Union Cabinet Secretary reviews preparations for massive pro-poor initiative under the Gram Swaraj Abhiyan from April 14 to May 5

JAMMU, APRIL 10: Union Cabinet Secretary, Mr. Pradeep Kumar Sinha Tuesday chaired a video conference with the Union Secretaries and Chief Secretaries of states, to review the preparations in regard to the Gram Swaraj Abhiyan-a special multi-departmental and multi-sectoral initiative for reaching out to the poor households in 21058 villages across the country.

Chief Secretary, J&K, B B Vyas also participated in the video conference.

The massive pro-poor initiative will be launched between 14^th April and 5^th May, 2018 and would involve as many as 33 lakh elected PRIs members, 5 crore women SHG members, MLAs and MP’s besides partnership of various state and central government departments and local communities.  As many as 1200 officers of Government of India will be deployed to the villages spread across the country in different states.

The special initiative will intensively focus on saturation of villages under seven programmes viz Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli HarGhar Yojana, Ujala Scheme, Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY), Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) and Mission Indradhanush.

The activities scheduled to be carried during the mission period include Samajik Nyaya Diwas (Social Justice Day) on April 14^th to commemorate the birth anniversary of Dr B R Ambedkar, Swachh Bharat Diwas on April 18^th, UjjwalaDiwas on April 20^th, Rashtriya Panchayat Raj Diwas on April 24^th, Gram Swaraj Diwas on April 28^th, Ayushmaan Bharat Diwas on April 30^th, Kisan Kalyan Diwas on May 2^nd and AajeevikaDiwas on May 5^th, 2018.

Among the many initiatives under the Gram Swaraj Abhiyan also include village cleanliness drives, camps for scholarship enrolment, bank account, Aadhaar linkage, new LPG connections, new electricity connections, sale of LED bulbs, enrolling beneficiaries under PMJDY, PMJJBY and PMSBY, vaccination of children and pregnant women, workshop on doubling farmers income and celebrating success stories of women and youth.