**Executive Summary**
The Ministry of Panchayati Raj has announced the winners of the National Panchayat Awards 2025, selecting 42 Panchayats across 17 States and Union Territories for their excellence in local governance. The awards aim to incentivize the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through financial rewards ranging from Rs. 50 lakh to Rs. 5 crore. The official award distribution ceremony is scheduled to take place on June 3, 2026, in New Delhi.
**Key Points / Main Content**
**Award Categories and Framework**
* **Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Satat Vikas Puraskar (DDUPSVP):** Recognizes 34 Gram Panchayats for performance across nine thematic areas related to the Localisation of Sustainable Development Goals (LSDGs).
* **Nanaji Deshmukh Sarvottam Panchayat Satat Vikas Puraskar (NDSPSVP):** Awarded to eight winners for overall performance at the District, Block, and Gram Panchayat levels.
* **Thematic Alignment:** Awards are linked to the Panchayat Advancement Index (PAI) 2.0 scores and cover themes such as Poverty-Free, Healthy, Child-Friendly, Water-Sufficient, and Women-Friendly Panchayats.
**Financial Incentives and Scheme Details**
* **Prize Money:** Winners receive financial incentives between Rs. 50 lakh and Rs. 5 crore, depending on the category and tier.
* **Top Prizes:** Best performing District Panchayats receive up to Rs. 5 crore, while Rank 1 Gram Panchayats receive Rs. 1 crore.
* **Funding Source:** The awards are institutionalized under the "Incentivization of Panchayats" component of the Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA).
**Performance Highlights**
* **Top States:** Karnataka secured the highest number of awards (6), followed by Andhra Pradesh and Odisha with 5 awards each.
* **Notable Winners:** Sepahijala (Tripura) secured Rank 1 for Best District Panchayat, and Harrippad (Kerala) took Rank 1 for Best Block Panchayat.
* **Geographic Reach:** The 42 winners are spread across 17 different States and Union Territories.
**Impact Analysis**
**Winning Panchayats (District, Block, and Gram levels)**
**Impact**
These bodies receive national recognition and substantial financial grants to further their development initiatives and service delivery.
**Action Required**
Representatives must attend the award ceremony in New Delhi on June 3, 2026, to receive their felicitations.
**Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR)**
**Impact**
The Ministry utilizes these awards to drive national priorities and encourage a transparent, data-driven approach to rural development towards the "Viksit Bharat@2047" goal.
**Action Required**
The Ministry is responsible for organizing and conducting the award distribution ceremony on the scheduled date.
**Non-winning Panchayati Raj Institutions**
**Impact**
The awards provide a benchmark and framework (LSDG themes) for other institutions to improve their governance and PAI 2.0 scores.
**Action Required**
Panchayats must align their community-led initiatives with the nine LSDG themes to qualify for future incentivization cycles.
Key Entities Referenced
National Panchayat Awards 2025: An annual initiative to recognize and incentivize best-performing Panchayats across India for their progress in local governance and sustainable development.
Ministry of Panchayati Raj: The primary central ministry responsible for conferring the awards and overseeing the development of Panchayati Raj Institutions.
Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA): A Centrally Sponsored Scheme under which the National Panchayat Awards are institutionalized through the 'Incentivization of Panchayats' component.
Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Satat Vikas Puraskar (DDUPSVP): An award category recognizing Gram Panchayats for outstanding performance across nine themes of Localization of Sustainable Development Goals (LSDGs).
Nanaji Deshmukh Sarvottam Panchayat Satat Vikas Puraskar (NDSPSVP): An award category conferred upon the best-performing Panchayats at the District, Block, and Gram levels based on their overall performance.
Ministry of Panchayati Raj
National Panchayat Awards 2025 Announced;
Spotlight Shines on 17 States & UTs
42 Panchayats to be Felicitated; Karnataka Bags 6 Awards,
Andhra Pradesh & Odisha Secure 5 Each in National
Panchayat Honours
Top District Panchayats to Receive Awards up to ₹5 Crore;
First Prize of ₹1 Crore for Best Performing Gram Panchayats
Posted On: 09 MAY 2026 3:53PM by PIB Delhi
The winners of the National Panchayat Awards 2025 (NPA-2025) have been announced by the Ministry of
Panchayati Raj (MoPR), with a total of 42 Panchayats from across the country being selected. The award
distribution ceremony is scheduled to take place on 3rd June 2026 in New Delhi.
