10 villages targeted for Desa Lestari programme this year

The Rural Development Ministry is targeting 10 new villages for its Desa Lestari (sustainable village) programme this year, involving an allocation of RM10 million.

Its deputy minister 1 Abdul Rahman Mohamad said selections began January this year and the amount for the one-off allocation to the village is based on an assessment by the Desa Lestari working committee on its proposed entrepreneurship project...