Kadakkavoor grama panchayat has won the first prize in implementing the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in the State. Idamalakudi has won the second prize, and Andoorkonam the third prize. The following are the district-level winners (first and second): Thiruvananthapuram-Kizhuvillam, Mudakkal; Kollam-Kottarakara, Mayyanad; Pathanamthitta-Enadimangalam, Mylapra; Alappuzha-Kodamthuruthu, Mavelikara Thekkekara; Kottayam-Udayanapuram, Karur; Idukki-Munnar, Devikulam; Ernakulam-Edavanakad, Nayarambalam; Thrissur-Vallathol Nagar, Wadakkancherry; Palakkad-Puthoor, Thachanattukara; Malappuram-Ponmula, Thenjipalam; Kozhikode-Mukkom, Mavoor; Wayanad-Puthadi, Meenangadi; Kannur- Azhikode, New Mahe; Kasaragod-Manjeswaram, Chemmanad.