National Panchayat Awards (2021)

The Ministry of Panchayati Raj commemorates 24th April of every year as the National Panchayati Raj Day, as the 73rd Constitutional Amendment came into force on this date.

Every year, on this occasion, Ministry of Panchayati Raj has been awarding the best performing Panchayats/States/UTs across the country under the Incentivization of Panchayats in recognition of their good work for improving delivery of services and public goods.

The National Panchayat Awards 2021 are being conferred under the following categories:

• Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Sashaktikaran Puraskar to 224 panchayats,
• Nanaji Deshmukh Rashtriya Gaurav Gram Sabha Puraskar to 30-gram panchayats,
• Gram Panchayat Development Plan Award to 29-gram panchayats,
• Child-friendly Gram Panchayat Award to 30 Gram Panchayats
• e-Panchayat Puraskar to 12 states

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.