VIBRANT VILLAGES PROGRAMME

It is a Centrally sponsored scheme, announced in the Union Budget 2022– 23 (to 2025–26) for development of villages on the northern border, thus improving the quality of life of people living in identified border villages.

It will cover the border areas of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Ladakh.

It will cover 2,963 villages with 663 of them to be covered in the first phase.

Vibrant Village Action Plans will be created by the district adminstration with the help of Gram Panchayats.

Objective:

• The scheme aids to identify and develop the economic drivers based on local, natural, human and other resources of the border villages on the northern border;

• Development of growth centres on ‘hub and spoke model’ through promotion of social entrepreneurship, empowerment of youth and women through skill development and entrepreneurship;

• Leveraging the tourism potential through promotion of local, cultural, traditional knowledge and heritage;

• Development of sustainable eco–agri businesses on the concept of ‘one village–one product’ through community- based organisations, cooperatives, NGOs.