The Union Minister for
Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation and Rural Development Shri
Narendra Singh Tomar today said that under the 14th Finance
Commission, Centre will be releasing more than 2 lakh crore rupess to Gram
Panchayats for 5 years to undertake physical and social infrastructure projects
in the villages. Addressing the media here on the eve of the National
Panchayati Raj Day to be observed on 24th April, 2017 at Lucknow,
the Minister said that earlier about Rs 30,000 crore was allocated to the
Panchayats in the 13th Finance commission, wherein Panchayats found
it difficult to execute developmental projects in a holistic fashion. Laying
stress on training of Panchayat functionaries and to promote healthy completion
among panchayats, the Ministry is making all out efforts for the real
empowerment of Gram Panchayats.
Shri Tomar said that
the Panchayati Raj Ministry has asked all Gram Panchayats to prepare advance
planning related to problems faced by them and till date more than one lakh 75,
000 village development plans were received. He said that each village has on
an average 4 to 5 major issues like drinking water, drainage system, roads and
solid and liquid waste management, which can be solved easily as now there is
no dearth of funds to the Panchayats. He said that training programme will be
undertaken by SIRD and State Governments jointly to enlighten and empower the
PR functionaries.
This
year Ministry of Panchayati Raj is commemorating
National Panchayati Raj Day on 24th April 2017 at Lucknow , Uttar
Pradesh . The
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Shri Adityanath Yogi will inaugurate the
conference while the Union Minister for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and
Drinking water and sanitation will preside over the function.
During
the National Panchayat Raj Day event at Lucknow , UP the following documents
and applications will be launched.
• Launching of
You-Tube Channel of Ministry of Panchayati Raj with short films on Best
Practices and schemes of Government of India.
• Sharing of
audio-visual capacity building content for Panchayati Raj Institutions through
instant messaging apps over smartphones to elected members of Panchayats.
• Release of
quarterly magazine with QR codes and its online version for access to PRIs over
mobile phones.
• National awards
viz., Deendayal Upadhyay Panchayat Sashaktikaran Puraskar, Nanaji Deshmukh
Rashtriya Gaurav Gram Sabha Puraskar to be conferred upon Panchayati Raj
Institutions and e-Panchayat Puraskars to State Governments.
Moreover,
a quarterly Newsmagazine “Gramoday Sankalp”, published and distributed
by Ministry of Panchayati Raj on behalf of three Ministries viz., Ministry of
Panchayati Raj, Rural Development and Drinking Water and Sanitation will
also be released on the occasion of National Panchayati Raj Day . This news
magazine will be launched in Hindi, English and other regional languages. It is
expected that this newsletter will act as a vehicle for direct communication
between the Policy makers and Gram Panchayats.
A
Mobile App
( mobile application software) of “ Gramoday Sankalp” news magazine will also
be launched ON National Panchayati raj Day . This application ( App) is
currently available for android devices. To make it more interactive, an option
for posting comments and responses will be provided to the readers , on the
app.
You
Tube channel :
The
You Tube channel of the Ministry will also be launched during the inaugural
event. This You tube channel will showcase the short video films of the
Ministry featuring the inspirational success stories and best practices of
panchayats. This will give an opportunity to the stakeholders to view the best
practices in the Panchayats and emulate.
NATIONAL
AWARDS
On National
Panchayati Raj Day the national awards viz., Deendayal Upadhyay Panchayat
Sashaktikaran Puraskar, Nanaji Deshmukh Rashtriya Gaurav Gram Sabha Puraskar will
be conferred upon Panchayati Raj Institutions and e-Panchayat Puraskars to
State Governments.
•
The
nominations for Panchayats Awards are invited online every year .
•
About
thirty thousand Panchayats participated in Deendayal Upadhyay Panchayat
Sashaktikaran Puraskar and about 13,000 Gram Panchayats participated in Nanaji
Deshmukh Rashtriya Gaurav Gram Sabha Puraskar.
•
This
year, 189 Panchayats in 25 States are being conferred with Nanaji Deshmukh
Panchayat Sashaktikaran Puraskar in recognition of their exemplary work for
improving delivery of services and public goods. Out of total awards of 189
Panchayats, 24 awards belong to District Panchayats, 41 awards to Intermediate
Panchayats and 124 awards to Village Panchayats. Out of 124 awards to Gram Panchayats,
31 Thematic Awards have been decided in the category of Sanitation (18),
Revenue Generation (5), e-Governance & Civic Services (3 each) and Disaster
Management (2).
•
Twenty
Gram Panchayats in 20 States are being conferred with Nanaji Deshmukh Rashtriya
Gaurav Gram Sabha Puraskar for outstanding performance through effective Gram
Sabhas
•
Four
States viz. Karnataka, Kerala, West Bengal and Sikkim are being conferred
e-Panchayat Puraskar for effective adoption, usage and encouragement of
Panchayats in e-enablement.
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