Union Home Minister Amit Shah today chaired a high-level meeting in New Delhi to review the implementation of the Vibrant Villages Programme. During the meeting, Mr Shah said, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Government is committed to all round development of the border villages of the country.
He stressed on the need to provide employment opportunities to local residents and increase connectivity to prevent migration from border villages. Mr Shah said,Central Armed Police Forces and Army deployed around the border villages should encourage purchase of local agricultural and handicraft products through cooperatives. The Minister said, the residents of the nearby villages should get the benefit of healthcare facilities available for Army and CAPFs.
Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla and other senior officials of the Ministry are attending the meeting. Vibrant Villages Programme is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme for comprehensive development of select villages in 46 blocks in 19 districts of Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand and Ladakh.
The objective of the programme is comprehensive development of these villages to improve the quality of life of people and thereby reversing outmigration. The programme envisages focused areas of interventions for creation of opportunities for livelihood generation through promotion of agriculture, horticulture, tourism and cultural heritage, skill development and entrepreneurship and development of co-operative societies for managing livelihood opportunities.
