To mark the 125th birth anniversary of Dr BR ambedkar, the Central government in association with the state governments and the panchyat bodies will organise `Gram Swraj Abhiyaan’ from April 14 to April 24. The birth anniversary of Dr Ambedkar falls on April 14 and April 24 is the Panchyatraj day.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 24 will address a meeting of 3,000 elected representatives of the panchyat bodies from across the nation at Jamshedpur. The PMs address will be beamed by the Doordarshan and Akashwani across the nation.
On April 24, Prime Minister Narendra Modi would pay floral tributes to Dr Ambedkar, in Mhow district of Madhya Pradesh, the birth place of Dr Ambedkar. On same day exhibitions will be organised in all cities associated with memory of Dr Ambedkar like, Nagpur, Mumbai, Ambawadi, Mahad, Vadodara and Chincholi.
Addressing a nationwide press conference through video conferencing from Delhi the Union minister for Rural development and panchyat Virendra Singh and Union agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh said on Tuesday said between April 14 to April 16, a social harmony programme will be conducted in all village panchyats in association with the Union
ministry of panchyatraj and union ministry of social justice and empowerment. In this programme the villagers will honour Dr Ambedkar and will resolve to strengthen the social harmony. During the programme information’s regarding various schemes of the Union government to foster social justice will be shared with the villagers.
On next four days from April 17 to April 20, `Village farmer assemblies’ will be organised in village pancyyats. In these assemblies information’s regarding agriculture will be provided to the farmers and their suggestions for bringing improvements will be solicited.
Village panchyats meetings will be held from April 21 to April 24across the country. On this day, there will be a Prabhat Pheri in the villages, a programme on sanitation, a cultural programme as well as a sports programme. The topics of discussions in these Gram Sabhas will include -village Panchayat development plans for local economic development, optimum utilization of funds available with Panchayati Raj Institutions, clean drinking water and sanitation, role of women in village and rural development.
During this programme information regarding various schemes for socio-economic development will be provided.On April 24, the Panchayati Raj Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address all the Gram Sabhas from Jamshedpur, which will be attended by around 3,000 Panchayat representatives from across the country. Prime Minister’s message will be beamed live to all villages in the country, where villagers will gather together to hear it. Public representatives, Central Government officers and State Government officers will all attend one Gram Sabha each. In each district, at least one Central Government representative will attend a Gram Sabha.
Villagers will take an oath for the development of the village and the country