Viksit Bharat Yatra aims to help schemes reach all beneficiaries
- The Prime Minister said the main goal of Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra (VBSY) was to ensure that government schemes reached all deserving people.
Key Highlights
- The government has planned to further increase the number of such beneficiaries to two crore, via programmes like ‘NaMo Drone Didi Scheme’ under which about one lakh drones had been demonstrated during VBSY.
- At present, training is being given for the use of drones in the agricultural sector only.
Vikasit Bharat Sankalp Yatra
- It 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 campaign is being taken up by adopting a whole of government approach with active involvement of various Ministries/Departments of Government of India, State Governments, Central Govt. Organizations and Institutions.
- It aimed to reach out to the vulnerable who are eligible under various schemes but have not availed benefit so far.
Prelims Takeaway
- Vikasit Bharat Sankalp Yatra
- NaMo Drone Didi Scheme