The Ministry of Rural Development has released an amount of Rs. 3219.5 lakh for distribution as cash awards to the Nirmal Gram Puraskar (NGP) winning Panchayats of six States during 2008. These States are Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka and Maharashtra.
Kerala has been granted Rs. 5.00 lakh as balance fund for NGP award money as cash award amongst successful Panchayati Raj Institutions of the State. With this release full and final amount of Rs. 2992.00 lakh stands released to Kerala State for awardeees Gram Panchayats in NGP 2008.
Rs. 2757.00 lakh has been granted to Tamil Nadu State Government as full and Final funds for distribution as cash awards under Nirmal Gram Puraskar (NGP) amongst successful Panchayati Raj Institutions of the State.
Andhra Pradesh has been granted Rs. 29 lakh as balance fund for NGP award money as cash award amongst successful Panchayati Raj Institutions of the State. With this release full and final amount of Rs. 878..00 lakh stands released to Tamil Nadu State for awardeees Gram Panchayats in NGP 2008.
Bihar has been granted Rs. 4.00 lakh as balance fund for NGP award money as cash award amongst successful Panchayati Raj Institutions of the State. With this release full and final amount of Rs. 658..00 lakh stands released to Bihar State for awardeees Gram Panchayats in NGP 2008.
Karnataka has been granted Rs. 188.00 lakh as balance fund for NGP award money as cash award amongst successful Panchayati Raj Institutions of the State. With this release full and final amount of Rs. 1401..00 lakh stands released to Karnataka State for awardeees Gram Panchayats in NGP 2008.
Similarly, Maharashtra has been granted Rs. 236.00 as lakh balance fund for NGP award money as cash award amongst successful Panchayati Raj Institutions of the State. With this release full and final amount of Rs. 4959.50 lakh stands released to Maharashtra State for awardeees Gram Panchayats in NGP 2008.
Of these six States, the successful Panchayati Raj Institutions of Bihar were awarded at a function held in Guwahati on 20th October, 2009 while the remaining five States namely, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu at a function held in Pune on 8th December, 2008 by the President Pratibha Devi Singh Patil.
The "Nirmal Gram Puraskar" "Clean Village Award" was started in 2005 under Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) to honor, felicitate and encourage those Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) which have achieved full sanitation coverage in their area of operation and become Open Defecation Free and clean villages, for making TSC into a mass movement. This year 12,075 Gram Panchayats have been honored with Nirmal Gram Puraskar by Her Excellency, President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil at Haryana (Hisar), Assam (Guwhati) and Maharashtra (Pune). 105 Block Panchayats and 8 District Panchayats were also honored with NGP award in a function held on 21st November 2008 in Vigyan Bhavan. These NGP award winning villages showcase the progress made under Total Sanitation Campaign, the flagship programme of sanitation of the Ministry of Rural Development.
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By : News Team
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