Introduction
- PM Modi launched Shyam Prasad Mukharjee Rurban Mission in Rajnandgaon district of Chattisgarh
- This scheme is a successor of Provision of Urban amenities in Rural Areas (PURA) model envisioned by our Late President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
- It is a cluster based approach to develop smart villages
- The scheme includes skill development as one of the key components
About Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission (SPMRM)
- RURBAN Mission is a cluster based approach to develop the villages
- Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission includes skill development and economic developmental activities
- It trains the rural youth on self-employable skills
- It aims to protect rural habitat and at the same time develops urban amenities
Objectives
- The main objective is overall social, infrastructure and economic development of villages
- The scheme aims to develop a cluster of 300 smart villages across the nation by 2020
Beneficiaries
- Clusters are formed based on the demography for SPMRM mission
- Plain and Coastal villages with a population less than 50000 and greater than 25000
- Hilly, Tribal and Desert regions with a population of 5000 to 15000 people
What is a Smart Village?
- It is an area that has the lifestyles and economic characteristics of urban areas
- Smart village does not affect the features of the rural area while transforming
- Villages are classified into clusters for developing skills and local entrepreneurship
- Provisioning of economic activities and developing infrastructure is done in the identified clusters
Nodal Agency
- State governments are responsible for cluster identification
- Funding through various government sponsored schemes
- Funds shared on PPP basis
- Center funds 30 percent of the project cost through Critical Gap Funding (CGF)
- Center and State institutional mechanism for smooth implementation of SPMRM
- Initially 300 clusters are developed with a budget of 5100 crore covering 100 clusters on an annual basis
- The mission has an innovation budget for undertaking research, capacity building and development
Major components of SPMRM Mission
SPMRM has 14 mandatory components and other essential components
- Cluster based Skill Development
- Digital literacy
- Skill training linked to employment
- Inter village road connectivity
- Mobile health units
- Infrastructure development
- LPG gas connections
- E-gram connectivity
- Electronic delivery of citizen centric services
- Public transport
- Warehousing
- Agriculture services
- Agro-processing
- Storage
- Water supply provisions through pipes
- Sanitation
- Waste management – solid and liquid
- Education facilities up gradation
Way Forward
This scheme- Mitigates the challenges of rural migration
- Reduces the after effects of hyper urbanization
- SPMRM would catalyze the growth of both rural and urban sectors through the clusters identified by improving rural areas and decongesting urban areas
- Balanced development of rural and urban sectors
- SPMRM will help in generating employment opportunities in the rural areas through appropriate skill training programs
- Rural youth will be educated and benefited the most from SPMRM
- Overall regional growth will be attained through SPMRM.
