'My govt committed to empowering rural India'
The Statesman|January 05, 2025
PM Modi inaugurates Bharat Grameen Mahotsav at Bharat Mandapam
'My govt committed to empowering rural India'

Underlining that ensuring a dignified life for the people in rural areas is the priority of his government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday declared his government's firm commitment to building an empowered rural India, providing opportunities to villagers, reducing migration and ensuring ease of life for the people living in villages.

Therefore, he said, the government had implemented a programme in each and every village to ensure basic amenities.

Inaugurating the "Grameen Bharat Mahotsav 2025" at the Bharat Mandapam here, Mr Modi highlighted that every house was provided with a toilet as part of the Swachh Bharat Mission, crores of people in rural India were given pucca houses as part of the PM Awaas Yojana and lakhs of houses in villages were provided safe and clean drinking water through the Jal Jeevan Mission.

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