Question : INFRASTRUCTURAL FACILITIES IN FAMINE PRONE AREAS OF RAJASTHAN



(a) whether the Government propose to set up High Powered Development Board to facilitate fast development and create infrastructural facilities in famine prone Thar Desert areas of Rajasthan particularly Barmer and Jaisalmer; and

(b) if so, the details thereof and by when it is likely to be set up?

Answer given by the minister

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE (SHRI HUKUMDEO NARAYAN YADAV)

(a)&(b): No such proposal is under the consideration of the Department of Agriculture & Cooperation in the Ministry of Agriculture.