Mukhya Mantri Adarsh Gram Panchayat Yojana (MAGPY) envisages integrated development of the selected village across multiple areas such as agriculture, health, education, sanitation, environment, livelihoods, etc. In addition to infrastructure development, MAGPY also aims at instilling values, such as people’s participation, gender equality, dignity of women, social justice, community service, cleanliness, local self-government, transparency and accountability in public life, etc. in the villages and their people, so that they get transformed into models for others. Personal development through sports, regular physical exercise, balanced nutrition, personal hygiene is another unique aspect of the Scheme.
MAGPY lays focus on community participation, social mobilization of village community, which can trigger a chain of other development activities in the villageGram Panchayats are the basic unit for development. Strengthening of local democracy through strong and transparent Gram Panchayats and active Gram Sabhas and facilitating good governance is also an important objective of MAGPY.
The work of 196 Adarsh Gram Panchayats are under progress. Under the scheme 7,077 works have been completed & 674 works are under progress out of 16,643 including VDP works. In the second phase, 82 Adarsh Gram Panchayat have been selected by Honourable MLAs. In this scheme works can be done by provision of different scheme of Center/ State.
