Vibrant Village Programme

• Union Home Minister launched VVP in Kibithoo village in Anjaw district in Arunachal Pradesh.

About Vibrant Village Programme

• VVP, a Centrally Sponsored Scheme, provide funds for development of essential infrastructure and creation of livelihood opportunities.
• VVP (approved for 2022-23 to 2025-26 ) will cover Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Ladakh.
• It will cover 2,963 villages with 663 of them to be covered in the first phase.
• Vibrant Village Action Plans will be created by the district adminstration with the help of Gram Panchayats.
• There will not be overlap with Border Area Development Programme.
• Objective
  • To identify and develop the economic drivers based on local, natural, human and other resources of the border villages on the northern border;
  • Development of growth centres on ‘hub and spoke model’
  • Leveraging the tourism potential through promotion of local, cultural, traditional knowledge and heritage;
  • Development of sustainable eco-agri businesses on the concept of ‘one village-one product’