Katol Panchayat Samiti has achieved first position at the departmental-level and second position at the state-level under the Yashwant Panchayat Raj Abhiyan Award for the year 2022-23. This recognition is announced by the State Government for the outstanding contributions of Katol Panchayat Samiti in administrative management and development initiatives. Similarly, Bhandara Panchayat Samiti has secured first position at the state-level and third position overall for the year 2020-21. The awards will be given by Divisional Commissioner Vijayalakshmi Bidari during a function at Vanamati at 11 am on February 5. The Yashwant Panchayat Raj Campaign Awards for the years 2020-21 and 2022-23 have been declared for a total of 63 panchayat committees in the Nagpur division. In the state-level award for the year 2022-23, Katol Panchayat Samiti has secured second position. The samiti will receive a cash prize of Rs 17 lakh.

 

At the divisional-level, for the same year, Katol Panchayat Samiti clinched the first position, while Kamptee Panchayat Samiti secured the second position, bagging the cash awards of Rs 11 lakh and Rs 8 lakh, respectively. The third position is jointly shared by Chandrapur Panchayat Samiti and Kurkheda Panchayat Samiti of Gadchiroli district, with each receiving a cash prize of Rs three lakh. For the 2020-21 awards, Bhandara Panchayat Samiti emerged as the divisional leader and secured the third position at the state-level.

 

The respective cash awards for these achievements are Rs 11 lakh and Rs 15 lakh. Porbhuna Panchayat Samiti of Chandrapur district claimed the second position at the divisional level, while Kamptee Panchayat Samiti secured the third position, bagging cash awards of Rs eight lakh and Rs six lakh, respectively. Since 2005-06, the State Rural Development Department has been honouring Zilla Parishads, Panchayat Samitis, and meritorious officers and employees associated with Panchayat Raj institutions who have made exemplary contributions to administrative management and development work on the occasion of Yashwantrao Chavan’s birthday, the first Chief Minister of Maharashtra.