PM Narendra Modi fetes 29 UP gram panchayats for good work

LUCKNOW: On the occasion of the National Panchayati Raj Day on Saturday, 29 gram panchayats of two Uttar Pradesh districts were awarded the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Sashaktikaran Samman by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The award recognises the work done in these areas for social and financial empowerment and atmanirbhar rural India.
The Prime Minister also launched the distribution of e-property cards under the Swamitva Yojana across the country and digitally distributed property cards or gharauni to 57,401 villagers from 425 villages of Uttar Pradesh.
The scheme has been extended to 1,409 villages in the state where genuine property owners have received titles to their property.
Earlier, on October 12 last year, over 41,000 villagers from 346 villages of 37 Uttar Pradesh districts were digitally given ownership certificates in the presence of the Prime Minister.
Under the Swamitva Yojana, land in rural areas is being mapped using modern technology, including drones, to demarcate land. Once ownership is settled, villagers will also be able to avail bank loans.
The Swamitva Yojana was launched in 2020 as a pilot project in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, and Rajasthan.
Calling it a major revolution towards rural empowerment, chief minister Yogi Adityanath said that gharauni is not just a government document, but is is also a mode of boosting the confidence of people living in villages and making them self-reliant.