(a) whether the Government are contemplating to provide infrastructural facilities to promote industries in the rural areas;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) the details of the ongoing projects of the Union Government to provide infrastructural facilities in the rural areas; and
(d) the details of the funds allocated by the Government during the last three years to implement these projects?
THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES AND AGRO AND RURAL INDUSTRIES (SMT. VASUNDHARA RAJE)
(a) to (c): Yes, Sir. The Integrated Infrastructural Development (IID) Scheme was launched in 1994 to provide basic infrastructural facilities in the rural/backward areas. Under the Scheme, Central Grant up to Rs. 2.00 crore (Rs. 4.00 crore for North East Region) and loan from Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) up to Rs. 3.00 crore is available for each Centre. The State Governments are required to select appropriate site, firm up the proposals, get these appraised from SIDBI for
techno-economic viability and appoint an Implementing Agency. SIDBI is authorised to release central grant matching with the term loan. The Implementing Agency may obtain advance from Central Grant by depositing matching share, in a bank exclusively in the name of the project or the central grant is released on reimbursement basis against the expenditure incurred by it. This Scheme is to progressively cover the entire country with 50% reservation for rural areas. Till date 51 IID Centres, sanctioned throughout the country, are at various stages of implementation and central grant amounting to Rs. 38.83 crores has been released.
(d): During the last three years, central grant of Rs. 22.99 crores has been released for the developmental work of the sanctioned IID Centres.