With a total outlay of ₹6,839 crore, the plan aims to create better living conditions and adequate livelihood opportunities to ensure prosperous and safe borders, control trans-border crime and assimilate the border population with the nation and inculcate them “as the eyes and ears of the border guarding forces”, crucial for internal security, stated a press communication.
The programme will cover villages in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, J&K, Ladakh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttarakhand, UP and West Bengal. VVP I, meant for villages along the Line of Actual Control with China, was started in 2023 and so far ₹2,400 crore has been spent on constructing 113 roads and eight low-suspension bridges, and by June 2025, 4G connectivity will be available in 362 villages.
The programme will provide funds for infrastructure development within the village or a cluster of villages, value chain development through cooperatives, self-help groups, border specific outreach activity, education infrastructure like SMART classes, development of tourism circuits and projects to create diverse and sustainable livelihood opportunities in the border areas.
All-weather road connectivity shall be undertaken under the already approved PMGSY-IV under MoRD. The statement noted that a high-power committee chaired by the Cabinet Secretary shall consider suitable relaxations in schematic guidelines for effective implementation of the schemes in the border areas.























