Bharat Nirmaan In Berief:

 

BHARAT NIRMAN

• A time-bound plan for rural infrastructure by the
  Government of India in partnership with State Governments and Panchayat Raj Institutions
• Initiate at  2005-2009
• 2009-Present  

Some Important point to remember:

• Bharat Nirman will be a time-bound business plan for action in rural infrastructure

• for the next four years. Under Bharat Nirman, action is proposed in the areas of irrigation, road, rural housing, rural water supply, rural electrification and rural telecommunication connectivity.

Bharat Nirman: Tasks

• Every village to be provided electricity: remaining 1,25,000 villages to
be covered by 2009 as well as connect 2.3 crore households

• Every habitation over 1000 population and above (500 in hilly and tribal
areas) to be provided an all-weather road: remaining 66,802 habitations
to be covered by 2009

• Every habitation to have a safe source of drinking water: 55,067
uncovered habitations to be covered by 2009. In addition all habitations
which have slipped back from full coverage to partial coverage due to
failure of source and habitations which have water quality problems to
be addressed

• Every village to be connected by telephone: remaining 66,822 villages
to be covered by November 2007

• 10 million hectares (100 lakhs) of additional irrigation capacity to be
created by 2009

• 60 lakh houses to be constructed for the rural poor by 2009
While the agenda is not new, the effort here is to impart a sense of urgency
to these goals, make the programme time-bound, transparent and
accountable. These investments in rural infrastructure will unlock the
growth potential of rural India.