On the occasion of National Panchayat Diwas on Sunday 24th April, 2011, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj has decided to give the annual PEAIS 2011 Awards to the best performing States under the Panchayat Empowerment & Accountability Incentive Scheme and the Rashtriya Gaurav Gram Sabha 2011 Awards to best Gram Sabhas and Gram Panchayats in the country (7 Nos), the e-Panchayat Awards 2011 and present the award to the winners of the nationwide Drawing and painting competition and Essay competitions held during the “Year of the Gram Sabha” ( 2nd October 2009-2nd October 2010). The detail of awards to be given by the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and NAC Chairperson Smt. Sonia Gandhi is as under: