Vibrant Villages: PM Modi highlights how border villages are India’s ‘first’, welcomes representatives from over 600 villages at I-Day celebrations

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the present day throughout his tackle from the Red Fort on the event of 77th Independence Day stated that the villages that have been often known as the ‘last village of India’ are in actual fact the ‘first villages of India’ underneath the BJP authorities. PM Modi devoted a big a part of his tackle to the Vibrant Villages Programme highlighting the position of rural India within the nation’s improvement.

The Prime Minister stated, “We started the Vibrant Border Village program. And Vibrant Border Villages were known as the country’s last village but we changed that mindset. The village you see on the border is my country’s first village. When the sun rises, the first ray falls on the first village on this side (east), and when the sun sets, the last ray falls on the first village on that side (west). These are my first villages.”

#WATCH | PM Narendra Modi says, “…The Vibrant Border Villages have been referred to as the final villages of the nation. We modified that mindset. They will not be the final villages within the nation. What you may see on the borders is the primary village in my nation…I’m delighted that particular… pic.twitter.com/Np9PC2ODDp

— ANI (@ANI) August 15, 2023

Prime Minister Modi welcomed the 600 pradhans (heads) of Vibrant Villages who have been invited as visitors for the I-day celebrations.

The Vibrant Villages Programme (VVP) was introduced within the Finance Minister’s Budget Speech in 2022. The program envisages protection of border villages on India’s frontiers having sparse populations, restricted connectivity, and infrastructure, which regularly get disregarded of the event positive aspects. It covers the border areas of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, and Ladakh.

On tenth April this 12 months, Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched VVP at Kibithoo – a border village in Arunachal Pradesh. He introduced that this system can be applied in three phases in a bid to advertise tourism and supply city amenities within the villages and cease migration from the areas.

Shah additionally inaugurated 9 micro hydel initiatives of the Arunachal Government and 14 infrastructure initiatives for Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) value Rs.120 crore. The first part of this system goals to cowl a inhabitants of about 1.42 Lakh in 662 villages in 46 blocks. Under this scheme, Rs. 4800 crore can be spent from 2022 to 2026 and 11 districts, 28 blocks, and 1451 villages have been included within the first part.

#WestKameng DC Akriti Sagar flags off a bus as a part of the #VibrantVillagesProgramme on Saturday. The bus will transport the sarpanch of the colourful villages of the district, who’re particular invitees to the #IndependenceDay celebration on the #RedFort in #Delhi. (DIPRO) pic.twitter.com/4lmqzxYomk

— The Arunachal Times (@arunachaltimes_) August 12, 2023

Under VVP, the Centre intends to supply improved amenities to each particular person dwelling within the villages and supply the advantages of assorted schemes to the individuals. Promoting monetary inclusion and financial alternatives can also be the intention to bolster the agricultural economic system on the border areas. Shah stated that these villages can be developed whereas preserving and selling tourism, native tradition, and language.

Amit Shah on the Vibrant Village of Kibithoo in Arunachal Pradesh

Another objective of VVP is to cease migration from border villages for which employment-generating alternatives are being generated. The HM had stated {that a} five-year goal has been set to convey again the traditional state of affairs within the villages affected by migration.

Rs Rs.4800 crore for the FY 2022-23 to 2025-26 together with Rs.2500 crore particularly for street connectivity have been allotted by the Centre for the Vibrant Village Programme. 2,967 villages in 46 blocks of 19 districts alongside the northern border in Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, and the Union Territory of Ladakh have been recognized for complete improvement underneath the programme.

The authorities goals to make sure the participation and duty of the Panchayat and Gram Sabha within the administration on the Central, State, District, and Block-levels. The Vibrand Villages Programme alongside the Chinese border can also be aimed toward boosting border safety infrastructure.