(a) the economic development programmes launched by the Union Government in the country including Bihar during the last three years and the current year; and
(b) the details of funds allocated to various States including Bihar under these programmes during the above period especially for the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes living in backward regions?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF
PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS (SHRI V. NARAYANASAMY)
(a): Various economic development programmes constitute Central Schemes, Centrally Sponsored
Schemes and Additional Central Assistance for State Plan programmes. Details of Central/Centrally
Sponsored Schemes included in the Eleventh Five Year Plan are available in the Appendix to Volume III
of the Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-12) document and details of objectives, targets and achievements
are available in the respective Ministries / Departments’ Annual Outcome and Performance Budgets.
Names of the major development programmes / schemes of Central Government in operation in the
country, including Bihar, are :(i) National Rural Employment Guarantee Act(NREGA), (ii) Indira
Awas Yojana(IAY), (iii) National Social Assistance Programme(NSAP), (iv) Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak
Yojana(PMGSY), (v) National Rural Health Mission(NRHM),(vi) Integrated Child Development Service(ICDS), (vii) Total Sanitation Campaign(TSC), (viii) Mid Day Meal(MDM), (ix) Sarva Shiksha
Abhiyan(SSA), (x) Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission(JNNURM), (xi) Accelerated
Irrigation Benefit Programme(AIBP), (xii) Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidyutikaran Yojana(RGGVY),(xiii) Rajiv Gandhi Drinking Water Mission(RGDWM), (xiv) Accelerated Power Development and
Reform Programme(APDRP), (xv) Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana(RKVY) and (xvi) Backward Regions
Grant Fund(BRGF).
(b): State-wise allocations for the Centrally Sponsored Schemes are made by the administrative
Ministries/Departments concerned. As regards development of backward regions, there is a specific
scheme called Backward Regions Grant Fund(BRGF) which has two components, namely, (i) District
Component covering 250 backward districts of 27 States including Bihar, and (ii) Special Plans
for Bihar and the Kalahandi-Bolangir-Koraput(KBK) Districts of Orissa. Funds are allocated under
the District Component for financing the annual action plan prepared under the programme as a
whole which include schemes for the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled tribes if considered to be a
critical gap. Funds allocated for the Special Plan for Bihar are project specific. Funds under
the Special Plan for the KBK districts of Orissa are allocated for financing the Annual Action
Plan prepared by the State Government which includes schemes for the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled
tribes. A statement showing the allocations under the BRGF for the period 2007-08 to 2010-11,
State-wise, is enclosed at Annexure.