Gram Uday Se Bharat Uday Abhiyan
Q. Recently a governance drive was launched by the Union Government. It was linked to which personality of India?- Published on 15 Apr 16a. Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay
b. Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya
c. Mahatma Gandhi
d. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
ANSWER: Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
- Aimed at improving rural livelihoods and strengthening the Panchayati Raj across the country, the Centre, in collaboration with States and panchayats, will launch an 11-day, nation-wide village self-governance campaign.
- The ‘Gram Uday Se Bharat Uday Abhiyan’ will begin on April 14 from Mhow in Madhya Pradesh, on the occasion of 125th birth anniversary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.
- During the campaign between April 14 and April 16, a ‘social harmony programme’ will be conducted in gram panchayats, through which villagers will honour Dr. Ambedkar.
- Between April 17 and April 20, ‘village farmer assemblies’ will be held in gram panchayats, focussing on agriculture and farmers. In these assemblies, information regarding agriculture schemes will be shared with farmers and their suggestions for improvements in agriculture will be solicited.