New Delhi: Cricket icon and Rajya Sabha lawmaker Sachin Tendulkar has selected Donja village in Maharashtra's Osmanabad district for development under the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojna.
The programme, under which each member of parliament needs to choose one village from their constituency and develop it as a model village, was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the birth anniversary of Jayaprakash Narayan, on 11 October 2014.
"We are happy that Sachin Tendulkar has picked Donja. We are sure this will inspire other villages in the region to emulate this model of development," Osmanabad Zilla Parishad CEO Anand Rayate said.
Osmanabad has been reeling under a serve drought over the last few years and has also recorded a steep rise in incidents of farmers suicide.
In the village, population in the age group of 0-6 years is 319 which makes up 11.14 per cent of the total population.
The literacy rate of Donja in 2011 was 72.17 per cent, lower than 82.34 per cent of Maharashtra. Male literacy rate stands at 78.75 per cent, while female literacy rate was 64.84 per cent.
The programme, under which each member of parliament needs to choose one village from their constituency and develop it as a model village, was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the birth anniversary of Jayaprakash Narayan, on 11 October 2014.
"We are happy that Sachin Tendulkar has picked Donja. We are sure this will inspire other villages in the region to emulate this model of development," Osmanabad Zilla Parishad CEO Anand Rayate said.
Osmanabad has been reeling under a serve drought over the last few years and has also recorded a steep rise in incidents of farmers suicide.
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In the village, population in the age group of 0-6 years is 319 which makes up 11.14 per cent of the total population.
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The literacy rate of Donja in 2011 was 72.17 per cent, lower than 82.34 per cent of Maharashtra. Male literacy rate stands at 78.75 per cent, while female literacy rate was 64.84 per cent.
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