PM Narendra Modi launched the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission which is an initiative to transform the rural areas to get an urban look.
Flash points
- An initiative to create smart villages
- To improve the quality of life in villages
- Started in Dongargarh near chattisgarh
- To attract 5100 crore investment
- Scheme divided into 300 clusters in next 3 years
- 100 clusters to be implemented in this year
- Gram panchayat a cluster has 25000 to 50000 population
- Tribal and Hilly areas a cluster has 5000-10000 population
- 4 clusters in Rajnandgaon, Dhamatri, Kawardha and Bastar districts of Chattisgarh
- It replaces PURA scheme of UPA government
- Electronic manufacturing cluster started in Naya Raipur with 2000 crores investment
- 30% Of the project fund provided as Critical Gap Funding
SLOGAN– “RURAL SOUL, URBAN AMENITIES”
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