This year, Gram Sabha of Sarangi Gram Panchayat in Petlawad development block of Jhabua district will be awarded for discharging responsibilities in best way. National Gaurav Gram Sabha Award will be conferred to it during National Panchayats Day in Delhi on April 24, 2013. At the function in Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi, the Rs 8 lakh award will be bestowed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Sarpancha of Sarangi Gram Panchayat Smt. Sudi Bai.
At the function, best three-tier panchayat raj institutions will be given away awards worth Rs 2.02 crore. Under empowerment and accountability promotion award scheme 2013, Indore and Sagar district Panchayats, which have been selected at the national level, will be given Rs 40 lakh each and Harda and Khargone Janpad Panchayats Rs 2 lakh each.
A total of Rs 6 lakh each will be given to 12 best Gram Panchayats including likkhi, Bargaon and Bhorath Gram Panchayats in Khargone district, Raibor and Bhatparetiya in Harda district, Anganwada, Umaria and Gogawari in Narsinghpur district, Rampur and Barkheda Gauthan in Sagar district and Indri Gram Panchayat in Mandla district. A 67-member team from Madhya Pradesh will participate in the function. The team will comrise Janpad, Gram Panchayat and senior departmental officers.