Under its ambitious “7-Star Gram Panchayat Rainbow Scheme”, the Manohar lal Khattar Government would reward Rs one lakh for achieving each star to the villages.
Besides, the villages having equal or more girl population would be given an additional Rs 50,000 as bonus with their reward money. And, the villages which adopted Swachhta Mission would be given additional Rs 50,000 as reward.
Haryana Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister, OP Dhankar while talking to the mediapersons here on Tuesday said that under the scheme, the villages would be rewarded Rs one lakh for achieving each star.
The villages winning six stars would be entitled to get the additional developmental works worth Rs 20 lakh, villages with 5 stars rating would be entitled to get the additional developmental works worth Rs 15 lakh and villages with 4 stars would be entitled to get the additional developmental works worth Rs 10 lakh done from the departments, said the Minister.
He also held a meeting of State level Panchayat Performance Assessment Committee (SPPAC) meeting here. The star rating to the village panchayats under the scheme is given on the basis of seven parameters such as sex ratio, good education, hygiene or serenity, environment preservation, good governance and social participation.
An online portal has been developed for receiving claims of Panchayats, for evaluation and verification in the state.
The Minister said, Haryana has become the first state in the country to give star ranking to village panchayats on the basis of seven social parameters and as many as 1,120 villages of Haryana has achieved star ranking under “7-Star Gram Panchayat Rainbow Scheme” launched in January this year.