The Centre will award gram panchayats that have excelled in implementing the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) to encourage rural bodies to perform better.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/centre-pat-top-rural-bodies
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/telegraph-ranchi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/national-rural-employment-guarantee-act-nrega
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/unemployment
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/awards
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/anti-poverty-programmes