<span style="color: #222222;">The Namunaghar and Kishorinagar panchayats of A&N Islands have been awarded with Rashtriya Panchayati Raj Puraskar for their better performance in developing local areas.<br />''<br />''The two panchayats of A&N Islands are awarded with Rashtriya Panchayati Raj puraskar in different categories. The Namunaghar panchayat of South Andaman District has awarded under the category of Gram Panchayat Development Plan Award  While the Kishorinagar Panchayat located in N&M Andaman District has been selected under Child Friendly Gram Panchyat Award after assessing their best practices .The Gram Pradhan of Namunaghar panchayat Pritima Tirkey informed while expressing her gratitude about the development work taken under Swachh Bharat Mission,  PM Awaas Yojana etc. </span><br />