India will develop only when villages develop says Pranab

President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday said India will develop only when the villages develop, adding that even today 68 percent of the population lives in villages.

“Our villages not only have the capacity to develop but are also eager for development. If we keep moving ahead in this manner, the day is not far when our youth would not need to leave villages for cities in search of better avenues. It would also be possible to complete education of daughters in nearby villages.

Good and affordable health services would be available for all and the youth would get training and employment in the vicinity of villages itself,” President Mukherjee said while laying the foundation stone of a Driver’s Training Institute and a Secondary School under the SMARTGRAM Initiative at village Dhaula, Gurugram (Haryana) today.