Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the distribution of e-property cards under the 'SWAMITVA scheme' on Saturday. As many as 4.09 lakh property owners will be given their e-property cards on National Panchayati Raj Day (April 24), which will also mark the rolling out of the SVAMITVA scheme for implementation across the country. Modi will launch the distribution of e-property cards through video conferencing, said PMO in a statement.
The PM will also confer the National Panchayat Awards 2021 on the occasion. Union minister Narendra Singh Tomar will also attend the event. The National Panchayat Awards 2021 are being conferred under the following categories -- Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Sashaktikaran Puraskar to 224 panchayats, Nanaji Deshmukh Rashtriya Gaurav Gram Sabha Puraskar to 30 gram panchayats, Gram Panchayat Development Plan Award to 29 gram panchayats, Child-friendly Gram Panchayat Award to 30 Gram Panchayats and e-Panchayat Puraskar to 12 states.
The Prime Minister will transfer the award money (as grants-in-aid) through the click of a button, ranging from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 50 lakh, the PMO said. The amount will be directly transferred to the bank account of the panchayats concerned in real time, it said, adding that this is being done for the first time.
The SVAMITVA (Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas) scheme was launched by the Prime Minister on April 24, 2020 as a central sector scheme to promote a socio-economically empowered and self-reliant rural India.