Union Rural Development Minister Chaudhary Birender Singh has said that over 108 Members of Parliament are yet to adopt a village under 'Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana'.
Singh said that out of the 108 members, 55 are from west Bengal. None of the MP's from Delhi have identified any village under the scheme.
The 'Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana' was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the goal of opening doors for good politics. He had invited all MPs to select a village to develop on a demand-driven, rather than a supply-driven model, with people's participation.
The MPs were free to pick up any village in their constituency, except their own village or their in-laws village.
Stating that the 'Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana' would provide a flexible approach towards development, he had expressed hope that the 'Adarsh grams' would become places of pilgrimage for people interested in learning about rural development.
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