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“Every village on the border is the first village in the Country”
Government has approved Vibrant Villages Programme-I (VVP-I) as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme on 15th February, 2023 for comprehensive development of the 662 select villages in 46 blocks abutting northern border in 19 districts in the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand and UT of Ladakh.
The programme envisages focused areas of interventions in the select villages for creation of opportunities for livelihood generation through promotion of tourism & cultural heritage, skill development & entrepreneurship and development of cooperative societies including agriculture/horticulture, cultivation of medicinal plants/herbs etc. The interventions also include providing road connectivity to unconnected villages, housing & village infrastructures, energy including renewable energy, television & telecom connectivity. The objective of the programme is to create sufficient incentives for people to stay on in the selected villages.
Furthering its commitment for the vision of Viksit Bharat@2047 for ‘Safe, Secured & Vibrant land borders’, Government has approved the Vibrant Villages Programme-II (VVP-II) on 2nd April, 2025 as a Central Sector Scheme, with an outlay of ₹6839 Crore till FY 2028-29 for the comprehensive development of the villages located in the blocks abutting international land borders (ILBs), other than the Northern border already covered under VVP-I.
The programme shall be implemented in select strategic villages in the States/UTs of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, J&K (UT), Ladakh (UT), Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.
The objective of the programme is to create better living conditions and adequate livelihood opportunities to ensure prosperous and safe borders, control trans-border crime and assimilate the border population with the nation and inculcate them ‘as eyes and ears of the border guarding forces’, crucial for internal security.
The programme also aims to saturate all villages in such blocks in 4 thematic areas, namely all-weather road connectivity, telecom connectivity, television connectivity and electrification through convergence under existing scheme norms.
Union Home Minister
Shri Amit Shah
Minister of State
Shri Nityanand Rai
13 March 2026
A State-level workshop for capacity building on VVP-II held on 13th March 2026 in Uttar Pradesh
20 February 2026
Vibrant Villages Programme-II was launched by Hon'ble Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah in Nathanpur Village, Cachar District, Assam on 20th February, 2026
11 February 2026
A State-level workshop for capacity building on VVP-II held on 11th February 2026 in Meghalaya.
09 February 2026
A State-level workshop for capacity building on VVP-II held on 9th February 2026 in Sikkim
28 January 2026
Guests from Vibrant Villages Programme attended the Republic Day Parade 2026 at Kartavya Path and 'At Home' reception in Rashtrapati Bhawan, along with participation in the PM NCC Rally 2026 in Delhi.
19 January 2026
A State-level workshop for capacity building on VVP-II held on 19th January 2026 at Aizawl, Mizoram.
05 December 2025
A State-level workshop for capacity building on VVP-II held on 5th December 2025 at Guwahati, Assam.
26 November 2025
A State-level workshop for capacity building on VVP-II held on 26th November 2025 at Kohima, Nagaland.
14 November 2025
A State-level workshop for capacity building on VVP-II held on 14th November 2025 at Amritsar, Punjab.
14 November 2025
A State-level workshop for capacity building on VVP-II held on 14th November 2025 at Agartala, Tripura.
25 August 2025
A National-level workshop for capacity building on Vibrant Village Programme held on 25th-26th Aug 2025 held at New Delhi
