Mana village in Uttarakhand, which was previously recognized as the last Indian village, will now be acknowledged as the first Indian village. The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has installed a signboard at the entrance of the border village to declare Manas updated status. This decision comes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi supported Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhamisassertion that Mana was the first village in the country, and all border villages should be recognized as such. PM Modi, who visited Mana in October last year, stated that areas that were previously viewed as the end of the countrys borders should now be viewed as the beginning of the countrys prosperity.
The Vibrant Villages Programme is designed to uplift the standard of living for residents in selected border communities.
The programme aims to develop a total of 2967 villages situated in 46 blocks of 19 districts located on the northern border of India.
The programme covers border communities in states such as Arunachal Pradesh, , Uttarakhand, and Himachal Pradesh, as well as the
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