Five Gram panchayats, two Janpad panchayats and the Sarguja District Panchayat in Chhattisgarh have been chosen by the Central government for their outstanding work for the year 2012-13, informed in an official statement here on Friday.
The Panchayat and Janpad bodies chosen under the ‘Panchayat Empowerment and Accountability Investive Programme’ of the Union Ministry of Panchayati Raj would receive cash amounting to a total of Rs 1.10 crore as part of the award.
This apart, the Gagoli Gram Panchayat at lunda in Sarguja district had been chosen for ‘Rashtriya Gaurav Gram Sabha Puraskar’ for the year 2013-13.
State Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Hemchand Yadav while congratulating the Panchayat and the Janpad office-bearers and public representatives said that the State government had been carrying out many activities for the empowerment of Panchayati Raj institutions in Chhattisgarh.
He said that a total of eight panchayats from the State received the National Panchayati Raj award last year.
Additional Chief Secretary, Panchayat and Rural Development Department Vivek Dhand said that three gram panchayats each of Raigarh district mainly Aamapali, Tohanipara and Charkhapara in Jhalmala of Durg district, Daniya of Rajnandgaon district, Dharamjayagarh of Raigarh district, Sahaspur lohara of Kabirdham district and Sarguja District Panchayat have been chosen for the national award for the year 2012-13.
The District Panchayat would be receiving Rs 40 lakh as part of the national award, Janpad panchayats would receive Rs 20 lakh each and the Gram panchayats would receive Rs six lakh each amounting to a total of Rs 1.10 crore as part of the award, he said.
Dhand said that during 2011-12, District Panchayat, Sarguja, Janpad Panchayat lakhanpur, Janpad Panchayat, Kartala, Korna dostrict, Gram Panchayat Tarasgaon, Charama, Kanker district and Gram Panchayat , Govindpur, Kanker district had received the national award.
He said that the panchayats strengthening the gram sabhas with their outstanding work are chosen for the ‘Rashtriya Gaurav Gram Sabha Puraskar’.
The Ministry of Panchayati Raj during 2012-13 had chosen Gram Panchayat , Gagoli, at lundra in Sarguja district for ‘Rashtriya Gaurav Gram Sabha Puraskar’, Dand said,
During the previous year, Gram Panchayat, Barela, of Mungeli district was chosen for the aforesaid award, he said.
Dand said that besides the Panchayat award given at the national level, the State government also awards Panchayati Raj institutions for their exemplary work.
During 2012-13, the Raigarh District Panchayat received the State-level award and received a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh. The cash given in the form of an award is used by the Panchayat bodies for developmental work, he added.