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Manipur wins four National Panchayat Awards

Manipur wins four National Panchayat Awards

Imphal, Sep 25 (UNI) : A Zilla Parishad and three Gram Panchayat of Manipur has won four Panchayat Awards, 2019, for appraisal year 2017-18 for outstanding performance under the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India.
The Ministry has announced the annual awards for best Zilla Parishad, Gram Panchayats and Child Friendly Gram Panchayat Aawrds for state-wise. For Manipur Imphal East Zilla Parishad has bagged the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Sashaktikaran Puraskar (DDUPSP) 2019.
In the Gram Panchayat category, Phayeng Gram Panchayat under Haorangsabal Block of Imphal West District bagged the award in the General category and Waiton Gram Panchayat under Sawombung Block of Imphal East District won the same in the thematic category.

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