This Article is From Oct 11, 2014

PM Modi Launches Village Development Project

PM Modi Launches Village Development Project

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launching the project in New Delhi

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched the 'Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana', a village development project under which each member of parliament will take the responsibility of developing physical and institutional infrastructure in three villages by 2019.

At the launch in New Delhi, PM Modi said,"We are nearly 800 MPs. If before 2019, we develop three villages each, we reach nearly 2,500 villages. If in the light of this scheme, the states also create a similar scheme for MLAs, then 6000-7000 more villages can be added."

The Prime Minister added that if one village is developed in a block, it is also likely to have a "viral" effect and development would permeate other villages too.

PM Modi remarked that the scheme is flexible and that an MP is free to choose any village. The only condition is that it should not be his own village or that of his in-laws.

"I also have to choose a village in Varanasi," the Prime Minister said and added that he would go there, discuss and choose a village.

Till now, the model of development being followed in the country has largely been supply-driven, PM Modi said.

"In Delhi, Lucknow or Gandhinagar, a scheme is prepared and then an attempt is made to inject it everywhere. Through this 'Adarsh Gram' (scheme), we want to shift from supply-driven to demand-driven model," he said.

He also said that an atmosphere should be created where every person is proud of his or her village.

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