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Nirmal Gram Puraskar
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Nirmal Gram Puraskar

What is Nirmal Gram Puraskar ?
To add vigor to the TSC, in June 2003, GoI initiated an incentive scheme for fully sanitized and open defecation free Gram Panchayats, Blocks, and Districts called the 'Nirmal Gram Puraskar'.The following document from the Government of India gives a broad overview of the purpose and functioning of the programme:
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To view maps and statistics regarding the villages who have been winning NGP status since 2005, please visit our GIS application:
  
 

Access the details about the villages which have won the NGP award using our GIS tool. Needs a good net connection

  
 

To view national level and state level maps based of number of gram panchayats awarded with NGP and total rural population living in NGP villages

  

More resources about NGP:

Official Government Website of the Nirmal Gram Puraskar programme:
http://nirmalgrampuraskar.nic.in/
It contains the application forms for NGP :
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Independent study commissioned by UNICEF to examine the performance of NGP villages after they have got the award
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Click here for the summary

Letter of Appreciation from Union Minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh to the Chief Ministers of Assam and Haryana for conducting the NGP award functions this year:
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