Uttarakhand
The Number of Vibrant Villages will Increase in the State
- 04 Apr 2023
- 2 min read
Why in News?
On 1 April 2023, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami informed that the Union Home Ministry would include more new frontier villages of Uttarakhand in the coming days under the Vibrant Village Program of the Central Government.
Key Points
- It is known that the Central Government has included Frontier Village Policy, Mana, Malari and Gunji in the Vibrant Village Program. The central government will cooperate for the development of these villages.
- Under the Mukhyamantri Seemant Gaon Vikas Yojana, tourism and economic activities will be increased in border villages.
- It is notable that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has named Mana as the first village.
- The Chief Minister said that it is the endeavour of the State Government that the tourists coming on the Chardham Yatra go to the border villages and spend five per cent of their travel expenses on local products of these villages.
- Frontier villages should be developed according to their speciality and their publicity should be done so that more and more tourists reach there. Due to this, the economic situation of the local people will improve and the problem of migration will also reduce.
