National Panchayat Awards 2025

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National Panchayat Awards 2025

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The first important question is:

Why National Awards?

In 2022, the awards were revamped to align with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through a focused approach called Localization of SDGs (LSDGs). This overhaul introduced a multi-level pyramid structure for the awards, incorporating evaluations at the Block, District, State/UT, and National levels.

The awards are conferred under two distinct categories.

1. The Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Satat Vikas Puraskar (DDUPSVP) recognises outstanding Gram Panchayats for their performance across 9 Localisation of Sustainable Development Goals (LSDGs) themes, namely:

1. Under each theme, awards are conferred for Rank 1, Rank 2 and Rank 3. Under NPA-2025, 34 Gram Panchayats spread across 17 States and Union Territories have been selected under DDUPSVP that also includes joint winners.
2. These thematic awards have been linked to the Panchayat Advancement Index (PAI) 2.0 scores.
3. Second category: Nanaji Deshmukh Sarvottam Panchayat Satat Vikas Puraskar (NDSPSVP) is conferred to the best-performing Panchayats at the District, Block, and Gram Panchayat levels on an overall basis.
4. Under NPA-2025, 8 Panchayats have been selected as winners, comprising 3 under the Best District Panchayat category, 2 under Best Block Panchayat and 3 under Best Gram Panchayat category.
5. Winning Panchayats receive financial incentives ranging from Rs. 50 lakh to Rs. 5 crore per awardee, depending on tier and category.
6. The awards are given under the Incentivization of Panchayats (IoP) scheme, a central component of the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA).

 

 

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