India, Feb. 11 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
National Panchayat Awards- 2023
(a)
Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Satat Vikas Puraskar (DDUPSVP)
Sr. No.
Award Theme
Rank of GP
Awardee Gram Panchayat/
Block Panchayat
District Panchayat
State/UT
Award amount
1
Poverty Free and Enhanced Livelihoods Panchayat
1
Khandobachiwadi
Palus
Sangli
Maharashtra
1.00
2
Mandoddi
Rajoli
Jogulamba Gadwad
Telangana
0.75
3
Nagam
Lundra
Surguja
Chhattisgarh
0.50
2
Healthy Panchayat
1
Gowthampur
Chunchupalli
Bhadradri Kothagudem
Telangana
1.00
2
Kanchura
Hinjilicut
Ganjam
Odisha
0.75
3
Saankra
Nagari
Dhamtari
Chhattisgarh
0.50
3
Child- Friendly Panchayat
1
Cheruthana
Harippad
Alappuzha
Kerala
1.00
2
Sira A
Latti
Udhampur
Jammu and Kashmir
0.75
3
Hansudi Ausanpur
Bhanwapur
Siddharth Nagar
Uttar Pradesh
0.50
4
Water- Sufficient Panchayat
1
Nellutla
Lingalaghanpur
Jangoan
Telangana
1.00
2
Perumpadappa
Perumpadappu
Malappuram
Kerala
0.75
3
Phalmerg
Tarathpora
Kupwara
Jammu and Kashmir
0.50
5
Clean and Green Panchayat
1
Kundal
Palus
Sangli
Maharashtra
1.00
2
Syasan Ambagam
Hinjilicut
Ganjam
Odisha
0.75
3
Sulthanpur
Eligaid
Peddapalli
Telangana
0.50
6
Self- Sufficient Infrastructure in Panchayat
1
Veeyapuram
Harippad
Alappuzha
Kerala
1.00
2
Laxminagar
Campbell Bay
South Andamans
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
0.75
3
Gambhiraopet
Gambhiraopet
Rajanna Sircilla
Telangana
0.50
7
Socially Secured Panchayat
1
Kongatpally
Hanwada
Mahabubnagar
Telangana
1.00
2
Kulada
Bhanjanagar
Ganjam
Odisha
0.75
3
Bhakatgaon
Khagarijan
Nagaon
Assam
0.50
8
Panchayat with Good Governance
1
Pitchanur
Madukkarai
Coimbatore
Tamil Nadu
1.00
2
Cheemaldari
Vikarabad
Mominpet
Telangana
0.75
3
Alagappa Nagar
Kodakara
Thrissur
Kerala
0.50
9
Women- Friendly Panchayat
1
Aipoor
Atmakur(S)
Suryapet
Telangana
1.00
2
Fatehpora
Baramulla
Baramulla
Jammu and Kashmir
0.75
3
Alabad
Kagal
Kolhapur
Maharashtra
0.50
(b)
Nanaji Deshmukh Sarvottam Panchayat Satat Vikas Puraskar (NDSPSVP)
Best Gram Panchayats/Equivalent Bodies
Rank of GP
Awardee Gram Panchayat/
Block Panchayat
District Panchayat
State/UT
Award amount
1
Ngopa
NA
NA
Mizoram
1.50
2
MilakAmawti
Dilari
Moradabad
Uttar Pradesh
1.25
3
Kapilo
Birni
Giridih
Jharkhand
1.00
Best Block Panchayats/Equivalent Bodies
Rank of BP
Awardee Block Panchayat/Equivalent Bodies
District Panchayat
State
Award amount
1
Hinjilicut
Ganjam
Odisha
2.00
2
Thimmapur (L.M.D.)
Karimnagar
Telangana
1.75
3
Kumarghat Bac
Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council
Tripura
1.50
Best District Panchayats
Rank of DP
Awardee District Panchayat
State
Award amount
1
Ganjam
Odisha
5.00
2
Mulugu
Telangana
3.00
3
Dadra and Nagar Haveli
The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
2.00
(c)
Special Category of Award
Gram Urja Swaraj Vishesh Panchayat Puraskar (GUSVPP)
Rank
Awardee Gram Panchayat/
Block Panchayat
District Panchayat
State/UT
Award amount
1
Tikekarwadi
Junnar
Pune
Maharashtra
1.00
2
Ankuli
Patrapur
Ganjam
Odisha
0.75
3
Mukra (k)
Ichoda
Adilabad
Telangana
0.50
Carbon Neutral Vishesh Panchayat Puraskar (CNVPP)
Rank
Awardee Gram Panchayat/
Block Panchayat
District Panchayat
State/UT
Award amount
1
Meenangadi
Sulthan Bathery
Wayanad
Kerala
1.00
2
Kanha
Nandigama
Rangareddi
Telangana
0.75
3
Bonaigarh
Bonaigarh
Sundargarh
Odisha
0.50
National Panchayat Awards -2024
(a)
Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Satat Vikas Puraskar (DDUPSVP)
Sr. No.
