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Vibrant Villages Programme

Posted on December 30, 2022 by admin1  1418

In News

  • Recently, the Union Home Minister asked BSF for efforts to increase tourism through a ‘vibrant village programme’ to enhance border security.
    • He also launched the Prahari app for the Border Security Force (BSF).

About the Prahari app

  • It is a great example of Proactive Governance. 
  • Jawans can get personal information and information related to accommodation, Ayushmann-CAPF and leaves on their mobiles.
  • It will also include information related to the availability of Bio Data, Grievance redressal on the “Centralised Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System” (CP-GRAMS) and information on various welfare schemes.

About Vibrant Villages Programme

  • Background:
    • It was announced in the Budget Speech 2022.
  • Coverage:
    • The programme envisages coverage of border villages on the Northern border having sparse populations, limited connectivity and infrastructure, which often get left out from the development gains. 
  • Significance
    • It should be used by all border-guarding forces to encourage tourism in border villages, to make them self-reliant and vibrant.

Border Security Force (BSF) 

  • It is India’s border guarding forces along the borders of Pakistan and Bangladesh.
  • Administrative Control: Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
  • Purpose: It was raised in the wake of the 1965 War on 1 December 1965 as India’s first line of defence for ensuring the security of the borders of India and for matters connected therewith.
  • Deployment: On-Line of Control (LoC) along with the Indian Army and in Anti-Naxal Operations.
  • Officials: The BSF has its own cadre of officers but its head, designated as a Director-General (DG), since its raising has been an officer from the Indian Police Service (IPS).

Border Area Development Programme (BADP)

  • The Government of India is implementing the Border Area Development Programme (BADP) through the State Governments/UT Administrations in habitations located within 0-10 km.
  • The annual action plans of the States/UTs consisting of works related to village infrastructure like roads and bridges, health, education, agriculture, sports, drinking water & sanitation etc. are considered and approved as per BADP guidelines.
  • It covers 460 border blocks of 117 border districts in 16 States and 2 UTs: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Jammu & Kashmir (UT) and Ladakh (UT).

Source: TH

 
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