Nirmal Gram Puraskar (NGP) is a national award under Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) Programme of the Department of Drinking Water Supply, Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India. It is an incentive for Panchayati Raj Institutions (GP, BP, ZP) as well as Individuals and Organizations that are the driving force for full (100%) sanitation coverage. These awards are given by the President every year to PRI’s which have succeeded in achieving 100% sanitation coverage that year. The National Informatics Centre Informatics Systems Cell of Department of Drinking Water Supply has played an important role in this massive exercise, by computerizing entire process starting from initial process of application scrutiny to final process of generating awardees list. It also contains modules, which help the department officials in making all the logistic arrangements for the NGP awarding ceremony, in which Sarpanchs / Pradhans in large number from all over the country arrive for receiving the award, a grand success. The Nirmal Gram Puraskar online System has the following features 1.Data Management (Data Entry and Updation), 2.Verification at each level which includes providing brief as well as detailed summary on each and every application at a particular level and suggestion for taking a decision on a particular application (based on the data input).
- Facility for District Level Monitors (DLMs) to enter their input and recommendations after the field level physical verification.
In addition to above facilities provided by the software, about fifty types of Reports are prepared for supporting decision-making and logistic arrangements for the main function. For further information, mail to ssengupta@nic.in