Award Theme
Rank of GP
Awardee Gram Panchayat/
Block Panchayat
District Panchayat
State/UT
Award amount
1
Poverty Free and Enhanced Livelihoods Panchayat
1
Galibeedu
Madikeri
Kodagu
Karnataka
1.00
2
Perumpadappa
Perumpadappu
Malappuram
Kerala
0.75
3
Betcherra
Kumarghat
Unakoti
Tripura
0.50
2
Healthy Panchayat
1
Bommasamudrum
Irala
Chittoor
Andhra Pradesh
1.00
2
Keluapalli
Rangeilunda
Ganjam
Odisha
0.75
3
Jajuar Middle
Katra
Muzaffarpur
Bihar
0.50
3
Child- Friendly Panchayat
1
Jengrai
Ujani Majuli
Majuli
Assam
1.00
2
Bhartaul
Bithiri Chainpur
Bareilly
Uttar Pradesh
0.75
3
Rajkang
Amarpur Bac
Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council
Tripura
0.50
4
Water- Sufficient Panchayat
1
Nayampudi
Nakkapalle
Visakhapatanam
Andhra Pradesh
1.00
2
Sikander
Bamson
Hamirpur
Himachal Pradesh
0.75
3
Debbari
Amarpur
Gomati
Tripura
0.50
5
Clean and Green Panchayat
1
Tagarampudi
Anakapalle
Visakhapatanam
Andhra Pradesh
1.00
2
Sumoor
Panamic
Leh Ladakh
Ladakh
0.75
3
Modale
Igatpuri
Nashik
Maharashtra
0.50
6
Self- Sufficient Infrastructure in Panchayat
1
Keeranatham
S.S.Kulam
Coimbatore
Tamil Nadu
1.00
2
Sahapur
Hinjilicut
Ganjam
Odisha
0.75
3
Parthu
Ekangarsarai
Nalanda
Bihar
0.50
7
Socially Secured Panchayat
1
Muppalla
Chandarlapadu
Krishna
Andhra Pradesh
1.00
2
Thanadhar
Narkanda
Shimla
Himachal Pradesh
0.75
3
Hardibhata
Nagari
Dhamtari
Chhattisgarh
0.50
8
Panchayat with Good Governance
1
Vavkulli Two
Ghoghamba
Panch Mahals
Gujarat
1.00
2
Khaltsi
Khaltsi
Leh Ladakh
Ladakh
0.75
3
Punhada
Makhdumpur
Jehanabad
Bihar
0.50
9
Women- Friendly Panchayat
1
South Manubankul
Rupaichari Bac
Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council
Tripura
1.00
2
Chillapalli
Manthani
Peddapalli
Telangana
0.75
3
Varaganoor
Kuruvikulam
Tenkasi
Tamil Nadu
0.50
(b)
Nanaji Deshmukh Sarvottam Panchayat Satat Vikas Puraskar (NDSPSVP)
Best Gram Panchayats/Equivalent Bodies
Rank of GP
Awardee Gram Panchayat/
Block Panchayat
District Panchayat
State/UT
Award amount
1
Manyachiwadi
Patan
Satara
Maharashtra
1.50
2
Bebejia Demow Bangthai
Khagarijan
Nagaon
Assam
1.25
3
Thanadhar
Narkanda
Shimla
Himachal Pradesh
1.00
Best Block Panchayats/Equivalent Bodies
Rank of BP
Awardee Block Panchayat/Equivalent Bodies
District Panchayat
State
Award amount
1
Chatrapur
Ganjam
Odisha
2.00
2
Amarpur
Gomati
Tripura
1.75
3
Tirora
Gondia
Maharashtra
1.50
Best District Panchayats
Rank of DP
Awardee District Panchayat
State
Award amount
1
Gomati
Tripura
5.00
2
Koraput
Odisha
3.00
3
Udupi
Karnataka
2.00
(c)
Special Category of Award
Gram Urja Swaraj Vishesh Panchayat Puraskar (GUSVPP)
Rank
Awardee Gram Panchayat/
Block Panchayat
District Panchayat
State/UT
Award amount
1
Manyachiwadi
Patan
Satara
Maharashtra
1.00
2
Thakchara
Amarpur
Gomati
Tripura
0.75
3
Kasira
Koida
Sundargarh
Odisha
0.50
Carbon Neutral Vishesh Panchayat Puraskar (CNVPP)
Rank
Awardee Gram Panchayat/
Block Panchayat
District Panchayat
State/UT
Award amount
1
Bela
Bhandara
Bhandara
Maharashtra
1.00
2
Kendrikela
Bonaigarh
Sundargarh
Odisha
0.75
3
Milak Amawti
Dilari
Moradabad
Uttar Pradesh
0.50
National Panchayat Awards- 2025
Special Category of Award
Climate Action Special Panchayat Award (CASPA)
Rank
Awardee Gram Panchayat/ Equivalent Body
Block Panchayat
District Panchayat
State/UT
Award amount
1
Dawwa S
Sadak Arjuni
Gondia
Maharashtra
1.00
2
Biradahalli
Sakaleshpur
Hassan
Karnataka
0.75
3
Mothipur
Rosera
Samastipur
Bihar
0.50
Atma Nirbhar Panchayat Special Award (ANPSA)
Rank
Awardee Gram Panchayat/ Equivalent Body
Block Panchayat
District Panchayat
State/UT
Award amount
1
Mall
Yacharam
Rangareddi
Telangana
1.00
2
Hatbadra
Kusumi
Mayurbhanj
Odisha
0.75
3
Gollapudi
Vijayawada Rural
Krishna
Andhra Pradesh
0.50
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The Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR) has been incentivizing the best performing Panchayats under its scheme of Incentivization of Panchayats (IoP), one of the central components of Centrally Sponsored scheme of revamped Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA). The best performing Panchayats in the country are conferred with National Panchayat Awards and given financial incentives by organising competition at national level every year. These awards are currently aligned to Localisation of Sustainable Development Goals (LSDGs) to assess the performance of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) in attainment of SDGs in the areas of poverty reduction and livelihood support, health, women and child development, water sufficiency, climate action and clean environment, infrastructure development, social security, and promotion of good governance in the Panchayats. Financial incentives in the range of Rs.50 lakh to Rs.5 crore is released to the best performing Panchayat depending on the Panchayat tier and category of Award.
