Students of Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry Nauni Solan participating in Gram Sabha Meeting on PPC for GPDP

Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA) is a program launched by the Union Ministry of Education to leverage the knowledge and skills of these institutions to enhance the effectiveness of Government programs. To enhance the impact of UBA, IIT Delhi and the Ministry of Panchayat Raj are collaborating to involve students in the planning processes at the grassroot level. This initiative will help in engaging students to actively participate in People’s Plan Campaign (PPC), being launched on 2nd October, 2024, and support Gram Panchayats (GPs) in preparation of their Gram Panchayat Development plan. As a part of this initiative, students have been allotted to different panchayats to gather the data to assist GPs for the same. We, Deepika Bhagat, Mridul Dhiman and Shwetha; are the students of UBA cell of Dr. Y S Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Solan, Himachal Pradesh visited the Gram Panchayat Oachghat, on 2nd October, 2024, to gather necessary information to assist Gram Panchayat Oachghat in the preparation of its Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP) during the People's Plan Campaign (PPC) launched on 2nd October 2024.