President Droupadi Murmu to confer National Panchayat Awards in New Delhi today

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu will inaugurate the National Panchayat Awards Week and confer the National Panchayat Awards at the ‘National Conference on Incentivisation of Panchayats-cum-Award Ceremony’ in New Delhi today. On the occasion, the President will also address more than one thousand 500 delegates from across the country.

The Ministry of Panchayati Raj will be celebrating National Panchayat Awards Week commencing today to the 21st of this month, as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM) 2.0 in the run-up to the National Panchayati Raj Day scheduled on 24th April. The Ministry has conceptualized a series of Thematic Conferences based on the theme



of “Panchayaton ke Sankalpon ki Siddhi ka Utsav” to celebrate this monumental occasion. 

The Ministry said that under the series, five National Conferences covering nine themes under Localisation of Sustainable Development Goals through Panchayati Raj Institutions and Way Forward for 2047 will be organised during the Week Celebrations.

Union Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Giriraj Singh, Union Minister of State for Panchayati Raj Kapil Moreshwar Patil and Union Minister of State for Rural Development Faggan Singh Kulaste will grace the occasion with their august presence.