CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Arunachal to develop three model villages along Indo-Tibet border. The Arunachal Pradesh government has decided to develop three model villages along the Indo-Tibet border. The government has undertaken a pilot project with an allocation of Rs 30 crore to boost development along the border.

Detailed explanation-2: -Move to improve infra under Vibrant Villages scheme The Union government plans to open the villages along the Chinese border for tourists under the Vibrant Village programme announced in the Union Budget 2022-23.

Detailed explanation-3: -CHITKUL (KINNAUR): Recognised as the last inhabited village on the Indo-China border in Himachal Pradesh’s high-altitude Kinnaur district, Chitkul village and its residents have only one demand - shifting the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) from the neary Nagasti village to Dumti, which is 24km from Chitkul.

Detailed explanation-4: -Vibrant Villages Programme (VVP) has been announced in the Finance Minister’s Budget Speech 2022. The programme envisages coverage of border villages on Northern border having sparse population, limited connectivity and infrastructure, which often get left out from the development gains.

Detailed explanation-5: -Jammu-Kashmir, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh share the border with China.