Chandigarh, April 26 – Haryana’s Development and Panchayat Minister Sh. Krishan Lal Panwar said under the leadership of Chief Minister Sh. Nayab Singh Saini, continuous improvements are being made to make the Panchayati Raj system more efficient, transparent and accountable. In this series, Gram Panchayats with more than 5000 population as per Parivar Pehchan Patra (PPP) will be awarded Rs 11 to 51 lakh and Gram Panchayats with less than 5000 population will be awarded Rs 5 to 31 lakh at the state level, district level and block level, which was announced by the Chief Minister on the occasion of National Panchayati Raj Day in Panchkula recently.
The Development and Panchayat Minister said under the Mukhyamantri Jagrut Gram Puraskar Yojana, awards will be given to those Gram Panchayats which will perform excellently on socio-economic parameters like education, health, self-employment, water conservation, women leadership, agricultural productivity, digital connectivity and sustainable infrastructure. The objective of this scheme is that the Panchayats not only implement the schemes, but also become an example of sustainable solutions with public participation.
He said this time the participation of youth has increased in the educated Panchayats of the state and a large number of Panch-Sarpanch have been elected as members and chairmen of Block Committee and District Council. These young public representatives will play an important role in strengthening the rural economy to give concrete shape to the goal of Prime Minister Sh. Narendra Modi to make India developed by 2047.
Category 1- Gram Panchayats with more than 5000 population
The Development and Panchayat Minister said this award will be given to the Gram Panchayats at the state level, district level and block level under 2 categories. He said under Category 1- Gram Panchayats with PPP population of more than 5000 will be awarded in three categories at the state level. The Gram Panchayat coming first at the state level will be given an incentive of Rs 51 lakh, the Gram Panchayat coming second will be given Rs 31 lakh and the Gram Panchayat coming third will be given Rs 21 lakh. Similarly, the Gram Panchayat coming first at the district level will be given an incentive of Rs 31 lakh and the Gram Panchayat coming second will be given Rs 21 lakh. The Gram Panchayat coming first at the block level will be given an incentive of Rs 11 lakh.
Category 2- Gram Panchayats with less than 5000 population
He said in category 2- Gram Panchayats with less than 5000 PPP population, the Gram Panchayat coming first at the state level will be given Rs 31 lakh, the Gram Panchayat coming second will be given Rs 21 lakh and the Gram Panchayat coming third will be given Rs 11 lakh. The Gram Panchayat coming first at the district level will be given an incentive amount of Rs 21 lakh, the Gram Panchayat coming second will be given Rs 11 lakh. The Gram Panchayat coming first at the block level will be given an incentive amount of Rs 5 lakh. All these amounts will be spent on the development works of the Gram Panchayats.
