(a) whether the Government has identified the very poor and backward districts in the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
(c) whether the Government has formulated any new schemes for the development of these districts;
(d) if so, the details thereof and the amount likely to be spent on the schemes; and
(e) the time by which the schemes are likely to be implemented alongwith the targets fixed therefor?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING (SHRI M.V. RAJASEKHARAN)
(a) :Yes, sir.
(b) :The Backward Districts Initiative of the Rashtriya Sam Vikas Yojana, a
new programme launched by the Government in the 10th Plan, covers 115
backward districts and 32 districts affected by left wing extremism. The list of
districts is enclosed.
(c):District Plans in respect of these districts are to be prepared by the district
authorities in consultation with the representatives of PRIs, NGOs and other
stakeholders keeping in view the felt needs of the people and the need to fill
the critical gaps in the social and physical infrastructure.
(d) & (e) : A sum of Rs. 45 crore is being allocated for each district covered under
the Backward Districts Initiative over a period of three years.
List of districts referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred
Question No. 222 for answer on 01.12.2004 regarding Identification of Backward Districts.
Rashtriya Sam Vikas Yojana : Backward Districts Initiative
I. List of backward districts
Sl. No. Name of the State Name of the District
1. Andhra Pradesh 1.Adilabad 2.Warangal 3.Chittoor 4.Mahbubnagar 5.Vizianagaram
2. Bihar 1.Vaishali 2.Samastipur 3.Sheohar 4.Jamui 5.Nawadah 6.Araria 7.Darbhanga 8.Purnea 9.Madhubani 10.Supaul 11.Muzaffarpur 12.Katihar 13.Lakhisarai
3. Chhattisgarh 1.Bastar 2.Dantewada 3.Kankar 4.Bilaspur
4. Gujarat 1.Dangs 2.Dohad 3.Panchmahals
5. Haryana 1.Sirsa
6. Jharkhand 1.Lohardagga 2.Gumla 3.Simdega 4.Saraikela 5.Singhbhum West 6.Godda
7. Karnataka 1.Gulbarga 2.Bidar 3.Chitradurga 4.Davangere
8. Kerala 1.Palakkad 2.Wynad
9. Madhya Pradesh 1.Mandla 2.Barwani 3.West Nimar 4. Seoni 5. Shahdol 6.Umaria 7.Balaghat 8.Satna 9. Sidhi
10. Maharashtra 1.Gadchiroli 2. Bhandara 3. Gondia 4.Chandrapur 5.Hingoli 6. Nanded 7. Dhule 8. Nandurbar 9. Ahmednagar 11. Orissa 1.Keonjhar 2.Sundargarh
12. Punjab 1.Hoshiarpur
13. Rajasthan 1.Banswara 2.Dungarpur 3.Jhalawar
14. Tamil Nadu 1.Tiruvannamalai 2.Dindigul 3.Cuddalore 4.Naggapattinam 5. Sivgangai
15. Uttar Pradesh 1.Sonbhadra 2.Raebareli 3.Unnao 4.Sitapur 5.Hardoi 6.Banda 7.Chitrakoot 8.Fatehpur 9.Barabanki 10. Mirzapur 11.Gorakhpur 12. Kushinagar 13.Lalitpur 14.Jaunpur 15.Hamirpur 16.Jalaun 17.Mahoba 18.Kaushambi 19.Azamgarh 20.Pratapgarh
16. West Bengal 1.Purulia 2.24 South Parganas 3.Jalpaiguri 4.Midnapur West 5.South Dinajpur 6.Bankura 7.North Dinajpur 8.Birbhum
Special Category States
17. Assam 1.Kokrajhar 2.North Lakhimpur 3.Karbi Anglong 4.Dhemaji 5.North Cachar Hills 18. Arunachal Pradesh 1.Uppar Subansiri
19. Himachal Pradesh 1.Chamba 2.Sirmaur
20. Jammu & Kashmir 1.Doda 2.Kupwara 3.Poonch
21. Manipur 1.Tamenlong 22. Meghalaya 1.West Garo Hills 23. Mizoram 1.Lawngtlai 24. Nagaland 1. Mon 25. Sikkim 1. Sikkim 26. Tripura 1. Dhalai
27. Uttaranchal 1.Champavat 2.Tehri Garhwal 3.Chamoli
Total 115
II. List of Extremist Affected Districts
Sl No. State Districts
1. Andhra Pradesh 1.Karimnagar 2.Khammam 3.Medak 4.Nalgonda 5.Nizamabad
2. Bihar 1.Aurangabad 2.Gaya 3.Jehanabad 4.Rohtas 5.Nalanda 6.Patna 7.Bhojpur 8.Kaimur
3. Jharkhand 1.Hazaribagh 2.Palamu 3.Chatra 4.Garhwa 5.Ranchi 6.Latehar 7.Giridih 8.Koderma 9.Bokaro 10.Dhanbad
4. Madhya Pradesh 1.Dindori
5. Chhatisgarh 1.Kawardha 2.Rajnandgaon 3.Sarguja 4.Jashpur
6. Orissa 1.Ganjam 2.Gajapati 3.Mayurbhanj
7. Uttar Pradesh 1.Chandauli
Total 32
Grand Total 147