PM Modi to Interact with Viksit Vibrant Village Programme 2026 Participants on July 26

NEW DELHI, Jul 25: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with participants of the Viksit Vibrant Village Programme 2026 via video conferencing on Sunday, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) announced on Saturday. The interaction is scheduled for 4:30 pm and will bring together more than 400 youth participants from across the country who took part in the month-long programme aimed at strengthening engagement with India’s border villages. According to the PMO, the programme, implemented through MY Bharat, has been designed to realise the Prime Minister’s vision of treating India’s border villages as the nation’s “first villages” and making them active partners in the journey towards building a Viksit Bharat. The 2026 edition of the initiative was conducted in two phases from June 4 to June 30 across 74 Vibrant Border Villages in Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. More than 400 participants, representing every State and Union Territory, were selected through a nationwide online quiz competition that witnessed participation from over three lakh young people. During the programme, participants stayed with local communities and took part in a range of activities focused on community development and national integration. These included Swachhta drives, awareness campaigns on government schemes, Yuva Sammelans, cultural exchange programmes, tree plantation drives, Mini Model Panchayat simulations, interactions with local artisans and visits to institutions of strategic importance. The PMO said the initiative provided participants with first-hand exposure to the socio-economic conditions, cultural heritage and developmental aspirations of India’s frontier regions. It also aimed to strengthen community participation, promote national integration and enhance awareness among youth about the strategic importance of border villages. The Viksit Vibrant Village Programme is part of the Centre’s broader efforts to promote inclusive development in border areas while encouraging greater youth participation in nation-building. By connecting young people with remote frontier communities, the initiative seeks to deepen understanding of the opportunities and challenges in border regions and reinforce the vision of balanced and integrated development across the country’s frontiers.