Taking forward his announcement during his address to the nation on
August 15,2014 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday Oct 11,2014 unveiled a blueprint
for the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) on Jayaprakash Narayan’s
birth anniversary.
The scheme encourages Members of Parliament from both Houses to identify
and develop one village from their constituency as a model village by
2016, and two more by 2019, covering over 2,500 villages of the 6 lakh
villages country-wide.
The 65-page outline for the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana, released by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday here, in the presence of Rural
Development Minister Nitin Gadkari, requires MPs to identify one village
with a population of 3,000-5,000 in the plains and 1,000-3,000 in the
hills within a month for convergence of existing schemes for
socio-economic development of the area.
MPs can choose any village except their own or their spouse’s. There is no other criterion.
MPs are expected to facilitate a village development plan, motivate
villagers to take up activities and use the Rs.5-crore MPLAD fund to
fill gaps for funds besides mobilising “additional resources especially
from Corporate Social Responsibility” in sewage and water supply
schemes.
No comments:
Post a Comment