Viksit Bharat

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:
    1. Productivity and resilience in Agriculture
    2. Employment and Skilling
    3. Inclusive Human Resource Development and Social Justice
    4. Manufacturing and Services
    5. Urban Development
    6. Energy Security
    7. Infrastructure
    8. Innovation, Research and Development
    9. 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.