The awards are conferred under two distinct categories. The Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Satat
Vikas Puraskar (DDUPSVP) recognises outstanding Gram Panchayats for their performance across 9
Localisation of Sustainable Development Goals (LSDGs) themes, namely: Poverty-Free and Enhanced
Livelihoods, Healthy Panchayat, Child-Friendly Panchayat, Water-Sufficient Panchayat, Clean and Green
Panchayat, Self-Sufficient Infrastructure, Socially Just and Socially Secured Panchayat, Panchayat with
Good Governance and Women-Friendly Panchayat. Under each theme, awards are conferred for Rank 1,
Rank 2 and Rank 3. Under NPA-2025, 34 Gram Panchayats spread across 17 States and Union
Territories have been selected under DDUPSVP that also includes joint winners. These thematic awards
have been linked to the Panchayat Advancement Index (PAI) 2.0 scores. The Nanaji Deshmukh
Sarvottam Panchayat Satat Vikas Puraskar (NDSPSVP) is conferred to the best-performing
Panchayats at the District, Block, and Gram Panchayat levels on an overall basis. Under NPA-2025, 8
Panchayats have been selected as winners, comprising 3 under the Best District Panchayat category, 2
under Best Block Panchayat and 3 under Best Gram Panchayat category.
Winning Panchayats receive financial incentives ranging from Rs. 50 lakh to Rs. 5 crore per awardee,
depending on tier and category. The awards are given under the Incentivization of Panchayats (IoP)
scheme, a central component of the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan
(RGSA). In April 2025, on the occasion of National Panchayati Raj Day–2025, Prime Minister Shri
Narendra Modi had conferred the National Panchayat Awards–2025 to Panchayats/Institutions under the
special categories viz. (i) Climate Action Special Panchayat Award (CASPA), (ii) Atma Nirbhar Panchayat
Special Award (ANPSA) and (iii) Panchayat Kshamta Nirman Sarvottam Sansthan Puraskar (PKNSSP).
National Panchayat Awards 2025
Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Satat Vikas Puraskar–2025Sl. Award State/UT Rank Name of Awardee Gram Prize
No. Theme/Category Panchayat (Block, District) Money (₹
Crore)
1 Poverty-Free & Karnataka 1 Mudradi (Hebri, Udupi) 1.00
Enhanced Livelihoods
Panchayat
2 Poverty-Free & Andhra 2 Chemmullapalli (Khajipet, 0.75
Enhanced Livelihoods Pradesh Y.S.R.)
Panchayat
3 Poverty-Free & Sikkim 3 Gyalshing Omchung 0.50
Enhanced Livelihoods (Gyalshing)
Panchayat
4 Healthy Panchayat Tripura 1 Kanchanbari (Kumarghat, 1.00
Unakoti)
5 Healthy Panchayat Karnataka 2 Vandse (Kundapura, Udupi) 0.75
6 Healthy Panchayat Kerala 3 Niranam (Pulikeezhu, 0.25
Pathanamthitta)
7 Healthy Panchayat Odisha 3 Potalampur (Chatrapur, 0.25
Ganjam)
8 Child-Friendly Maharashtra 1 Itgaon (Pu) (Bhandara, 1.00
Panchayat Bhandara)
9 Child-Friendly Karnataka 2 Halanayakanahalli 0.75
Panchayat (Bengaluru East, Bengaluru
Urban)
10 Child-Friendly Kerala 3 Ottoor (Varkala, 0.50
Panchayat Thiruvananthapuram)
11 Water-Sufficient Maharashtra 1 Khariwali (Khalapur, 1.00
Panchayat Raigad)
12 Water-Sufficient Karnataka 2 Madamakki (Hebri, Udupi) 0.75
Panchayat
13 Water-Sufficient Odisha 3 Padua (Champua, 0.50
Panchayat Kendujhar)14 Clean & Green Mizoram 1 Kawrthah North 1.00
Panchayat
15 Clean & Green Assam 2 Jumarmur (Kathiatoli, 0.375
