**Summary:**
The Ministry of Home Affairs has approved the Vibrant Villages Programme II (VVP II) as a Central Sector Scheme, allocating a total outlay of Rs. 6,839 crore for the Financial Year 2025-26 to 2028-29. This program aims for the comprehensive development of select strategic villages located in blocks abutting international land borders (ILBs), excluding the Northern border already covered under VVP I. The program encompasses the States/UTs of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir UT, Ladakh UT, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal. The core objectives are to improve living conditions, enhance livelihood opportunities, ensure prosperous and secure borders, control transborder crime, and integrate the border population with the nation. Interventions under the VVP II will be border, state, and village-specific, guided by Village Action Plans (VAPs) developed collaboratively by the concerned State Governments/UT Administrations, including the Government of West Bengal. The query specifically addresses the program's implementation in the Murshidabad Lok Sabha Constituency, however, specific details regarding activities started, villages approved, and funds allocated for this constituency are not detailed in this document.
Key Entities Referenced
Vibrant Village Programme: A Central Sector Scheme approved by the Central Government for the comprehensive development of select strategic villages located in blocks abutting international land borders.
Ministry of Home Affairs: The Indian government ministry responsible for internal security and policy, and the entity to which the question was addressed.
Lok Sabha: The lower house of the Parliament of India, where the unstarred question was raised.
MD ABU TAHER KHAN: The Member of Parliament who raised the unstarred question regarding the Vibrant Village Programme.
SHRI NITYANAND RAI: The Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs who provided the answer to the unstarred question.
Arunachal Pradesh: One of the States/UTs where the Vibrant Villages Programme II is implemented along international land borders.
West Bengal: One of the States/UTs where the Vibrant Villages Programme II is implemented along international land borders, and the state to which Murshidabad Lok Sabha Constituency belongs.
Murshidabad Lok Sabha Constituency: A parliamentary constituency in West Bengal, and the specific location for which details of activities and fund allocation under the Vibrant Villages Programme were requested.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 365
TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 22ND JULY, 2025/ /ASHADHA 31, 1947 (SAKA)
VIBRANT VILLAGE PROGRAMME
365. MD ABU TAHER KHAN:
Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:
(a) the details of objectives and salient features of Vibrant Village
Programme (VVP) for the development of villages at the Eastern borders
initiated by Government;
(b) the details of the activities started under Vibrant Villages Programme
along with the villages approved for the comprehensive development under
it for Murshidabad Lok Sabha Constituency; and
(c) the total amount of funds allocated by the Government for the villages
located at borders in Murshidabad Lok Sabha Constituency and West Bengal
along with selected name of villages in the said Constituency?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
(SHRI NITYANAND RAI)
(a) to (c): Central Government has approved the Vibrant Villages
Programme - II (VVP-II), as a Central Sector Scheme, with a total outlay of
Rs.6,839 crore for the Financial Year 2025-26 to 2028-29 for comprehensive
development of select strategic villages located in blocks abutting
international land borders (ILBs), other than the Northern border already
covered under VVP-I, in the States/UTs of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar,-2-
L.S.US.Q.NO. 365 FOR 22.07.2025
Gujarat, J&K (UT), Ladakh (UT), Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland,
Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West
Bengal.
The objective of the programme is to create better living conditions
and adequate livelihood opportunities to ensure prosperous and safe
borders, control trans-border crime and assimilate the border population
with the nation.
The interventions would be border-specific, state and village specific,
based on Village Action Plans (VAPs) prepared in a collaborative approach
by the concerned State Governments/UT Administrations, including State
Government of West Bengal.
******