Parliament Question: Model villages and recognition of best-performing panchayats

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRYOF PANCHAYATI RAJ RAJYASABHA UNSTARREDQUESTION NO.2169 ANSWEREDON 11.03.2026 MODELVILLAGES ANDRECOGNITIONOFBEST-PERFORMINGPANCHAYATS 2169SHRISANTBALBIR SINGH: Will the Minister of PANCHAYATIRAJ be pleased to state: (a) whether Government maintains any national repository or recognition mechanism for identifying and documenting model villages that have achieved exemplary development outcomes, includingsanitation, waste management,water supply or otherinnovations; (b) if so, the nationwide and State-wise list of model villages, with special emphasis on such villages in Punjab that have earned national recognition or headlines for their development achievements; (c)the criteria used to designate a village as'model' andthe agenciesresponsible for assessment andvalidation;and (d) if nocomprehensive list isavailable, reasons for the absence of a formal modelvillage database andsteps proposed toestablish one? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF PANCHAYATI RAJ (SHRIRAJEEVRANJAN SINGH ALIAS LALAN SINGH) (a) to (d) The Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR) has been incentivizing the best performing Panchayats under its scheme of Incentivization of Panchayats (IoP), one of the central components of Centrally Sponsored scheme of revamped Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA). The best performing Panchayats in the country are conferred with National Panchayat Awards and given financial incentives by organising competition at national level every year. These awards are currently aligned to Localisation of Sustainable Development Goals (LSDGs) to assess the performance of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) in attainment of SDGs in the areas of poverty reduction and livelihood support, health, women and child development, water sufficiency, climate action and clean environment, infrastructure development, social security, and promotionof good governance in the Panchayats. Financial incentives in the range of Rs.50 lakh to Rs.5 crore is released to the best performing Panchayat depending onthe Panchayattierandcategoryof Award. A list of panchayats which have been conferred with the National Panchayat Award during the Award Years2023,2024and2025isat Annexure-I. 1Besides, the Ministry compiles Panchayat Advancement Index (PAI) based on well-defined key performance indicators relating to poverty reduction and livelihood support, women and child development, water sufficiency, climate action and clean environment, infrastructure development, social security, and promotion of good governance to measure the localisation of SDGs. The major key performance indicators under PAI are given at Annexure-II. The Panchayats are ranked based on their performance on the key performance indicators and described as Achievers (with PAI score of 90-100), Front Runners (with PAI score of 75- below 90), Performers (with PAI score of 60-below 75), Aspirants (with PAI score of 40- below 60), and Beginners (with PAI score of 0- below 40). The group-wise details of Gram Panchayats in various States/UTs including Punjab are available on portal of the Ministry- PAI.GOV.IN. *** 2Annexure-I Annexure Referred to in Reply to parts (a) to (d) of the Rajya Sabha un-starred Question No.2169 answered on 11.03.2026 regarding Model villages and Recognition of Best PerformingPanchayats Details of Panchayats that have been conferred with National Panchayat Awards under the Incentivizationof Panchayatscheme duringtheaward years2023,2024 and2025 National PanchayatAwards- 2023 (a) Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat SatatVikas Puraskar(DDUPSVP) Sr. Award Rank Awardee Gram Block District State/UT Award amount No. Theme of GP Panchayat/ Pancha Panchayat (Rs. inCrore) Equivalent Body yat 1 PovertyFree 1 Khandobachiwadi Palus Sangli Maharashtra 1.00 and 2 Mandoddi Rajoli Jogulamba Telangana 0.75 Enhanced Gadwad Livelihoods 3 Nagam Lundra Surguja Chhattisgarh 0.50 Panchayat 2 Healthy 1 Gowthampur ChunchBhadradri Telangana 