PM Modi to launch Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee National Rurban Mission in Chhattisgarh today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the Dr. Shyama
Prasad Mukherjee National Rurban Mission at Kurrubhath in
Rajnandgaon district of Chhattisgarh today. AIR
correspondent reports that four clusters of adjacent villages
in Rajnandgaon, Dhamtari, Bastar and Kabirdham districts
of the state will be developed in the first stage of the
mission.
The National Rurban Mission intends to bridge the rural-
urban divide by bringing civic and infrastructural amenities
to clusters of villages across states evolving a new mantra
for urbanization. The mission named after the great leader
Dr.Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, would focus on developing 300
clusters by 2020 to spur economic, social and infrastructure
development in rural areas. It would also help reduce
migration of people towards the cities. The states would
identify clusters of geographically adjacent Gram
Panchayats with 25 to 50 thousand population in the plains
and 5 to 15,000 in desert, hilly or tribal areas. A clutch of 14
components has been outlined to ensure a basic level of
development in a cluster, the key ones being skill development
linked to economic activities, digital literacy, fully-equipped
mobile health units, inter-village road connectivity, e-gram
connectivity, public transport, LPG connections, sanitation
and piped water supply.
The Prime Minister will also inaugurate the Jan Aushadhi
Medical Store Scheme which includes setting up of 100
Generic Medicine Stores in the state. He will also lay the
foundation stone for housing scheme and the electronic
manufacturing cluster at Naya Raipur. Under the scheme,
40,000 houses would be constructed for families belonging to
the Economically Weaker Sections and Lower Income Groups
towards achieving the target of Housing for All by 2022
under the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana. The electronic
manufacturing cluster would be developed on 70 acres of land
in Naya Raipur at an estimated cost of 90 crore rupees. It is
estimated to garner capital investment of 2,000 crore rupees
and create employment opportunities for over 3,800 youths.
Later, the Prime Minister will address a farmer's rally at
Bargarh in Odisha. Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan
Singh, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Tribal
Affairs Minister Jual Oram will join the convention. The
leaders will also interact with farmers highlighting the
schemes initiated by the central government for their
benefit.
In the evening, Mr Modi will visit Kolkata where he will
inaugurate the three-year-long centenary celebrations of
the Gaudiya Math and Mission at a function which will be
held at the Netaji Indoor Stadium. Gaudiya Mission
Secretary Bhakti Sundar told AIR that prior to his departure
from Kolkata, the Prime Minister is expected to visit the
Gaudiya Math at Baghbazar in north Kolkata to offer
prayers and also go to the newly-built Shri Chaitanya
Mahaprabhu Memorial Museum in the temple premises.