Question : VISIT OF PM TO BACKWARD AREAS

(a) whether the Prime Minister has visited any backward areas recently;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the grants announced therefor;

(c) the amount released to each State for development of backward areas and the expenditure made therefrom;

(d) whether the PM has any proposal to visit more backward areas during the current year; and

(e) if so, the details thereof?

MINISTER OF PANCHAYATI RAJ ( SHRI MANI SHANKAR AIYAR)

(a) to (c): The Prime Minister launched the Backward Regions Grant Fund (BRGF) programme at Barpeta in Assam on 19th February, 2007. BRGF is designed to redress the regional imbalances in development. The programme covers 250 districts in 27 States. The existing Rashtriya Sam Vikas Yojana (RSVY) has been subsumed into the Backward Regions Grant Fund programme. A Statewise list of districts covered under BRGF is at Annexure–I.

Each district is entitled to receive a minimum developmental grant of Rs. 10 crore per annum under BRGF. 50% of the balance allocation under the programme will be allocated on the basis of the share of the population and area of the individual district in the total population and area of all backward districts. Each State will, in addition, receive a capacity building fund calculated @ Rs. 1 crore per district. Districts earlier covered under RSVY will receive their total allocation of Rs. 45 crore before they shift to BRGF. The details of the amount released to each State during 2006-07 may be seen at Annexure-II A/B.

(d)&(e): There are no firm proposals at present from PM to visit other backward areas during the current year.

Annexe I

Backward Region Grant Fund- List of Districts

Andhra Pradesh
1. Adilabad	2. Anantpur	3. Chittoor	4. Cuddappah	5. Karimnagar	6.Khammam

7 Mahbubnagar	8. Medak	9. Nalgonda	10.Nizamabad	11.Rangareddy	12.Vizianagaram
13. Warangal
Arunachal Pradesh
1. Upper Subansiri
Assam
1. Barpeta	2. Bongaigaon	3. Cachar	4. Dhemaji

5. Goalpara	6. Hailakandi	7. Karbi Anglong	8. Kokrajhar

9. Marigaon	10. North Lakhimpur(Laksha)	11. North Cachar Hills
Bihar
1. Araria	2. Aurangabad	3. Banka	4. Begusarai	5. Bhagalpur	6. Bhojpur

7 Buxar	8. Darbhanga	9. Gaya	10. Gopalganj	11. Jamui	12.Jehanabad
13. Kaimur/Bhabua 14. Katihar	15. Kishanganj	16. Khagaria	17. Lakhisarai	18. Madhepura
19. Madhubani	20. Munger	21. Muzzarffarpur	22. Nalanda	23. Nawadah
24. Patna	25. Pashchim Champaran	26. Purba Champaran	27. Purnia 28. Rohtas
29. Saharsa	30. Samastipur	31. Saran	32. Sheikhpura	33. Sheohar	34. Sitamarhi
35. Supaul	36. Vaishali
Chhattisgarh
1. Bastar	2. Bilaspur	3. Dantewada	4. Dhamtari	5. Jashpur	6. Kanker

7 Kawardha	8. Korba	9. Koriya	10. Mahasamund	11. Raigarh	12. Rajnandgaon
13. Sarguja
Gujarat
1. Banaskantha	2. Dangs 3. Dahod	4. Narmada 5.	Panch Mahals	6. Sabarkantha
Haryana
1. Mohindergarh	2. Sirsa
Himachal Pradesh
1. Chamba	2. Sirmaur

Jammu & Kashmir
1. Doda	2. Kupwara	3. Poonch

Jharkhand
1. Bokaro	2. Chatra	3. Deoghar	4. Dhanbad	5. Dumka 6. Garhwa

7 Giridih	8. Godda	9. Gumla	10. Hazaribagh	11.Jamtara	12. Kodarma
13. Latehar	14. Lohardagga	15. Pachhim Singhbhum	16. Pakaur	17. Palamu
18. Ranchi	19. Sahibganj	20. Saraikela	21. Simdega

