VIBRANT VILLAGES PROGRAMME (VVP)

Current Context: Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation recently inaugurated a two-day workshop on the Vibrant Villages Programme (VVP) in New Delhi, organised by the Border Management Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

ABOUT VIBRANT VILLAGES PROGRAMME (VVP-I)

• Type: Centrally Sponsored Scheme
• Implementation Period: 2022-23 to 2025-26
• Coverage: 2,967 villages in 46 blocks across 19 districts along the northern border in Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, and Ladakh (UT).
• Objective:
  • Comprehensive development of northern border villages
  • Encourage residents to stay in their native places, reversing outmigration
  • Strengthen border security through village development

KEY FEATURES

• Infrastructure: Roads, housing, village facilities, renewable energy, television & telecom connectivity
• Livelihoods: Tourism, cultural heritage, skill development, entrepreneurship, cooperative societies, agriculture, horticulture, medicinal plants cultivation
• Governance:
  • Vibrant Village Action Plans (VVAPs) prepared by district administration with Gram Panchayats
  • 100% saturation of Central and State schemes
• Note: No overlap with the Border Area Development Programme (BADP)

ABOUT VIBRANT VILLAGES PROGRAMME – II (VVP-II)

• Type: Central Sector Scheme (100% Centre funding)
• Approved By: Union Cabinet, April 2025
• Vision: Part of Viksit Bharat@2047 for “Safe, Secured & Vibrant Land Borders”
• Outlay: ₹6,839 crore
• Coverage: Strategic villages in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal