VLEs to bring about revolutionary changes in rural India : Prasad

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New Delhi : Union Minister for Electronics & IT and Law and Justice Ravi Shankar Prasad on August 22, 2017, said that the government is committed to evolve new India, free of hunger and deprivation by the year 2022. The Village Level Entrepreneurs (VLEs), the ambassadors of change, will play a major role in bringing about revolutionary changes in rural India.

The Minister said the NDA Government has total faith in these agents of change. He said with Patanjali & IFFCO agreeing to provide their range of products from these outlets, scope and viability of CSC will get a big boost, according to a PIB release.

Addressing the audience of more than 2,500 VLEs, Prasad hailed the outstanding efforts of CSC VLEs in delivering digital services in rural areas of the country. He praised the women VLEs, who provide government services through their CSCs in far flung areas particularly mentioning the name of Janki Kashyap, who provides digital services in the naxal affected area of Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh, according to the PIB release.

Prasad announced that his Ministry will send five best performing women VLEs to the United States and further award Rs 1 lakh to outstanding District VLE societies. He also administered ‘Sankalp se Siddhi’ pledge to all VLEs and officials present on the occasion. He said that 40,000 CSCs have registered with Patanjali for medical tele-consultations through 800 ayurvedic practitioners benefiting citizens in rural India.