Govt. committed to all-round development of border villages, says Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda
The Hindu
Union Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda and his wife hosted the village heads at his official residence in New Delhi. The village heads represent the panchayat areas selected for focused development under the Vibrant Villages programme of the Union Home Ministry. The village chiefs, many of whom came with their families and were visiting Delhi for the first time, have also been invited to attend the Independence Day celebrations on Tuesday.
The smell of the earth in Galwan and Doklam is the real smell of “Bharat ki mitti”, Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda said on Monday, addressing the heads of more than 200 villages located along the northern border of India.
“The fact that you have put down roots at the entrance of the country and stayed put there for all these years, preserving your culture, is what matters,” Mr. Munda said.
The Minister and his wife hosted these village heads at his official residence in New Delhi. The village heads represent the panchayat areas selected for focused development under the Vibrant Villages programme of the Union Home Ministry.
The village chiefs, many of whom came with their families and were visiting Delhi for the first time, have also been invited to attend the Independence Day celebrations on Tuesday.
The Vibrant Villages programme has been designed for comprehensive development of villages in 19 districts of Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, and the Union Territory of Ladakh, which share the border with China.
“The government is committed to the all-round development of border villages under the Vibrant Villages Programme,” the Minister added.
Atal Dulloo, Secretary, Border Management Division of the Home Ministry, said around ₹4,800 crore had been sanctioned for this project, of which around ₹2,500 crore would be used to build road infrastructure in these villages. “The rest will be used for convergence mode implementation of integrated government (State and Centre) schemes for social security, water, telecom services, power, and others,” Mr. Dulloo said.
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