West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today greeted the people saying a panchayat of the state has emerged as the best in the country.
The central government has declared Digambarpur gram panchayat in South 24 Parganas district as the best panchayat in the country.
"We feel proud that we have the best panchayat. We are proud that our panchayats have worked well. I congratulate the people for that," Banerjee told reporters at the state secretariat.
Of the 2.5 lakh gram panchayats in the country, the central government had selected 1000 and watched their function, state Panchayat Minister Subrata Mukherjee told PTI.
"Digambarpur under Pathar Pratima block has emerged the best among those 1000 gram panchayats," Mukherjee said. He announced this after getting permission from the State Election Commission as the model code of conduct is force in the state due to the coming panchayat election.
"Some other panchayats of the state also got other awards," he said.
The chief minister said, "We have already topped in job creation under the NREGA project. West Bengal has not only topped in rural employment generation, but the state has also been able to reduce the unemployment rate by 40 per cent."
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