Karnataka
1. Bidar	2. Chitradurga	3. Davangere	4. Gulbarga	5. Raichur

Kerala
1. Palakkad	2. Wynad

Madhya Pradesh
1. Balaghat	2. Barwani	3. Betul	4. Chhatarpur	5. Damoh	6. Dhar

7 Dindori	8. Guna	9. Jhabua	10.Katni	11.Khandwa	12.Mandla
13. Panna	14. Rajgarh	15. Rewa	16.Satna	17.Seoni	18.Shahdol
19. Sheopur	20. Shivpuri	21. Siddhi	22.Tikamgarh	23.Umaria	24.West Nimar
Maharashtra
1. Ahmednagar	2. Amravati	3. Aurangabad	4. Bhandara	5. Chandrapur	6. Dhule

7 Gadchiroli	8. Gondia	9. Hingoli	10.Nanded	11.Nandurbar	12.Yavatmal
Manipur
1. Chandel	2. Churchandrapur	3.Tamenlong
Meghalaya
1. Ri Bhoi	2. South Garo Hills	3. West Garo Hills
Mizoram
1. Lawngtlai	2. Saiha

Nagaland
1. Mon	2.Tuensang	3. Workha
Orissa
1. Bolangir	2. Boudh	3. Debagarh	4. Dhenkanal	5. Gajapati	6. Ganjam

7 Jharsuguda	8. Kalahandi	9. Keonjhar	10.Koraput	11.Malkangiri	12.Mayurbhanj
13.Nabrangpur	14.Nuapada	15.Phulbani	16.Rayagada	17.Sambalpur	18.Sonapur
19.Sundargarh
Punjab
1. Hoshiarpur
Rajasthan
1. Banswara	2. Barmer	3. Chittaurgarh	4. Dungarpur	5. Jaisalmer
6. Jalor	7. Jhalawar	8. Karoli	9.Sawai Madhopur	10.Sirohi
11.Tonk	12.Udaipur
Sikkim
1. Sikkim North
Tamil Nadu
1. Cuddalore	2. Dindigul	3. Nagapattinam	4. Sivagangai	5.Tiruvannamalai
6. Villupuram
Tripura
1. Dhalai
Uttar Pradesh
1. Ambedkar Nagar	2. Azamgarh	3. Bahraich	4. Balrampur	5. Banda
6. Barabanki	7. Basti	8. Budaun	9. Chandauli	10. Chitrakoot	11. Etah
12. Farrukhabad	13. Fatehpur	14.Gonda	15.Gorakhpur	16. Hamirpur	17.Hardoi
18. Jalaun	19. Jaunpur	20.Kaushambi	21.Kushinagar	22. Lakhimpur Kheri
23. Lalitpur	24. Maharajganj	25.Mahoba	26.Mirzapur	27. Pratapgarh
28. Raebareli	29. Sant Kabir Nagar	30. Shravasti	31. Siddharthanagar	32.Sitapur
33. Sonebhadra	34. Unnao

Uttaranchal
1. Chamoli	2. Champawat	3. Tehri Garhwal

West Bengal
1. Bankura	2. Birbhum	3. Dakshin Dinajpur	4. Jalpaiguri	5. Malda
6. Midnapur East	7. Midnapur West	8. Murshidabad	9. Purulia
10. South 24 Parganas	11. Uttar Dinajpur


