Nirmal Gram Puraskar

for Ministry of Rural Development | Date - 20-03-2006


Lok Sabha

Nirmal Gram Puraskar (NGP) is awarded to such Panchayati Raj Institutions which satisfy the following conditions:

 

(i)     each household has access to toilets and the practice of open defecation is completely eliminated;

(ii)   all schools and Anganwadis in the PRI area have functional toilet facilities;

(iii) general cleanliness prevails in the concerned PRI

 

The Nirmal Gram Puraskar (NGP) was announced on 2nd October, 2003 and the distribution of award has started since 2004-05

 

 

This was informed by Shri A Narendra, Minister of State forĀ  Rural DevelopmentĀ  in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.

 

 

SS/am


(Release ID :16684)

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