a proud moment for the local body. Mr. Mathew said that all anganwadis in Cheruthana had been made self-sufficient with water connection, electricity, child-friendly toilets, play equipment and so on. The local body spent ₹18.79 lakh for improving nutrition levels in children. Besides, the panchayat initiated various measures to improve the quality of education in schools and provided scholarships to students for higher studies. The local body in association with the Excise department carried out campaigns against drug addict...

Four panchayats from Kerala have secured awards at the National Panchayat Awards 2023. The Union government chose the winners based on nine indices related to Sustainable Development Goals. The Cheruthana grama panchayat in Alappuzha district has been chosen the best child-friendly panchayat in the country, while the Veeyapuram panchayat from the same district won the award for having the best self-sufficient infrastructure. The Perumbadappa panchayat in Malappuram won the second place in the water sufficiency category, while the Alagappa Nagar panchayat in Thrissur district won the third place for good governance. In addition to the four awards, the Meenangadi panchayat won a special award for carbon neutral initiatives. Minister for Local Self Governments M.B. Rajesh congratulated the four panchayats for winning the awards after competing with thousands of panchayats from across the country. Cheruthana panchayat president Aby Mathew said that it was a proud moment for the local body. Mr. Mathew said that all anganwadis in Cheruthana had been made self-sufficient with water connection, electricity, child-friendly toilets, play equipment and so on. The local body spent ₹18.79 lakh for improving nutrition levels in children. Besides, the panchayat initiated various measures to improve the quality of education in schools and provided scholarships to students for higher studies. The local body in association with the Excise department carried out campaigns against drug addict...

Nine rural local bodies of Karnataka have won the national-level panchayat awards for efficient implementation of schemes for transformation of rural areas. The six panchayats that have won the Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Raj Sashaktikaran are: Hassan Zilla Panchayat, Pandavapura Taluk Panchayat, Bengaluru East Taluk Panchayat, Tumminakatte Gram Panchayat, Yadaganahalli Gram Panchayat, and Karna Kuppe Gram Panchayat. Bengaluru East Taluk Panchayat has bagged the award for providing land for all 11 GPs in Anekal for solid waste management, for encroachment clearance drive, and for digitisation of records, according to Bengaluru Urban Deputy Commissioner J. Manjunath. The Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Raj Sashaktikaran award is given to the best-performing panchayat in recognition of the good work done by PRIs at each level for improving delivery of services and public goods. Hemmanahalli Gram Panchayat has bagged the Nanaji Deshmukh Rashtriya Gaurav Gram Sabha Puraskar. Rajankunte Gram Panchayat in Bengaluru North taluk has received the Namma Grama Namma Yojane Puraskar, while Munuganahalli Gram Panchayat has received the best child-friendly panchayat award. The awards were announced on Saturday on the occasion of National Panchayati Raj Day. Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a virtual conference with Chief Ministers and Panchayat Raj Ministers of the States. The cash prize for recognised zilla and taluk panchayats is ₹25 lakh, while for gram panchayats it i...

West Bengal is gearing up for the Panchayat polls with a single-phased voting scheduled on July 8. The gram panchayats, panchayat samitis and zila parishads will all go to the elections that are seen as the curtain raiser ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Prior to the polls, the process of filing nominations by the candidates has been witnessing violent clashes between the contesting parties across districts. The Opposition parties have alleged the ruling Trinamool Congress has been forcefully restricting them from filing their nominations. West Bengal’s State Election Commission (SEC) has scheduled a meeting on Tuesday to hear demands and grievances of all the political parties while also discuss the law and order situation in the state, news agency PTI reported. Here is all you need to know about the West Bengal Panchayat elections next month The State Election Commission on June 8 notified that the nomination for the panchayat polls has to be during the period from June 9 till June 15. The Opposition parties however moved the Calcutta High Court seeking extension of dates for filing nominations. During the hearing on June 9, the Calcutta HC Division Bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya urged the SEC to extend the nomination period and observed that the time given for filing nominations for the three-tier rural elections was “prima facie inadequate”. The State Election Commission, in an affidavit, however, told the High Court on Mo...

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...

West Bengal is gearing up for the Panchayat polls with a single-phased voting scheduled on July 8. The gram panchayats, panchayat samitis and zila parishads will all go to the elections that are seen as the curtain raiser ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Prior to the polls, the process of filing nominations by the candidates has been witnessing violent clashes between the contesting parties across districts. The Opposition parties have alleged the ruling Trinamool Congress has been forcefully restricting them from filing their nominations. West Bengal’s State Election Commission (SEC) has scheduled a meeting on Tuesday to hear demands and grievances of all the political parties while also discuss the law and order situation in the state, news agency PTI reported. Here is all you need to know about the West Bengal Panchayat elections next month The State Election Commission on June 8 notified that the nomination for the panchayat polls has to be during the period from June 9 till June 15. The Opposition parties however moved the Calcutta High Court seeking extension of dates for filing nominations. During the hearing on June 9, the Calcutta HC Division Bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya urged the SEC to extend the nomination period and observed that the time given for filing nominations for the three-tier rural elections was “prima facie inadequate”. The State Election Commission, in an affidavit, however, told the High Court on Mo...

Four panchayats from Kerala have secured awards at the National Panchayat Awards 2023. The Union government chose the winners based on nine indices related to Sustainable Development Goals. The Cheruthana grama panchayat in Alappuzha district has been chosen the best child-friendly panchayat in the country, while the Veeyapuram panchayat from the same district won the award for having the best self-sufficient infrastructure. The Perumbadappa panchayat in Malappuram won the second place in the water sufficiency category, while the Alagappa Nagar panchayat in Thrissur district won the third place for good governance. In addition to the four awards, the Meenangadi panchayat won a special award for carbon neutral initiatives. Minister for Local Self Governments M.B. Rajesh congratulated the four panchayats for winning the awards after competing with thousands of panchayats from across the country. Cheruthana panchayat president Aby Mathew said that it was a proud moment for the local body. Mr. Mathew said that all anganwadis in Cheruthana had been made self-sufficient with water connection, electricity, child-friendly toilets, play equipment and so on. The local body spent ₹18.79 lakh for improving nutrition levels in children. Besides, the panchayat initiated various measures to improve the quality of education in schools and provided scholarships to students for higher studies. The local body in association with the Excise department carried out campaigns against drug addict...