(a) the details of locations in North Eastern States including Sikkim where various projects under Border Ares Development Programme (BADP) have been implemented during the Ninth Five Year Plan;
(b) the details of the projects implemented during the Eighth Five Year Plan in the States; and
(c) the allocation made to N.E. States to implement BADP projects during the current financial year, State-wise ?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS ( SHRI CH. VIDYASAGAR RAO )
(a) to (c): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 680
Statement referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 680 due for answer on 5th March, 2002
(a) to (c) : The Border Area Development Programme is currently in operation in the border blocks of all the states which have international land borders, including the border blocks of the North Eastern States and Sikkim. The schemes implemented under the programme are decided by the State level screening committee under the chairmanship of the State`s Chief Secretary. The Schemes undertaken under this programme are in sectors such as roads, education, health, income generating schemes. etc.
During the Eighth Plan period the Border Area Development Programme was in operation in only those blocks of the North Eastern States which had an international border with Bangladesh viz. Assam, Mehgalaya, Mizoram and Tripura. The Programme was extended to the blocks bordering Myanmar in 1997-98, to blocks bordering China in 1998-99 and to those bordering Bhutan and Nepal in 1999-2000.
The allocation under Border Area Development Programme to the North Eastern States including Sikkim in the current financial year, State-wise, are given in the table below:
(Rs. Crore)
State Allocation (2001-02)
1. Arunachal Pradesh 13.51
2. Assam 7.48
3. Meghalaya 4.70
4. Manipur 4.16
5. Mizoram 8.32 6. Nagaland 4.16
7 Tripura 12.96
8. Sikkim 5.72