Rajasthan
'Dr. Ambedkar Utsav Dham Yojana'
- 26 Nov 2022
- 1 min read
Why In News?
- On November 25, 2022, Rajasthan's Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Tikaram Julie told that under the 'Dr. Ambedkar Utsav Dham Yojana', community buildings will be constructed in 568 villages of the state, whose maintenance will be the responsibility of the Gram Panchayat.
Key Points
- Minister Tikaram Jully said that this scheme has been implemented only on the villages selected in the 'Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana'. In the pilot phase, 568 villages of the state have been selected for the construction of community halls or buildings.
- He informed that maximum 103 villages have been selected in Sriganganagar district. After this, community halls/buildings will be built in selected villages of 32 districts of the state including Bharatpur 68, Alwar 47, Barmer 33, Jodhpur and Dausa 31-31.
- Community halls, buildings will be constructed in each village at a cost of Rs 25 lakh each. The scheme is being run by the National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation, an undertaking of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment of the government.
