National Panchayat Awards (2019)

As per recently organized National Panchayat Awards (2019) by Ministry of Panchayati Raj, 240 panchayats were conferred awards in categories like Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Sashaktikaran Puraskar (DDUPSP), Nanaji Deshmukh Rashtriya Gaurav Gram Sabha Puraskar (NDRGGSP) etc.

• These categories usually check Panchayat’s performance on indicators like Sanitation, Civic Services (drinking water, street light, infrastructure), Natural Resource Management, Serving Marginalized Section (women, SC/ST, disabled, senior citizen), Social Sector Performance, Disaster Management, CBOs/ Individuals taking voluntary actions to support Gram Panchayats, Innovation in revenue generation, e-Governance etc. Maharashtra (17) and Uttar Pradesh (36) won maximum awards.