ThePanchayati Raj departmenthas issued the guidelines for theUttar Pradesh Matrubhumi Yojnaand sought wider publicity of the scheme from the department of information.
The scheme meant to encourageparticipatory mode of developmentat the village level was announced by chief ministerYogi Adityanathin September last year.
The scheme will make citizens the direct participants in the development works taken up at the gram panchayat level. The projects completed under the scheme will bear the name of the citizens who contribute to or collaborate with them.
According to the guidelines, the state will bear 40 per cent cost of the development project which is taken up at the village level with the participation of the people. The 60 per cent amount will be provided by any willing individual or even an NGO or a group of residents.
The government has created a corpus fund of around Rs 100 crore for the scheme. For its effective implementation, a governing council has been constituted.