The details of Panchayats that have received National Panchayat Awards under the Incentivisation of Panchayat scheme including the amount of incentives during the award year 2023, 2024 and 2025 are given at Annexure.
Panchayat being a State subject, providing infrastructural facilities and modernise them in tune with time for their overall transformation are primarily the responsibility of States. The Ministry, through the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Revamped/Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA), supplements the efforts of States including Punjab on a limited scale by providing financial support for certain infrastructural facilities like construction of Gram Panchayat Bhawans, computers and peripherals, and facilitating co-location of Common Service Centre. Under the RGSA scheme, 759 number of Gram Panchayat Bhawan and 4,300 number of computers & peripheral have been approved for the Panchayats in Punjab.
The provision of last-mile digital connectivity to Gram Panchayats under the BharatNet programme is being implemented by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to provide broadband connectivity to all Gram Panchayats. Under the BharatNet project, as on 05.02.2026, 12,807 out of 13,236 Gram Panchayats in Punjab have been made service-ready, and network upgradation and expansion are being undertaken under the Amended BharatNet Programme. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India initiated a project namely "Common Services Centre (CSC-2.0: A Way Forward Project)" in August, 2015 under Digital India Programme, which aims to set up at least one CSC at Gram Panchayat (GP) level to cover all around 2.55 lakhs GPs across the country. A total of 500 CSC have been co-located in as many Gram Panchayat Bhawans in Punjab under the RGSA scheme.
The Ministry is implementing the e-Panchayat Mission Mode Project (MMP), which has significantly enhanced transparency, efficiency, and governance at the grassroots level. The eGramSwaraj application, developed as part of the e-Panchayat MMP, has facilitated digital planning, accounting, monitoring, and online payments at the Panchayat level. The integration of eGramSwaraj with the Public Financial Management System (PFMS) enables real-time payments to vendors and service providers, ensuring seamless fund flow and reducing delays. During FY 2025-26, 2,53,992 Gram Panchayats across the country, including those in Punjab, uploaded their Gram Panchayat Development Plans (GPDPs). During the same period, Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) transferred more than Rs.44,000 crore to vendors through the eGramSwaraj-PFMS interface of which Rs.1,000 crore as transferred by the Gram Panchayats in Punjab.
Further, applications developed by the Ministry like Meri Panchayat has endeavoured to bring transparency in Panchayat Governance by making information on planning, activities and progress of works in Panchayat accessible to public. Similarly, Panchayat NIRNAY is an online application aims at bringing transparency and better management in conduct of Gram Sabhas by Panchayats. Similarly, an application of 'AuditOnline' has been developed for online audits of Panchayat accounts and their financial management. AuditOnline for transparent auditing of Central Finance Commission funds utilization to strengthen financial management of Panchayats launched in April 2020. For audit period 2023-24, audit report for 13,272 GPs in Punjab have been generated.
Annexure
Details of Panchayats that have received National Panchayat Awards under the Incentivization of Panchayat scheme during the award years 2023, 2024 and 2025
This information was given by Union Minister Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh in a written reply in Rajya Sabha on 11th February 2026.
Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication.