Panchayat Nagaon)
16 Clean & Green Odisha 2 Hatibandha (Lathikata, 0.375
Panchayat Sundargarh)
17 Clean & Green Chhattisgarh 3 Sardih (Bagicha, Jashpur) 0.25
Panchayat
18 Clean & Green Himachal 3 Lohardi (Balh, Mandi) 0.25
Panchayat Pradesh
19 Self-Sufficient Kerala 1 Melukavu (Erattupetta, 1.00
Infrastructure in Kottayam)
Panchayat
20 Self-Sufficient Assam 2 Hoogrijan (Tengakhat, 0.75
Infrastructure in Dibrugarh)
Panchayat
21 Self-Sufficient Andhra 3 Gundamala (Kotha Patnam, 0.25
Infrastructure in Pradesh Prakasam)
Panchayat
22 Self-Sufficient Karnataka 3 Sanoor (Karkal, Udupi) 0.25
Infrastructure in
Panchayat
23 Socially Just & Socially Himachal 1 Shansha (Lahul, Lahaul and 1.00
Secured Panchayat Pradesh Spiti)
24 Socially Just & Socially Maharashtra 2 Chambharli (Khalapur, 0.375
Secured Panchayat Raigad)
25 Socially Just & Socially Odisha 2 Mandar (Polosara, Ganjam) 0.375
Secured Panchayat
26 Socially Just & Socially Jammu & 3 Wagoora (B.K. Pora, 0.25
Secured Panchayat Kashmir Budgam)
27 Socially Just & Socially Karnataka 3 Hakladi (Kundapura, Udupi) 0.25
Secured Panchayat28 Panchayat with Good Andhra 1 Srungavaram (Nathavaram, 1.00
Governance Pradesh Visakhapatnam)
29 Panchayat with Good Maharashtra 2 Nimbale (Chandwad, 0.75
Governance Nashik)
30 Panchayat with Good Telangana 3 Mothukupalle (Kotepally, 0.50
Governance Vikarabad)
31 Women-Friendly Andhra 1 Bokkasam Palem 1.00
Panchayat Pradesh (Srikalahasti, Tirupati)
32 Women-Friendly Jharkhand 2 Jhikarhati East (Pakur, 0.75
Panchayat Pakur)
33 Women-Friendly Telangana 3 Fasalwadi (Sangareddy, 0.25
Panchayat Sangareddy)
34 Women-Friendly Tripura 3 Baikunthapur (Hezamara, 0.25
Panchayat West Tripura)
Nanaji Deshmukh Sarvottam Panchayat Satat Vikas Puraskar–2025
Sl. Award State/UT Rank Name of Awardee Prize
No. Theme/Category Panchayat Money (₹
Crore)
35 Best District Panchayat Tripura 1 Sepahijala 5.00
36 Best District Panchayat Odisha 2 Ganjam 3.00
37 Best District Panchayat Tamil Nadu 3 Coimbatore 2.00
38 Best Block Panchayat Kerala 1 Harippad (Alappuzha) 2.00
39 Best Block Panchayat Andhra 3 Kuppam (Chittoor) 1.50
Pradesh
40 Best Gram Panchayat Assam 1 New Napam (Gabhoru, 1.50
Sonitpur)
41 Best Gram Panchayat Bihar 2 Telcup (Rohtas, Rohtas) 1.2542 Best Gram Panchayat Uttar Pradesh 3 Biraharu (Saiyan, Agra) 1.00
About the National Panchayat Awards
To recognize and incentivize best-performing Panchayats, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj annually confers
the National Panchayat Awards, promoting inclusive, participatory, and sustainable development in rural
India. Institutionalized under the Incentivization of Panchayats component of the revamped Rashtriya
Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA), the awards encourage Panchayats to improve local governance, service
delivery, and progress towards Sustainable Development Goals through community-led initiatives. In
2023, the awards framework was revamped and aligned with the nine themes of Localization of SDGs
(LSDGs), making assessment more holistic, transparent and data-driven, further reinforcing Panchayats’
role in translating national priorities into impactful grassroots action towards Viksit Bharat@2047.
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