After launching schemes to boost financial inclusion and reduce digital divide, the Government is all set to begin work on developing rural infrastructure in the country in a bid to spur growth and perk up investments.
The Government is making a “realistic assessment” of how many rural infrastructure projects like roads, bridges, housing, etc, can be accomplished in the current financial year under the existing allocation, sources said.
“Accordingly all the departments have been asked to prepare a plan of the rural infrastructure projects under their mandate and their status and completion schedule,” they added.
Government’s aim is to connect all the 600 districts and about six lakh villages through roads and bridges and Internet connectivity that would help in growth and development and improve investment flows in farm sector, rural infrastructure and housing in villages, they said.
“Concentrating on rural infrastructure will further help in increasing capital formation in agriculture, which is the key to developing the rural economy,” they added.