1. Panchayat Awards are distributed by Ministry of Panchayat Raj, Government of India every year in the month of April.

2. Best performing panchayats are selected from all over India.

3. Panchayat that performs well in all aspects is chosen as Winners.

4. In 2018, Digambarpur in West Bengal became the best Grama Panchayat of India.

5. A survey was conducted to find out the best Grama Panchayat in India among 2.5 lakh Grama Panchayats.

6. Out of these, the Ministry of Panchayat Raj finalised three top states.

7. The ranking was prepared based on different seven factors that includes system of planning, quality of planning, different activities and level of co-ordination etc.

8. Finally it was Digambarpur chosen as the best one in the country.

9. Karnataka and Sikkim were the other two states that were finalised in top three.

10. In India, April 24th is celebrated as National Panchayat Raj Diwas every year. This day marks the passing of the constitution (73rd Amendment) Act; 1992 that came into force with effect from 24 April 1993.