Out of the 2.5 lakh panchayats in the country 240 panchayats were conferred the National Panchayat Awards 2019 by Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister for Panchayati Raj in New Delhi.
The Minister also launched a Spatial Planning Application called ‘Gram Manchitra’ which is a Geo Spatial based decision support system for the panchayats.
The Centre conferred the ‘e-Panchayat Puraskar award’ on Tamil Nadu for being the top performing State in facilitating the use of Informational and Communication Technology tools (ICT) in third-tier cities.