Lucknow, Dec. 26 -- The Uttar Pradesh government is placing special focus on strengthening basic infrastructure in Scheduled Caste-dominated villages, reinforcing the spirit of social inclusion.
The guiding vision is clear: development must reach the last person, and no section of society should remain deprived of basic amenities.
Under the Prime Minister Adarsh Gram Yojana, a total of 12,492 villages with more than 40 percent Scheduled Caste population have been identified for holistic development by 2025-26. To ensure meaningful impact, a minimum population criterion of 500 residents has been fixed for selection.
In the selected gram panchayats, a wide range of development works is being undertaken to directly improve daily life and li...