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Village’. Some of the schemes related to Clean & Green Village
Connect to Sankalp
are given below:

1. National River Conservation Programme(NRCP)

2. PM Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY)

3. National Water Mission
4. Interlinking of Rivers

5. MGNREGS

6. Deen Dayal Upadhayaya Gram Jyoti Yojana
(DDUGJY)
7. Swachch Bharat Mission The Gram Panchayat that decides to focus on attainment of
Theme 5: Clean & Green Village should be encouraged with
Planning a timeframe special hand-holding support that may be of technology,

A Panchayat that chooses to become a Clean and Green one, subsidies under schemes, scope of different connected schemes
needs to plan in the areas of water resources, land resources, to contribute towards the agreed targets. The convergent action
soil health, open defecation free, solid and liquid waste by all concerned line departments will go a long way in
management etc. The Green village initiative focuses on protecting the future of the planet. A GP that chooses the
activities like tree plantation, organic farming, conservation of SANKALP of Theme Clean and Green may look at its sub-
village ecosystems & biodiversity, promotion of new and groupings to be achieved, as Environment, Climate, Disaster,
renewable energy sources including eco-friendly innovations. Poverty, Health, Energy, making it easier for them to focus on
The timeframe for planning can be indicated as Immediate, the indicators connected and then go for the preparation of
Short-term (2-5 years) and Long term (5 years+). Certain thematic Gram Panchayat Development Plan.
actions need to be immediately taken, as being necessary and
also easier. Some may be addressed in the short-term, but some Process Actions
need more time to achieve. However, there would be steps/ Some of the important process actions that the GP needs to take
activities to be initiated for various long-term Indicators/ to move towards becoming a Clean and Green GP are :
Targets in the current time, so that with step by step being 1. Map the available land , water bodies, forest, slopes, wet
taken, the outcome is achieved. Similar with short-term ones, lands, degraded forest within the Gram Panchayat
being initiated now. For example, O&M of Community Toilet
2. Form and empower the people’s committees by giving
Complex and Public Toilets need immediate action where as
adequate information on schemes, agencies, Government
construction of Community Toilet Complex is a short-term
departments, on each theme
activity to be completed within one year. Making a village
carbon neutral or protection of bio diversity may take a longer 3. Develop appropriate norms for sustainable utilization of
timeframe, but nurseries can be taken up immediately, and resources from common lands, water bodies and forest
annually, waste water management can be taken up and produce, sand, fish and water
completed within a year.

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