Backward Districts Initiative- Release of Funds to RSVY districts (Annexe II A)
As on 5-3-2007	(Rs.in Cr)
Sl.No.State/District	Total Amount	Amount Amount Amount Total Cumulative	UCs	amount released	released released released Amount Expdr.	received	to be in 2003-04	in 2004-05 in 2005-06 in 2006-07 released reported by	released State Govts.
1. Andhra Pradesh (10)
Adilabad	45.00 12.50 2.50 7.50 7.50 30.00 19.50 19.50
Warangal	45.00 12.50	10.00 7.50 7.50 37.50 27.10 27.10
Chittoor	45.00 5.00 2.50 7.50 15.00 7.50 7.50
Karimnagar	45.00 5.00	10.00 7.50 7.50 30.00 21.11 21.11
Khammam	45.00 5.00	10.00 7.50 22.50 13.54 13.54
Nizamabad	45.00 7.50 7.50 7.50 22.50 16.93 14.58
Nalgonda	45.00 7.50 7.50 15.00 7.55 7.55
Mahboobnagar	45.00 7.50 7.50 15.00 7.62 7.62
Vijainagaram	45.00 7.50 7.50 15.00 7.54 7.54
Medak	45.00 7.50 7.50 7.50 22.50 12.37 12.37	Total 450.00 40.00	72.50 37.50	75.00 225.00 140.76	138.41
2. Gujarat(3)
Dangs	45.00 12.50	10.00 7.50 7.50 37.50 27.87 23.06
Dahod	45.00 5.00 2.50 7.50 7.50 22.50 12.06 12.06
Panchmahals	45.00 7.50 7.50 15.00 5.54 4.55	Total 135.00 17.50	20.00 15.00	22.50 75.00 45.47 39.67
3. Haryana(1)
Sirsa	45.00 0.00 7.50 15.00	22.50 45.00 34.53 28.38
4. Karnataka (4)
Gulbarga	45.00 7.50 7.50   7.50 22.50 13.68 11.66
Bidar	45.00 5.00 2.50 7.50 7.50 22.50 13.56 13.56
Chitradurg	45.00 7.50 7.50 7.50 22.50 13.78 13.66
Davengere	45.00 7.50 7.50 15.00 13.62 13.62	Total 180.00 12.50	25.00 15.00	30.00 82.50 54.64 52.50
5. Kerala (2)
Pallakad	45.00 15.00 7.50 15.00 7.50 45.00 36.51 36.00
Wayanad	45.00 5.00	10.00 7.50 22.50 12.59	Total	90.00 20.00	17.50 15.00	15.00 67.50 49.10 36.00
6. Madhya Pradesh(10)
Mandla	45.00 7.50 7.50 15.00	15.00 45.00 34.66 34.55
Barwani	45.00 7.50	15.00 15.00 7.50 45.00 37.50 22.58
Khargone	45.00 7.50	15.00 15.00 7.50 45.00 36.61 29.86
Shahadol	45.00	22.50 15.00 7.50 45.00 37.45 27.27
Satna	45.00	15.00 15.00	15.00 45.00 34.99 32.18
Sidhi	45.00	15.00 15.00	15.00 45.00 35.42 35.42
Umaria	45.00	15.00 15.00	15.00 45.00 34.90 34.90
Balaghat	45.00	15.00 15.00	15.00 45.00 34.52 34.52
Seoni	45.00	15.00 15.00	15.00 45.00 34.53 34.53
Dindori	45.00 7.50 15.00	15.00 37.50 28.97 28.97	Total 450.00 22.50 142.50 150.00 127.50 442.50 349.55	314.78
7. Maharashtra (9)
Gadchiroli	45.00 7.50 7.50	15.00 30.00 20.64 20.64
Bhandara	45.00 7.50 7.50 7.50 22.50 15.37 6.76
Chandrapur	45.00 7.50 7.50 7.50 22.50 13.62 13.62
