On the occasion of National Panchayat Diwas on 24th April, 2011, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj has decided to give the annual PEAIS 2011 Awards to the best performing States under the Panchayat Empowerment & Accountability Incentive Scheme and the Rashtriya Gaurav Gram Sabha 2011 Awards to best Gram Sabhas and Gram Panchayats in the country (7 Nos), the e-Panchayat Awards 2011 and present the award to the winners of the nationwide Drawing and painting competition and Essay competitions held during the "Year of the Gram Sabha" ( 2nd October 2009-2nd October 2010. The detail of awards to be given by the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and NAC Chairperson Smt. Sonia Gandhi is as under:
Panchayat Empowerment & Accountability Incentive Scheme (PEAIS) - Assessment of the States for 2010-2011
Panchayat Empowerment Accountability Incentive Scheme (PEAIS ) was implemented by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR) in 2005-06 to motivate states to empower the Panchayats by devolving Funds, functions and functionaries ( 3Fs). The scheme aims at encouraging the States for empowering the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) and putting in place mechanism for transparency and accountability of the PRIs. Performance of the States in these respects is measured through a Devolution Index (DI) formulated by an independent institution. A token award is also given to the States, for which the annual provision is currently at Rs. 10 crore.
This year in addition to the cumulative achievement of the state, the DI study also took into account incremental achievement since 1st April 2009.For 2010-11, the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), New Delhi was engaged for the task of preparation of DI and ranking the States.
Kerala bagged PEAIS award 2009-10
Kerala bagged PEAIS award 2009-10. The award, for better implementation of the ‘Panchayat Empowerment and Accountability Incentive Scheme, (PEAIS) has been instituted to encourage states to take efforts to empower the PRIs and evolve mechanism for transparency and accountability of these organisations. As Kerala shares the first prize with neighbouring Karnataka for the year 2009-10, each state will receive Rs 2.5 crore cash incentive.
Panchayat Empowerment & Accountability Incentive Scheme (PEAIS) - Assessment of the States for 2010-2011
Panchayat Empowerment Accountability Incentive Scheme (PEAIS ) was implemented by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR) in 2005-06 to motivate states to empower the Panchayats by devolving Funds, functions and functionaries ( 3Fs). The scheme aims at encouraging the States for empowering the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) and putting in place mechanism for transparency and accountability of the PRIs. Performance of the States in these respects is measured through a Devolution Index (DI) formulated by an independent institution. A token award is also given to the States, for which the annual provision is currently at Rs. 10 crore.
This year in addition to the cumulative achievement of the state, the DI study also took into account incremental achievement since 1st April 2009.For 2010-11, the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), New Delhi was engaged for the task of preparation of DI and ranking the States.
Rashtryira Gaurav Gram Sabha Puraskar 2011:
In order to appreciate and devise an appropriate structure of incentives and to recognize and encourage the Panchayats for outstanding performance through effective Gram Sabhas, especially in respect of improvements in the social and economic structure of the village, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj has instituted National level Awards for Best Gram Sabhas and name it as " Rashtriya Gaurav Gram Sabha" .
The broad objective for instituting this award is to incentivise excellence in performance of Gram Panchayats through effective gram sabhas. It is expected that the Award will not only be a step to energise the Gram Sabahs will encourage the Gram Panchayats to organise more gram sabhas and encourage people’s participation. The prize money for this award is Rs Ten lakhs ( Rs 10 lakhs only). The Award money will be utilized by the Panchayats for public purposes such as augmentation of civic services like primary education, primary health care, safe drinking water, public utilities; provision rural infrastructure in the Panchayat jurisdiction etc.
It is very interesting to note that among the nominated Gram Panchayats for the RGGS Award 2011, three GP are headed by female Sarpanches. This list of awradees present an interesting representation of efforts made by the Elected Women representatives in excellence observance of "The Year of the Gram Sabha".
This year the following Gram Sabhas and Gram Panchayats have merited for RGGS 2011:
It is very interesting to note that among the nominated Gram Panchayats for the RGGS Award 2011, three GP are headed by female Sarpanches. This list of awradees present an interesting representation of efforts made by the Elected Women representatives in excellence observance of "The Year of the Gram Sabha".
This year the following Gram Sabhas and Gram Panchayats have merited for RGGS 2011:
S. No. | Name of the District | Name of the Block/Taluka | Name of the Gram Panchayat/ Gram Sabha Nominated | State | Name of the Sarpanch ( recipient of the Award) |
1 | Belgaum | Athani | Shiraguppi | Karnataka | Sri Vinesh Iragouda Patil |
2 | South Goa | Sanguem | Kirlapal Dabal | Goa | Shri Rama Sonugaonkar |
3 | Rajkot | Padadhari | Depaliya | Gujarat | Smt Rasilaben Dalsaniya |
4 | Rohtak | Rohtak | Assan | Haryana | Shri Raj Singh |
5 | Jalgaon | Chopda | Chahardi | Maharashtra | Smt. Sangitabai Koli |
6 | Ajmer | Shrinagar | Aradaka | Rajasthan | Smt Raheesa Khatoon |
7 | South District | Melli | Mellidara-Paiyong | Sikkim | Shri Ganesh Rahi |
Kerala bagged PEAIS award 2009-10
Kerala bagged PEAIS award 2009-10. The award, for better implementation of the ‘Panchayat Empowerment and Accountability Incentive Scheme, (PEAIS) has been instituted to encourage states to take efforts to empower the PRIs and evolve mechanism for transparency and accountability of these organisations. As Kerala shares the first prize with neighbouring Karnataka for the year 2009-10, each state will receive Rs 2.5 crore cash incentive.
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