42 Panchayats Honoured for Driving Rural Transformation at National Panchayat Awards 2025 Ceremony in New Delhi

• National Panchayat Awards (NPA) 2025 conferred on 42 Panchayats by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR) in New Delhi for excellence in Localisation of Sustainable Development Goals (LSDGs).
• Awards anchor the Centre's "Gramoday Se Bharat Uday" (Rise of Villages → Rise of India) framework for grassroots, SDG-aligned rural transformation.
• UPSC relevance: intersects 73rd Amendment / Panchayati Raj, SDG localisation, cooperative federalism, and women-led development (22 of 42 winners are women-led).