{"id":131059,"date":"2026-10-29T14:32:34","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T09:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=131059"},"modified":"2026-10-29T15:11:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T09:41:22","slug":"pradhan-mantri-viksit-gram-swaraj-yojana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/pradhan-mantri-viksit-gram-swaraj-yojana\/","title":{"rendered":"Cabinet Approves \u20b97,395 Crore Pradhan Mantri Viksit Gram Swaraj Yojana to Strengthen Panchayats"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Pradhan Mantri Viksit Gram Swaraj Yojana Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Union Cabinet has approved the Pradhan Mantri Viksit Gram Swaraj Yojana (PM VGSY).<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Pradhan Mantri Viksit Gram Swaraj Yojana<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>Centrally Sponsored Scheme<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (CSS) aimed at strengthening <\/span><b>grassroots governance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and rural development <\/span><b>across the country.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Time Period:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 2026-27 to 2030-31<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Coverage:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The scheme will <\/span><b>extend to all States\/UTs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, including institutions of rural local government (traditional local bodies) in <\/span><b>non-Part IX areas<\/b> <b>where Panchayats do not exist.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Key Features of Pradhan Mantri Viksit Gram Swaraj Yojana\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Annual planning target<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Support <\/span><b>preparation of 2.55 lakh Gram Panchayat Development Plans<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the eGramSwaraj portal, bringing together village priorities, departmental interventions and available resources.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Capacity building:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Train and provide <\/span><b>digital support to around 32 lakh elected representatives,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Panchayat functionaries and other stakeholders annually.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Financial accountability:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Support at <\/span><b>least 2.55 lakh online audit plans annually<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and timely completion of the corresponding audits through Audit Online, alongside better accounting, public disclosure and mobilisation of Panchayats\u2019 own revenue.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Citizen engagement:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Each coordinated awareness exercise is intended to reach <\/span><b>at least one crore citizens.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The scheme will use Gram Sabhas and existing outreach tools, <\/span><b>including PANCHAM,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a two-way platform available in 17 Indian languages.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Implementation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> States and Union Territories will submit <\/span><b>annual action plans<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for appraisal by a <\/span><b>Central Empowered Committee.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> No permanent posts will be created under the scheme, although need-based contractual staff may provide technical support.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleaseDetail.aspx?PRID=2329483&amp;reg=3&amp;lang=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Union Cabinet has approved the Pradhan Mantri Viksit Gram Swaraj Yojana (PM VGSY) with an outlay of \u20b97,395.55 crore for 2026\u201327 to 2030\u201331. The Centrally Sponsored Scheme aims to strengthen over 2.55 lakh Panchayats and traditional local bodies through digital governance, development planning, online audits and capacity building for around 32 lakh elected representatives and other stakeholders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":131101,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[11214,21,22,23],"class_list":["post-131059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","tag-pradhan-mantri-viksit-gram-swaraj-yojana","tag-prelims-pointers","tag-upsc-current-affairs","tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131059"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131130,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131059\/revisions\/131130"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}