Govt to launch Gram Uday Se Bharat Uday Abhiyan today

Gram Uday Se Bharat Uday Abhiyan will be launched today on 125th birth anniversary of Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar to strengthen Panchayati Raj in villages and ensure social harmony. The eleven day campaign will also focus on generating nation wide efforts on promoting rural development and fostering farmers' progress.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will kick start the campaign at Ambedkar's ancestral village Mhow in Madhya Pradesh. AIR correspondent reports that the campaign will be run jointly by the Ministries of Rural Development, Agriculture, Social Justice, Labour and Information and Broadcasting along with the States.

During the campaign, discussions on issues pertaining



to rural development, improving farmers’ income, SC and ST welfare and social harmony will be held on different platforms. Village farmer assemblies will be organised to promote agriculture by providing information to farmers about various schemes of the government such as Fasal Bima Yojana and Soil Health Card scheme.                                                         Gram Uday Se Bharat Uday Abhiyan will conclude on Panchayati Raj Diwas on 24th with address of Prime Minister to all gram sabhas from Jamshedpur through Radio and Tv.