National Panchayat Awards 2025: Financial Incentives up to ₹5 Crore

Key facts

• The Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR) announced the National Panchayat Awards 2025, selecting 42 Panchayats for honours.
• Karnataka secured the highest number of awards with six Panchayats, followed by Andhra Pradesh and Odisha with five awards each.
• Awards are conferred under two categories: the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Satat Vikas Puraskar and the Nanaji Deshmukh Sarvottam Panchayat Satat Vikas Puraskar.
• The Deen Dayal Upadhyay awards selected 34 Gram Panchayats from 17 States and Union Territories for performance in poverty-free livelihoods, health, water sufficiency, sanitation, women-friendly governance and social justice.
• The Nanaji Deshmukh Sarvottam Panchayat Satat Vikas Puraskar selected eight Panchayats, including three district Panchayats, two block Panchayats and three Gram Panchayats.
• Winning Panchayats will receive financial incentives ranging from ₹50 lakh to ₹5 crore under the Incentivization of Panchayats scheme of the Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA).
• The award distribution ceremony will be held in New Delhi on the 3rd of next month.