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 for Rural Development in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.
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