Viksit Bharat
Context:
Recently, the Prime minister of India, Narendra Modi, on completing his 23 years in the Public Office, stressed his urge to reach the goal of ‘Viksit Bharat’.
Relevance:
GS-02 (Government policies and inventions, Growth and Development)
Viksit Bharat:
- Viksit Bharat is a nationwide campaign to raise awareness through outreach activities to achieve saturation of schemes of Govt. of India across the country covering all Gram Panchayats, Nagar Panchayats and Urban Local Bodies
- The comprehensive roadmap for achieving Viksit Bharat or Developed India was laid down in the full Budget 24-25.
- In Budget 2024-25, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman envisaged sustained efforts on the following 9 priorities for generating ample opportunities in line with the strategy set out in the interim budget to achieve Viksit Bharat 2047:
- Productivity and resilience in Agriculture
- Employment and Skilling
- Inclusive Human Resource Development and Social Justice
- Manufacturing and Services
- Urban Development
- Energy Security
- Infrastructure
- Innovation, Research and Development
- Next Generation Reforms.
Objectives of the program:
- It aims to cover all those vulnerable sections who are eligible under various schemes but have not availed benefit so far.
- It aims to create awareness about various schemes to the citizens, especially the needy.
- It plans to enroll potential beneficiaries through details to ensure that the schemes are reached to them.