Gondia	45.00 7.50 15.00 7.50 30.00 14.99 10.53
Dhule	45.00 7.50 7.50 15.00 6.49 4.56
Nanded	45.00 7.50 7.50	15.00 30.00 21.91 21.91
Nandurbar	45.00 7.50 7.50 15.00 10.53 10.53
Hingoli	45.00 7.50 7.50 7.50 22.50 12.20 14.16
Ahmednagar	45.00 7.50 7.50 7.50 22.50 12.20 12.20	Total 405.00 15.00	67.50 60.00	67.50 210.00 127.95	114.91
8.Rajasthan(3)
Dungarpur	45.00 15.00	15.00 15.00 45.00 34.86 34.86
Banswara	45.00 15.00	15.00 15.00 45.00 34.53 34.53
Jhalawar	45.00 5.00	17.50 7.50	15.00 45.00 35.60 28.73	Total 135.00 35.00	47.50 37.50	15.00 135.00 104.99 98.12
9.Tamil Nadu (5)
Tiruvannamalai	45.00 15.00	15.00 15.00 45.00 36.00 36.00
Dindigul	45.00 5.00	17.50 15.00 7.50 45.00 35.27 35.27
Cuddalore	45.00	15.00 15.00 30.00 27.26 27.26
Naggapattinam	45.00	15.00 15.00 30.00 19.84 15.00
Sivganga	45.00	15.00 15.00 7.50 37.50 27.71 27.71	Total 225.00 20.00	77.50 75.00	15.00 187.50 146.08	141.24
10. Uttar Pradesh(21)
Sitapur	45.00 7.50 7.50 15.00 7.50 37.50 27.27 27.27
Unnao	45.00 7.50 7.50	15.00 30.00 27.15 22.64
Raebareli	45.00 7.50 7.50 7.50	15.00 37.50 27.04 27.04
Sonbhadra	45.00 7.50 7.50 15.00	15.00 45.00 34.80 28.55
Hardoi	45.00 7.50 7.50 7.50	15.00 37.50 19.62 10.67
Barabanki	45.00 5.00	10.00 7.50 7.50 30.00 19.50 18.00
Fatehpur	45.00 5.00	10.00 15.00 7.50 37.50 27.68 22.71
Banda	45.00 5.00	10.00 7.50 7.50 30.00 19.60 19.60
Chitrakoot	45.00 5.00	10.00 7.50 7.50 30.00 20.02 20.02
Mirzapur	45.00 5.00	10.00 7.50 7.50 30.00 19.50 15.54
Gorakhpur	45.00 7.50 7.50	15.00 30.00 19.53 19.53
Azamgarh	45.00 7.50 7.50 7.50 22.50 14.06 14.06
Kushinagar	45.00 7.50 7.50 7.50 22.50 11.69 11.69
Jaunpur	45.00 7.50 7.50	15.00 30.00 20.59 20.59
Chandauli	45.00 7.50 7.50	22.50 37.50 27.03 27.03
Kaushambi	45.00 7.50 15.00	15.00 37.50 27.06 25.32
Hamirpur	45.00 7.50 7.50	22.50 37.50 27.05 22.43
Mahoba	45.00 7.50 7.50	15.00 30.00 19.50 19.50
Lalitpur	45.00 7.50 15.00 7.50 30.00 20.26 13.70
Pratapgarh	45.00 7.50 7.50 7.50 22.50 13.67 13.67
Jalaun	45.00 7.50 15.00 7.50 30.00 19.67 14.72	Total 945.00 62.50 162.50 202.50 247.50 675.00 462.28	414.27
11. West Bengal (8)
Purulia	45.00 12.50 2.50 7.50 7.50 30.00 20.26 20.26
Jalpaiguri	45.00 12.50 2.50 7.50 7.50 30.00 20.78 20.78
24 South Paraganas	45.00 5.00	10.00 7.50 22.50 12.08 10.86
Midnapur West	45.00 5.00	10.00 7.50 22.50 12.29 12.29
North Dinajpur	45.00 7.50 7.50 7.50 22.50 13.45 13.45
