Chandigarh, April 7 -- Punjab Government,in apioneering step towards nurturing intellectual empowerment in the state's heartland, has successfully operationalized 196 ultra-modern rural libraries across the state, with 135 more under construction, under its flagship "Rural Library Scheme".
Launched to instill reading habits among the youth and foster socio-economic progress through knowledge, the initiative is being hailed as a transformative leap for rural Punjab.
Announcing the progress, Punjab Rural Development and Panchayats Minister Tarunpreet Singh Sond on Sunday said that the scheme was inaugurated by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on August 15, 2024, from the symbolic village Issru (Khanna). On that day, the Chief Minister inaugurat...