Explained: What Is The ‘Vibrant Village Programme’ That Amit Shah Will Flag Off In Arunachal Pradesh
The government has authorised the Vibrant Villages Programme under the direction of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with central components totalling Rs. 4800 crores, including Rs 2500 crore specifically for road connectivity for the financial years 2022-23 to 2025-26.
The programme will assist in enhancing the standard of living for those residing in designated border communities and motivating residents to remain in their hometowns, reversing emigration from these villages and enhancing border security.
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he Vibrant Villages Programme is a centrally sponsored scheme that has identified 2,967 villages in 46 blocks of 19 districts along the northern border in the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, and Himachal Pradesh, as well as the Union Territory of Ladakh, for comprehensive development.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to launch the 'Vibrant Villages Programme' (VVP) in Kibithoo, a village along the India-China border, during a two-day visit to Arunachal Pradesh starting Monday, officials said.Shah, in his first visit to the northeastern state as home minister, will on Monday inaugurate nine micro hydel projects constructed under the ‘Golden Jubilee Border Illumination Programme’ in Kibithoo. These electricity projects will empower people living in border villages, they said.
He will also inaugurate Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) projects to augment infrastructure at Likabali (Arunachal Pradesh), Chapra (Bihar), Nooranad (Kerala) and Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), the officials said.
The VVP is a centrally sponsored scheme under which 2,967 villages in 46 blocks of 19 districts abutting the northern border in the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh and Union Territory of Ladakh have been identified for comprehensive development.
In the first phase, 662 villages, including 455 in Andhra Pradesh, have been identified for priority coverage. PTI UPL RBT RBT
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