South Dinajpur	45.00 7.50 7.50 7.50 22.50 12.32 12.32
Bankura	45.00 7.50 7.50 7.50 22.50 15.00 15.00
Birbhum	45.00 7.50 7.50 7.50 22.50 14.71 13.46	Total 360.00 35.00	55.00 45.00	60.00 195.00 120.89	118.42
12. Chhatisgarh (8)
Dantewada	45.00 15.00 7.50 7.50 7.50 37.50 30.37 25.21
Bastar	45.00 15.00 7.50 7.50 7.50 37.50 27.26 27.26
Kawardha/ Kabirdham	45.00 5.00 2.50 15.00 7.50 30.00 19.69 19.69
Rajnandgaon	45.00 5.00	10.00	15.00 30.00 19.97 20.79
Jaspur	45.00 7.50 15.00 7.50 30.00 21.28 19.81
Bilaspur	45.00 7.50 15.00 7.50 30.00 22.88 22.50
Kanker	45.00 7.50 15.00	22.50 45.00 35.27 35.27
Sarguja	45.00 7.50 15.00	15.00 37.50 27.41 27.41	Total 360.00 40.00	57.50 90.00	90.00 277.50 204.13	197.94
13. Bihar (21)
Jehanabad	45.00 7.50 7.50 15.00 12.02 6.29
Kaimur	45.00 7.50 7.50	15.00 30.00 19.64
Gaya	45.00 7.50 7.50 7.50 22.50 21.01 21.01
Rohtash	45.00 7.50 7.50 7.50 22.50 21.24 21.24
Aurangabad	45.00 7.50 7.50 7.50 22.50 19.75
Darbhanga	45.00 7.50 7.50	15.00 30.00 19.54 19.54
Madhubani	45.00 7.50 7.50 7.50 22.50 20.71 14.80
Muzaffarpur	45.00 7.50 7.50 7.50 22.50 20.25
Nalanda	45.00 7.50 7.50 7.50 22.50 19.53
Samastipur	45.00 7.50 7.50 7.50 22.50 19.57 19.57
Patna	45.00 7.50 7.50	15.00 30.00 21.57 21.57
Bhojpur	45.00 7.50 7.50 7.50 22.50 19.68 13.17
Vaishali	45.00 7.50 7.50	15.00 30.00 19.56 19.55
Sheohar	45.00 7.50 7.50 0.00 15.00 12.14
Katihar	45.00 7.50 7.50	15.00 30.00 19.51 19.51
Nawadah	45.00 7.50 7.50	15.00 30.00 21.36 19.49
Purnea	45.00 7.50 7.50 15.00 19.55 19.55
Lakhisarai	45.00 7.50	15.00 22.50 20.18 20.18
Supaul	45.00 7.50 7.50	15.00 30.00 19.76 19.76
Araria	45.00 7.50 7.50 7.50 22.50 12.07
Jamui	45.00 7.50 7.50 7.50 22.50 19.58 5.66	Total 945.00 0.00 157.50 135.00 210.00 502.50 398.22	260.89
14. Jharkhand (16)
Simdega	45.00 7.50	15.00	22.50 45.00 34.85 34.85
Gumla	45.00 7.50 7.50 7.50	22.50 45.00 34.79 34.79
Lohardagga	45.00 7.50 7.50 15.00	15.00 45.00 35.04 35.04
Palamu	45.00 5.00 2.50 15.00	22.50 45.00 34.60 34.60
Latehar	45.00 5.00	10.00 15.00 7.50 37.50 19.65 15.71
Bokaro	45.00 5.00 2.50 7.50	15.00 30.00 19.56 14.99
Chatra	45.00 7.50 15.00	15.00 37.50 27.82 27.82
Koderma	45.00 7.50 7.50	15.00 30.00 19.51 19.51
Ranchi	45.00 7.50 15.00	15.00 37.50 27.30 27.30
Dhanbad	45.00 7.50 7.50	22.50 37.50 27.14 27.14
Hazaribagh	45.00 7.50 7.50	22.50 37.50 27.17 27.17
Godda	45.00 7.50 7.50	15.00 30.00 20.09 20.09