1.00 Panchayat upalli Kothagudem 2 Kanchura Hinjilic Ganjam Odisha 0.75 ut 3 Saankra Nagari Dhamtari Chhattisgarh 0.50 3 Child- 1 Cheruthana Haripp Alappuzha Kerala 1.00 Friendly ad Panchayat 2 SiraA Latti Udhampur Jammu and 0.75 Kashmir 3 Hansudi Ausanpur Bhanw Siddharth Uttar Pradesh 0.50 apur Nagar 4 Water- 1 Nellutla LingalaJangoan Telangana 1.00 Sufficient ghanpu Panchayat r 2 Perumpadappa PerumpMalappuram Kerala 0.75 adappu 3 Phalmerg Tarathp Kupwara Jammu and 0.50 ora Kashmir 5 Cleanand 1 Kundal Palus Sangli Maharashtra 1.00 Green 2 SyasanAmbagam Hinjilic Ganjam Odisha 0.75 Panchayat ut 3 Sulthanpur Eligaid Peddapalli Telangana 0.50 6 Self- 1 Veeyapuram Haripp Alappuzha Kerala 1.00 Sufficient ad Infrastructure2 Laxminagar Campb South Andamanand 0.75 inPanchayat ellBay Andamans Nicobar Islands 3 Gambhiraopet Gambh Rajanna Telangana 0.50 3iraopet Sircilla 7 Socially 1 Kongatpally Hanwa Mahabubnaga Telangana 1.00 Secured da r Panchayat 2 Kulada Bhanja Ganjam Odisha 0.75 nagar 3 Bhakatgaon Khagar Nagaon Assam 0.50 ijan 8 Panchayat 1 Pitchanur Maduk Coimbatore Tamil Nadu 1.00 with Good karai Governance 2 Cheemaldari VikarabMominpet Telangana 0.75 ad 3 Alagappa Nagar KodakaThrissur Kerala 0.50 ra 9 Women- 1 Aipoor Atmak Suryapet Telangana 1.00 Friendly ur(S) Panchayat 2 Fatehpora BaramuBaramulla Jammu and 0.75 lla Kashmir 3 Alabad Kagal Kolhapur Maharashtra 0.50 (b) Nanaji Deshmukh Sarvottam PanchayatSatatVikas Puraskar(NDSPSVP) Best Gram Panchayats/Equivalent Bodies Rank of Awardee Gram BlockPanchayat District Panchayat State/UT Award amount GP Panchayat/ (Rs. inCrore) Equivalent Body 1 Ngopa NA NA Mizoram 1.50 2 MilakAmawti Dilari Moradabad Uttar Pradesh 1.25 3 Kapilo Birni Giridih Jharkhand 1.00 Best BlockPanchayats/Equivalent Bodies Rank of Awardee Block District Panchayat State Award amount BP Panchayat/Equivalent (Rs. inCrore) Bodies 1 Hinjilicut Ganjam Odisha 2.00 2 Thimmapur (L.M.D.) Karimnagar Telangana 1.75 3 Kumarghat Bac Tripura Tribal Areas Tripura 1.50 Autonomous District Council Best District Panchayats Rank of DP Awardee District Panchayat State Award amount (Rs. inCrore) 1 Ganjam Odisha 5.00 2 Mulugu Telangana 3.00 3 Dadra andNagar Haveli The Dadra andNagar Haveli and 2.00 DamanandDiu (c) Special Categoryof Award Gram Urja Swaraj VisheshPanchayat Puraskar(GUSVPP) 4Rank Awardee Gram BlockPanchayat District Panchayat State/UT Award amount Panchayat/ (Rs. inCrore) Equivalent Body 1 Tikekarwadi Junnar Pune Maharashtra 1.00 2 Ankuli Patrapur Ganjam Odisha 0.75 3 Mukra (k) Ichoda Adilabad Telangana 0.50 Carbon Neutral Vishesh Panchayat Puraskar(CNVPP) Rank Awardee Gram BlockPanchayat District State/UT Award amount Panchayat/ Panchayat (Rs. inCrore) Equivalent Body 1 Meenangadi Sulthan Bathery Wayanad Kerala 1.00 2 Kanha Nandigama Rangareddi Telangana 0.75 3 Bonaigarh Bonaigarh Sundargarh Odisha 0.50 National PanchayatAwards-2024 (a) DeenDayal Upadhyay PanchayatSatatVikas Puraskar(DDUPSVP) Sr. Award Rank Awardee Gram Block District Panchayat State/UT Award amount No. Theme of GP Panchayat/ Panchayat (Rs. inCrore) EquivalentBody PovertyFree 1 Galibeedu Madikeri Kodagu Karnataka 1.00 and 2 Perumpada 0.75 Perumpadappa Malappuram Kerala 1 Enhanced ppu Livelihoods 3 0.50 Betcherra Kumarghat Unakoti Tripura Panchayat 1 Andhra 1.00 Bommasamudrum Irala Chittoor Pradesh Healthy 2 2 Rangeilun 0.75 Panchayat Keluapalli Ganjam Odisha da 3 Jajuar Middle Katra Muzaffarpur Bihar 0.50 1 Ujani 1.00 Jengrai Majuli Assam Majuli 2 Bithiri 0.75 Child- Bhartaul Bareilly Uttar Pradesh Chainpur 3 Friendly 3 Tripura Tribal 0.50 Panchayat Amarpur Areas Rajkang Tripura Bac Autonomous District Council 1 Andhra 1.00 Water- Nayampudi Nakkapalle Visakhapatanam Pradesh 4 Sufficient 2 Himachal 0.75 Panchayat Sikander Bamson Hamirpur Pradesh 53 0.50 Debbari Amarpur Gomati Tripura 1 Andhra 1.00 Cleanand Tagarampudi Anakapalle Visakhapatanam Pradesh 5 Green 2 Sumoor Panamic LehLadakh Ladakh 0.75 Panchayat 3 Modale Igatpuri Nashik Maharashtra 0.50 Self- 1 Keeranatham S.S.Kulam Coimbatore Tamil Nadu 1.00 Sufficient 2 Sahapur Hinjilicut Ganjam Odisha 0.75 6 Infrastructure 3 Ekangarsar 0.50 inPanchayat Parthu