(a) whether the Government has identified educationally backward areas in the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof State-wise; and
(c) the name of the schemes launched and other measures taken by the Government for development of these areas during the year 2004-05 ?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI M.A.A. FATMI)
(a) to (c) : A statement is laid on the Table of the
House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION
NO. 339 FOR 14TH MARCH, 2006 BY SHRI SRICHAND KRIPLANI
REGARDING EDUCATIONALLY BACKWARD AREAS.
(a)&(b): State-wise list of Special Focus Districts
identified by the Ministry is given in the
Annexure.
(c) : The above list was finalized in November, 2005.
Hence, the question of special measures being taken
on its basis during 2004-05 does not arise. However,
schemes of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and Mid Day Meal
cover all districts, and schemes of Kasturba Gandhi
Balika Vidyalayas and Navodaya Vidyalayas, already
cover 64 and 87 Special Focus Districts respectively.
ANNEXURE
STATE-WISE LIST OF SPECIAL FOCUS DISTRICTS FINALIZED BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF SECONDARY & HIGHER EDUCATION IN NOVEMBER, 2005
S.No. Name of No. OF Name of the Districts the State DISTRICTS
1. Andhra 1. Adilabad Pradesh 2. Khammam 3. Mahbubnagar 4. Warrangal 2. Assam 1. Barpeta 2. Darrang 3. Dhemaji 4. Dhubri 5. Goalpara 6. Karbi Anglong 7. Kokrajhar 8. Lakhimpur 9. Morigaon 10. Nalbari 11. North Cachar Hills 12. Sibsagar 13. Sonitpur 14. Tinsukhia 3. Bihar 1. Araria 2. Darbhanga 3. Katihar 4. Madhepura 5. Madhubani 6. Muzaffarpur 7. Paschim Champaran 8. Purba Champaran 9. Purnea 10. Sheohar 11 Sitamarhi 12. Supaul 4. Chhattisgarh 1. Bastar 2. Bilaspur 3. Dantewara 4. Jashpur 5. Kanker 6. Koriya 7. Rajnandgaon 8. Sarguja 5. Gujarat 1. Dangs 2. Panchmahals 6. Himachal 1. Chamba Pradesh 2. Kinnaur 3. Lahaul & Spiti 7 Jharkhand 1. Deoghar 2 Garhwa 3. Giridih 4. Godda 5. Gumla 6. Jamtara 7. Latehar 8. Lohardagga 9. Palamau 10. Sahebganj 11. Saraikela 12. Simdega 13. West Singhbhum 8. Karnataka 1. Bidar 9. Kerala 1 Waynad 10. Madhya 1. Balaghat Pradesh 2. Barwani 3. Dewas 4. Dindori 5. Mandla 6. Shahdol 7. Sheopur 8. Sidhi 9. Umaria 10. West Nimer 11. Maharashtra 1. Ahmednagar 2. Chandrapur 3. Dhule 4. Gadchiroli 5. Nanded 12. Manipur 1. Tamenlong 13. Meghalaya 1. East Garo Hills 14. Orissa 1 Balasore 2. Boudh 3. Gajapati 4. Ganjam 5. Kalahandi 6. Kandhamal 7. Keonjhar 8. Koraput 9. Mayurbhanj 10. Nawarangpur 11. Sambalpur 12. Sundergarh 15. Rajasthan 1. Banswara 2. Dungarpur 3. Jaiselmer 4. Sikar 16. Sikkim 1. North Sikkim 2. South Sikkim 3. West Sikkim 17. Tamil Nadu 1. Cuddalore 2. Tiruvannamalai 18. Tripura 1. Dhalai 2. North Tripura 3. South Tripura 19. Uttar 1. Barabanki Pradesh 2. Sitapur 20. West 1. Bankura Bengal 2. North 24 Pargana 3. Purulia 4. West Midnapur