Vibrant Villages Programme
- December 30, 2022
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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Vibrant Villages Programme
Context: Union Home Minister asks border-guarding forces to strengthen Vibrant Village Programme and ensure welfare programmes are implemented.
About Vibrant Villages Programme:
- Vibrant Villages Programme (VVP) has been announced in the Finance Minister’s Budget Speech 2022.
- The programme envisages coverage of border villages on Northern border having sparse population, limited connectivity and infrastructure, which often get left out from the development gains.
- The activities will include construction of village infrastructure, housing, tourist centres, road connectivity, provisioning of decentralized renewable energy, direct to home access for Doordarshan and educational channels, and support for livelihood generation.
- Additional funding for these activities will be provided.
- Existing schemes will be converged and their outcomes will be defined and monitored on a constant basis.
- Aim and objectives:
- To enhance infrastructure in villages along India’s border with China, in states like Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Arunachal Pradesh.
- Border villages with sparse population, limited connectivity and infrastructure often get left out from the development gains.