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Grameen Bharat Mahotsav 2025 Nation

FACTS REVEALED IN A SURVEY AN IMPORTANT STUDY OF THE SBI

n A very big survey was conducted in the country a few An important study by the State Bank of
days ago which revealed that compared to the year India has come out recently. In this report of
2011, the consumption in rural India i.e. the purchasing the bank, it has been told that...
power of the villagers has increased almost three times.
n This means that the rural people are spending more Rural poverty
than before on buying products of their choice. reduced by 21%
2012 26%
Earlier, the 2024 5%
people of the
village had to
spend more than INFRASTRUCTURE GAVE MOMENTUM
50% TO VILLAGES AND EMPLOYMENT

Today most of the villages in
of their income on
the country are connected
food and drink.
to a network of highways,
expressways, and railways.
n This is the first time that the expenditure on food and
drink has come down to less than 50 percent in rural More than
4 lakh km
areas as well. 94%
n Along with this, the expenditure on buying other
products has increased. This means that people are of roads have been built of rural families in
spending on improving their lives. in rural areas in 10 years the country have
under the Pradhan Mantri telephone or mobile
n Another big thing that came to light in this survey
Gram Sadak Yojana. facilities today.
is that the difference in consumption between the
city and the village has reduced. Earlier, a per capita
n Villages are also becoming modern villages of the
family in the city used to spend as much on shopping
21st century in terms of digital infrastructure.
and now gradually the villagers have also started
n World-class technology like banking services and
spending as much as the city people.
UPI is available in villages.
n Before 2014, there were less than one lakh
GRAMEEN BHARAT MAHOTSAV 2025 Common Service Centres in the country which
HELD FROM 4 TO 9 JANUARY has now increased to more than 5 lakh. Dozens of
government facilities are available online at these
Grameen Bharat Mahotsav 2025 was organized
Common Service Centres.
from 4 to 9 January. The theme of this festival
was 'Building a Resilient Rural India for a Viksit
Bharat 2024'. Its motto was 'If villages grow, the
country grows'. The festival aimed to enhance has made special policies and taken decisions for
rural infrastructure, create a self-reliant economy, every section of the village. The intentions, policies,
and promote innovation within rural communities and decisions of the government are kindling new
through various discussions, workshops, and energy in rural India. Our aim is that the people
masterclasses. Its objectives included promoting of the village should get maximum financial help
economic stability and financial security among in the village itself. They should be able to do
the rural population with a special focus on North-
East India by focusing on financial inclusion and farming in the village and new opportunities for
adopting sustainable agricultural methods. employment and self-employment should also be
created in the villages. n

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