National Panchayat Awards 2025 Announced; Spotlight Shines on 17 States & UTs

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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