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6.5 Rural Development
PDP’s long term vision is to ensure holistic and equitable development and enable every Bhutanese to live a happy and meaningful life. Inspired by our ideology of Wangtse Chhirpel, we are committed to taking development to all rural pockets in the country. e ultimate goal of development is to enhance the overall quality of life and that can only happen when people have access to roads, electricity, and safe drinking water, quality healthcare and education services, and economic opportunities to upli living standards.
In our bid to bring rural areas into the national mainstream, we have focused on the development of our rural villages and far- ung settlements in the past ve years. Rural development is at the heart
Pledges:
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We shall increase the Gewog Development Grant (GDG) to Nu. 5 million from Nu. 2 million.
We shall initiate One-Gewog-One-Product (OGOP) program in all 205 gewogs.
We shall fund a Nu. 20 million project in each gewog to be identi ed by the people.
We shall construct a helipad in every gewog to facilitate emergency medical
We shall fund a Nu. 20 million project in each
gewog to be identi ed by the people.
of our agenda. We will continue to invest in rural development to make life easier and better for people living in rural areas. To this end, every gewog will have a bare minimum infrastructure to stimulate the development of rural economy, facilitate trade and business, and create conducive environment for community vitality and wellbeing.
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