Garhwa	45.00 7.50 7.50	22.50 37.50 22.12 22.12
Giridih	45.00 7.50 7.50 7.50 22.50 12.15 12.15
Saraikela	45.00 7.50 7.50	30.00 45.00 34.63 34.63
West Singhbhum	45.00 7.50	22.50 30.00 19.55 19.55	Total 720.00 37.50 120.00 142.50 292.50 592.50 415.97	407.46
15. Orissa (5)
Mayurbhanj	45.00 5.00	10.00 7.50	15.00 37.50 27.14 21.72
Ganjam	45.00 5.00	10.00 15.00 7.50 37.50 28.85 20.07
Gajpati	45.00 7.50 7.50 7.50 22.50 15.56 6.09
Keonjhar	45.00 7.50 7.50 7.50 22.50 12.87 9.50
Sundargarh	45.00 7.50 7.50 7.50 22.50 19.11 13.38	Total 225.00 10.00	42.50 45.00	45.00 142.50 103.53 70.76
16. Punjab (1)
Hoshiarpur	45.00 7.50 7.50 7.50 22.50 16.31 14.21
17. Arunachal Pradesh(1)
Upper Subansiri	45.00 7.50 7.50 0.00 15.00 7.50 6.40
18. Assam (5)
Kokrajhar	45.00 5.00 2.50	15.00 22.50 14.44 14.35
North Lakhimpur	45.00 5.00 2.50 7.50 7.50 22.50 12.47 12.47
Dheemaji	45.00 7.50 7.50 15.00
N.C.Hills	45.00 7.50	15.00 22.50 6.21
Karbi-Anglong	45.00 7.50 7.50 15.00 7.50 7.50	Total 225.00 10.00	27.50 7.50	52.50 97.50 40.62 34.32
19. Himachal Pradesh(2)
Chamba	45.00 5.00	10.00 7.50	15.00 37.50 28.38 28.38
Sirmaur	45.00	15.00 7.50	15.00 37.50 27.03 27.03	Total	90.00 5.00	25.00 15.00	30.00 75.00 55.41 55.41
20. Jammu & Kashmir(3)
Doda	45.00 5.00	10.00 7.50 7.50 30.00 20.03 20.03
Kupwara	45.00 7.50 7.50 7.50 22.50 13.69 13.69
Poonch	45.00 7.50 7.50 7.50 22.50 12.94 12.94	Total 135.00 5.00	25.00 22.50	22.50 75.00 46.66 46.66
21. Manipur (1)
Tamenglong	45.00 7.50 7.50 15.00 7.50 37.50 27.45 27.45
22. Meghalaya (1)
West Garo Hills	45.00 7.50 7.50 15.00 7.50
23. Mizoram (1)
Lawngtlai	45.00 7.50 7.50	15.00 30.00 22.50 22.50
24. Nagaland (1)
Mon	45.00	15.00 7.50	15.00 37.50 30.00 30.00
25. Tripura (1)
Dhalai	45.00 7.50 7.50 7.50 7.50 30.00 20.87 20.87
26. Uttaranchal (3)
Champawat	45.00 7.50 7.50 7.50 22.50 12.00 12.00
Chamoli	45.00 7.50 7.50 7.50 22.50 12.21 12.21
Tehri Garhwal	45.00 7.50 7.50 7.50 22.50 12.09 12.09	Total 135.00 0.00	22.50 22.50	22.50 67.50 36.30 36.30
27. Sikkim(1)	45.00 7.50 7.50	22.50 37.50 32.69 25.88
28. NABARD 9.30 1.08 3.24 1.65 5.97
Total 6624.30 402.50 1241.08	1210.74 1546.65	4400.97 3101.90 2753.75
 
Release of Capacity Building fund to States under BRGF (Annexe II-B)
Sl. No.	2006-07	Rs. in crore
States	No. of Districts	Total Entitlement	2006-07
1. Sikkim 1 1 crore 0.9492

2. West Bengal	11	11 crore	10.5	Total	11.4492