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ANNEXURE - VIII

Revamped National Panchayat Awards under Incentivization of Panchayats (IoP)

Scheme of Ministry of Panchayati Raj

National Panchayat Awards have been revamped in 2022 to assess the performance of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs)
in attainment of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through localization of 9 identified themes namely, (i) Poverty
free and enhanced livelihoods Panchayat (ii) Healthy Panchayat (iii) Child-friendly Panchayat (iv) Water-sufficient
Panchayat (v) Clean and Green Panchayat (vi) Self-sufficient infrastructure in Panchayat (vii) Socially Secured
Panchayat (viii) Panchayat with good governance and (ix) Women-friendly Panchayat.

The basic unit of performance assessment under National Panchayat Awards is Gram Panchayat (GP) or equivalent
body. The thematic questionnaires devised for performance assessment of GPs are based on Local Indicator Framework
(LIF) suggested in the Expert committee report on LSDG.

Total 90 indicators are selected for measuring the performance of GPs across 9 themes including special categories under
NPA, out of which 64 indicators are considered from the same themes while 26 indicators are also included from other
themes.

Theme-1: Poverty Free and Enhanced Livelihoods Panchayat

Total 17 indicators are included in theme -1 for assessment of the performance of the GPs under NPA. 6 indicators are
considered from the same theme which include (1) percentage of unique active persons /job card holders provided
employment who demanded employment under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act

(MGNREGA), (2) percentage of eligible covered under Social Security Pension Scheme Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana–
Grameen, (PMAY-G)/similar state-specific housing scheme, (3) percentage of population covered under National Social
Assistance Program (NSAP), (4) population covered under National Food Security Act (NFSA), (5) percentage of Below
Poverty Line (BPL) women members in Self-Help Groups (SHGs) and (6) percentage of SHGs accessed bank loans
(SHGs indicator also covered in theme 9) However,11 indicators, (7) Percentage of 0-3 years registered under ICDS out
of total eligible children and (8) Percentage of 3-6 years registered under ICDS out of total eligible children, (9)

percentage of pregnant and lactating mothers registered under ICDS out of total eligible Pregnant and lactating mothers,
(10) beneficiaries under Pradhan Mantri Matritva Vandana Yojana, (11) Percentage of children aged under 5 years who
are underweight, (12) Percentage of children under age 5 years who are wasted (13) percentage of pregnant and lactating
mothers who are anaemic, (14) percentage of children age 6-59 months who are anaemic, (15), percentage of
beneficiaries under Ayushman Bharat) /similar state scheme (16) percentage of functional households tap water

connection with 55LPCD and (17) Percentage of households living in Kutcha houses are captured in different themes
such as 2,3,4,6,7 and 9.

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