Ministry of Panchayati Raj invites online nominations
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 14 2020:
The Ministry of Panchayati Raj has invited online nomination for incentivizing best performing Panchayati Raj Institutions/States/UTs across India, in recognition of their good work in improving the delivery of services and public goods.
The online nominations have been invited under four categories of Awards for Appraisal for 2018-19 namely, Child-Friendly Gram Panchayat Award (one in each State & UT; Rs 5 lakh each), Nanaji Deshmukh Rashtriya Gaurav Gram Sabha Puraskar (one in each State & UT; Rs 10 lakh each), Gram Panchayat Development Plan Award (one in each State & UT; Rs 5 lakh each) and Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Sashaktikaran Puraskar (For GPs-Rs 5 to 15 lakh each; Block Panchayats- Rs 25 lakh each and District Panchayat- Rs 50 lakh each).
These awards are given on 24 April every year.
The award money is to be utilised for public purposes, especially for the livelihood support, assets creation, development of civic amenities & maintenance and bridging the gap in the funds received from Union/State Governments for various projects.