Chhattisgarh has won eight national level awards announced on Monday under the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Sashaktikaran Puraskar (DDUPSP) 2020 given to best performing Panchayat in recognition of the good work done to improve delivery of services and public goods.
Under the three-tier Panchayat, Chhattisgarh has bagged one award in the district, two in block and five in village levels.
Dr Sanjeeb Patjoshi, Joint secretary in the Union Ministry of Panchayat Raj, had intimated the announcement of the awards to the Chhattisgarh government. These are for the appraisal year 2018-19.
Kanker district has been selected in the general category while Sonhat of Koriya district and Abhanpur of Raipur district have been picked in the Intermediate/Block category.
In Gram Panchayat level, Banchraoda (Arang Block, Raipur district), Saida and Pondidih (Khadgawana block, Koriya district) and Kendri (Abhanpur block, Raipur district) have been selected in the general category.
Similarly, Tilsiva village of Surajpur district has been selected in Thematic-e-Governance category.
Earlier, under the Child-friendly Gram Panchayat Award 2020, village Kanhabhara in Kawardha block Panchayat of Kabirdham district had won the award.
Village Banchraoda (block Arang, Raipur district) had won the Nanaji Deshmukh Rashtriya Gaurav Gram Sabha Puraskar 2020 earlier.
The Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Sashaktikaran Puraskar are given to the best performing Panchayat in recognition of the good work done at each level for improving delivery of services and public goods.
The thematic categories include Sanitation, Civic Services, Natural Resource Management, Marginsalised section (Women, SC/ST, Disabled, and Senior Citizen), social sector performance and disaster management.