Chandigarh: Haryana Development and Panchayats Minister OP Dhankar said the 7-Star Rainbow scheme which was launched with an objective to connect the Gram Panchayats with social causes, has borne fruits. Under this, 3930 Gram Panchayats (GPs) out of 6,167 GPs, which is 63 per cent have successfully achieved star rating from 1 to 6 star.
The Minister was addressing a press conference regarding the 7-Star Rainbow scheme, here today. Dhankar said that last year, 1,122 Gram Panchayats had achieved the Star ratings under the scheme, which was just 18 per cent and it has increased to 63 per cent, this year. He said that on August 13, 2019, 20 GPs which have achieved 6-Star Rating and 58 GPs which have achieved 5-Star Rating and four districts of Rohtak division namely Rohtak, Jhajjar, Charkhi-Dadri and Bhiwani for achieving 4 to 1-Star would be felicitated by Union Rural Development, Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Panchayati Raj Minister, Narendra Singh Tomar, in a function to be organised at Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak.
He said that 628 GPs would be felicitated in the function. "This year, all Star GPs would be given away awards worth of Rs 84 crore, whereas last year, awards worth Rs 21 crore were given away last year. After Rohtak, Star rating award distribution ceremony would also be organised in Gurugram, Karnal and Hisar," he added.
He said that 270 GPs of 20 districts have achieved four-Star and 794 GPs of all 22 districts, have achieved three-Star, 1,375 GPs have achieved two-Star and 1,413 GPs have achieved 1-Star. He said that next year, it would be mandatory for Gram Panchayats to get themselves registered to get the star rating and for the rating purpose, in digitalization and dropouts, Class 10 would also be included for assessment instead of Class 8.
He said this year, 5,279 GPs have registered themselves, whereas 4,902 GPs were registered last year. He said that Gram Panchayats have been working with full dedication for social causes, which is evident in Star Rating assessment. In 2,312 GPs (30 per cent) have achieved star in the category of no lawsuit in their villages.