This year, for National Panchayat Awards–2022 (Appraisal Year 2020-21), a total of 322 number of awards to Panchayats have been declared under following categories:
1) Child-friendly Gram Panchayat Award:
- To 29 Gram Panchayats (GPs)/ Village Councils (VCs) in 29 States/Union Territories (UTs)
2) Gram Panchayat Development Plan Award:
- To 29 Gram Panchayats (GPs)/ Village Councils (VCs) in 29 States/UTs
3) NanajiDeshmukhRashtriya Gaurav Gram Sabha Puraskar:
- To 27 Gram Panchayats (GPs)/ Village Councils (VCs) in 27 States/UTs
4) DeenDayalUpadhyay Panchayat SashaktikaranPuraskar:
- To 237 Panchayats [(District Panchayats: 28); (Block Panchayats: 53); (Gram Panchayats /Village Councils: 156)] across 29 States/UTs
5) e-Panchayat Puraskar:
The e-Panchayat Puraskar is given only to the States/UTs. The e-Panchayat Puraskar is conferred to those States which have ensured maximum use of information technology for monitoring the works of the Panchayats.
The ranking of the following States that have been adjudged for e-Panchayat Puraskar under both the categories is as follows:
Winning States under Category I:
- 1st Place – Karnataka
- 2nd Place – Chhattisgarh
- 3rd Place – Odisha and Uttar Pradesh
Winning States under Category II:
- 1st Place – Tripura
- 2nd Place – Assam
- 3rd Place – Sikkim