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 Community-based management of natural resources
including forests, water bodies and sacred groves. Best Gram Panchayats 3 First: Rs.1.00 crore
 Protection of Biodiversity- The Panchayat that goes for (GUSVPP) Second: Rs.75 lakhs
massive plantation can protect the existing flora and fauna Third: Rs.50 lakhs
and also goes for adding more flora and fauna to its
Best Gram Panchayats 3 First: Rs.1.00 crore
existing stock.
(CNVPP) Second: Rs.75 lakhs
Connect to NPA Third: Rs.50 lakhs
Total 7 indicators are included in this theme under National
Panchayat Awards. 2 indicator is included from same theme i.e.
percentage of solar irrigation pumps and solar lights in the GP Data required for Baseline
and (2) Did the Biodiversity Management Committee (BMC) of The list of items on which base data need to be collected is
the GP maintained People’s Biodiversity Register. However, 5 provided in the Metadata in Annexure-I, Table 2. The further
indicators are included in 2 additional special categories of focus and interest of the GP depends upon the targets prioritized
awards out of which, 1 indicators is included in Gram Urja to make the village clean & green.
Swaraj Vishesh Panchayat Puraskar (GUSVPP) i.e. (3)
Operation and Maintenance of Solid & Liquid Waste Data collection and Data sources
Management (SLWM) assets, and 4 indicators are included in Data sources specific to the Theme Clean and Green for data
Carbon Neutral Vishesh Panchayat Puraskar (CNVPP) i.e. (4) collection include both administrative data available in the SBM
Total trees planted by the gram panchayat, (5) proportion of MIS, as also the GP own data maintained in Registers such as
households and public private buildings, etc. are connected with the GP Toilet Register, Scheme SBM, and where no mechanism
solar energy means i.e. solar lights panels etc., (6) percentage of is available today to establish one as per the data and outcome
households using LPG for cooking and (7) percentage of required, such as functionality of toilets, provision of soap
households using LED bulbs/lights, which is included in both facility, (which latter is also to be maintained in GPs as per
special categories. : guidelines)

1. Gram Urja Swaraj Vishesh Panchayat Puraskar for Data Validation
adoption and usage of renewable sources of energy
The base line data and subsequent updated data collected from
2. Carbon Neutral Vishesh Panchayat Puraskar for exemplary different sources or under theme 5 clean and green need to be
work towards achieving Net-Zero carbon emissions validated in Gram Sabha or departmental technical source and
as in the Portal, where it is systemically validated.
The prize money to the 3 GPs selected are in the Table below:

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