Minister of State for Rural Development Pemmasani Chandrasekhar has called for building a Viksit Gaon to achieve a Viksit Bharat by 2047.
Mr. Chandrasekhar said this while addressing the first meeting of the Performance Review Committee of the Rural Development Ministry in New Delhi today. He said, in Viksit Gaon, every family should have a pucca house with basic amenities, quality roads, rural youth having employment opportunities, and every woman being empowered and financially independent.
Emphasizing the role of the Rural Development Ministry in achieving this goal, he said the government is not just implementing the schemes, but writing the next chapter of India’s growth story. He said, under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the government has made remarkable progress in rural development.
Referring to the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana – Gramin, the Minister informed that since its launch, more than 3.22 crore pucca houses have been built for rural families living in kutcha homes and a target of constructing two crore additional houses by 2029.
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