Nalanda Bihar ai 1 Chandarla Andhra 1.00 Muppalla Krishna Socially padu Pradesh 7 Secured 2 Himachal 0.75 Thanadhar Narkanda Shimla Panchayat Pradesh 3 Hardibhata Nagari Dhamtari Chhattisgarh 0.50 1 Ghoghamb 1.00 VavkulliTwo PanchMahals Gujarat Panchayat a 8 with Good 2 Khaltsi Khaltsi LehLadakh Ladakh 0.75 Governance 3 Makhdum 0.50 Punhada Jehanabad Bihar pur 1 TripuraTribal 1.00 Rupaichari Areas SouthManubankul Tripura Women- Bac Autonomous 9 Friendly District Council Panchayat 2 Chillapalli Manthani Peddapalli Telangana 0.75 3 Kuruvikula 0.50 Varaganoor Tenkasi Tamil Nadu m (b) NanajiDeshmukh SarvottamPanchayatSatatVikas Puraskar(NDSPSVP) (A)Best Gram Panchayats/Equivalent Bodies Rank of Awardee Gram BlockPanchayat District Panchayat State/UT Award amount GP Panchayat/ (Rs. inCrore) Equivalent Body 1 Manyachiwadi Patan Satara Maharashtra 1.50 2 Bebejia Demow Khagarijan Nagaon Assam 1.25 Bangthai 3 Thanadhar Narkanda Shimla Himachal 1.00 Pradesh (B)Best BlockPanchayats/Equivalent Bodies AwardeeBlock Rank of Award amount Panchayat/Equivalent District Panchayat State BP (Rs. inCrore) Bodies 1 Chatrapur Ganjam Odisha 2.00 2 Amarpur Gomati Tripura 1.75 Tirora Maharashtra 3 Gondia 1.50 6(C)Best District Panchayats Award amount Rank of DP AwardeeDistrict Panchayat State (Rs. inCrore) 1 Gomati Tripura 5.00 2 Koraput Odisha 3.00 Udupi Karnataka 3 2.00 (c) Special Category of Award (A)Gram Urja Swaraj VisheshPanchayat Puraskar(GUSVPP) AwardeeGram Awardamount Rank Panchayat/ BlockPanchayat DistrictPanchayat State/UT (Rs.inCrore) EquivalentBody 1 Manyachiwadi Patan Satara Maharashtra 1.00 2 Thakchara Amarpur Gomati Tripura 0.75 3 Kasira Koida Sundargarh Odisha 0.50 (B)Carbon Neutral Vishesh Panchayat Puraskar(CNVPP) AwardeeGram Awardamount Rank Panchayat/ BlockPanchayat DistrictPanchayat State/UT (Rs.inCrore) EquivalentBody 1 Bela Bhandara Bhandara Maharashtra 1.00 2 Kendrikela Bonaigarh Sundargarh Odisha 0.75 3 MilakAmawti Dilari Moradabad UttarPradesh 0.50 NationalPanchayatAwards- 2025 Special Category of Award (A)ClimateActionSpecialPanchayatAward(CASPA) AwardeeGram Awardamount District Rank Panchayat/ BlockPanchayat State/UT (Rs.inCrore) Panchayat EquivalentBody DawwaS SadakArjuni Gondia Maharasht 1.00 1 ra 2 Biradahalli Sakaleshpur Hassan Karnataka 0.75 3 Mothipur Rosera Samastipur Bihar 0.50 (B)AtmaNirbharPanchayatSpecialAward(ANPSA) AwardeeGram Awardamount District Rank Panchayat/ BlockPanchayat State/UT (Rs.inCrore) Panchayat EquivalentBody 1 Mall Yacharam Rangareddi Telangana 1.00 2 Hatbadra Kusumi Mayurbhanj Odisha 0.75 Gollapudi Vijayawada Krishna Andhra 0.50 3 Rural Pradesh 7Annexure-II Annexure Referred to in Reply to parts (a) to (d) of the Rajya Sabha un-starred Question No.2169 answered on 11.03.2026 regarding Model villages and Recognition of Best PerformingPanchayats Key PerformanceIndicatorsfor Compilationof PanchayatAdvancement Index Sl.No. Theme Theme-wise key PAI2.0indicatorsin brief 1 PovertyFree andEnhancedLivelihoods Social protection coverage, housing, Panchayat livelihoods, pensions, SHGs, basic banking & disaster preparedness 2 HealthyPanchayat Maternal & child health, nutrition outcomes, immunisation, health staffing & services availability 3 Child Friendly Panchayat Early childhood care, schooling infrastructure, nutrition status, safety, educationtransition 4 WaterSufficient Panchayat Drinking water access, water quality, ODF+ status, water budgeting, NRM & rainwater harvesting 5 CleanandGreen Panchayat Sanitation, waste management, renewable energy, plastic ban, environmental cleanliness 6 Self-sufficient Infrastructure in Physical & digital infrastructure, roads, Panchayat public buildings, CSCs, communityfacilities 7 Socially Just andSociallySecured Inclusion under social protection schemes, Panchayat social security, pensions, disability support, crime prevention & welfare access 8 Panchayat with Good Governance Planning through Gram Panchayat Development Plans, Own Sources of Revenue mobilisation, transparency, digital governance,Gram Sabha functioning 9 WomenFriendly Panchayat Women’s health, education, SHGs, safety, participation, genderequityindicators *** 8