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News: Recently, the government has announced the winners of the National Panchayat Awards 2025.
About National Panchayat Awards 2025
- The winners of the National Panchayat Awards 2025 have been announced, with 42 Panchayats from across the country being selected for the honours.
- Conferred by: It has been conferred by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj.
- Frequency: It is conferred annually to recognize and incentivise best-performing Panchayats and promote inclusive, participatory, and sustainable development in rural India.
- Aim: Its aim is to encourage Panchayats to improve local governance, service delivery, and progress towards Sustainable Development Goals through community-led initiatives, reinforcing Panchayats’ role in translating national priorities towards Viksit Bharat 2047.
- The awards are being given under the Incentivization of Panchayats scheme of the Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan.
- Winner: Karnataka has secured the highest number of awards with six Panchayats being selected, followed by Andhra Pradesh and Odisha with five awards each.
- Categories: The awards are being conferred under two categories –
- Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Satat Vikas Puraskar:
- It recognises outstanding Gram Panchayats for their performance across themes linked to Sustainable Development Goals, including poverty-free livelihoods, health, water sufficiency, sanitation, women-friendly governance and social justice.
- A total of 34 Gram Panchayats from 17 States and Union Territories have been selected under this category.
- Nanaji Deshmukh Sarvottam Panchayat Satat Vikas Puraskar:
- It will be given to the best-performing Panchayats at the district, block and gram levels.
- Eight Panchayats have been selected under this category, including three district Panchayats, two block Panchayats and three Gram Panchayats.
- Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Satat Vikas Puraskar:
- Prize: The winning Panchayats will receive financial incentives ranging from 50 lakh rupees to five crore rupees, depending on the category and tier.
