Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 19: The Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, J&K bagged four different awards at national level for irrigation works at Gram Panchayat levels and overall effective implementation of Mahatma Gandhi NREGA scheme at Block levels.
The glittering award ceremony held today in C Subramanyan Hall, NASC, New Delhi in which participants from across the country represented their respective states and UTs. The ceremony was chaired by Union Minister for Rural Development Narinder Singh Tomar.
The Award was received by Additional Secretary to Government, Department of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, J&K, Rakesh K Badyal on behalf of Secretary to Government, Department of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, J&K, Sheetal Nanda.
The award was given under four different categories, viz. Best Performing Gram Panchayat for construction of structures augmenting irrigation, Best Performing Gram Panchayat for construction of structures augmenting water harvesting under MGNREGA, GIS Asset supervisor implementation of Geo-MGNREGA initiative and MGNREGA Spatial Enumerator implementation of Geo-MGNREGA initiative in recognition of the exemplary performances at National level in Geo-tagging of the assets under MGNREGA across J&K and outstanding performance in augmenting irrigation under MGNREGS in various Gram Panchayats.
Kulgam and Samba districts were facilitated for Jal Sangrah works providing under the category of “Best Performing Gram Panchayats for construction of structures augmenting irrigation under MGNREGS”, and “Best Performing Gram Panchayat for construction of structures augmenting water harvesting structures under MGNREGS” respectively.
Similarly, Block Kahara of district Doda and Block Mandi of district Poonch were conferred the prestigious award for effective implementation of MGNREGA scheme in the said blocks for GIS Asset supervisor implementation of Geo-MGNREGA initiative while Block Mandi of district Poonch was facilitated in recognition of MGNREGA Spatial Enumerator implementation of Geo-MGNREGA initiative.
The Centrally-sponsored scheme, MGNREGA, supports more than 2.76 lakh rural households in J&K as of today and caters up to 15.20 lakh registered workers in the State. Out of the total, there are at least 680049 women workers and 110925 Schedule Caste workers. While the scheme has generated as many as 98.00 lakh Person Days (PDs) in J&K as of today, it has simultaneously created as many as 4.16 lakh durable assets in the UT with more than 3.64 lakh assets being geo-tagged under phase I during the same period of time.
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