Vibrant Village Program

The Central Government in the Union Budget 2022-2023 has proposed a new scheme, Vibrant Village Program to promote infrastructure in villages.

  • It aims to enhance infrastructure in villages along India's border with China, in states like Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Arunachal Pradesh.
  • The move has been taken to counter the Chinese 'model villages' close to the LAC.

Need

  • Border villages with sparse population, limited connectivity and infrastructure often get left out from the development gains.
  • These villages are largely isolated" and sometimes inhabitants prefer to migrate to the mainland due to rough weather conditions whereas the Chinese model villages have "all modern facilities.

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