Kalam Cites Modi Scheme As Model To Reach Out To Rural Masses

New Delhi, Dec 1: Former President A P J Abdul Kalam today said factors like lack of transparency are coming in the way of development reaching villages and cited as a model a programme being implemented by Gujarat government to ensure that the rural sector reaps the benefits of growth.

Under the programme implemented by the Narendra Modi administration, approximately 1 lakh government officials, from the Chief Minister to taluka-level staff, agricultural scientists and other stakeholders spend a month during April and May in rural areas demonstrating the best of technologies to farmers.

“Such initiatives indicate a strong administrative will to ensure development reaches the rural sector. Krushi Mahotsav tours all 18,600 villages of the state, providing information and counselling on soil health, organic farming, technology and inputs, irrigation, etc., besides infusing a new spirit of change and mass mobilisation,” he said, delivering the UPSC lecture on ‘Governance and Public Service’.

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