Question : DEVELOPMENT UNDER CAPART IN ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS



(a) the number of voluntary agencies for Rural Development under Council of Advancement of People`s Action and Rural Technology (CAPART) in Andaman & Nicobar Islands;

(b) the details of specific programmes undertaken under CAPART during the last three years; and

(c) the extent to which it has helped to curb rural unemployment ?

Answer given by the minister

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI A. NARENDRA)

(a) to (c) One Voluntary Organisation (VO) viz. Vivekananda Smriti Samiti Kollinpur, PO - Haerbatabadi, District Andaman had sent a project proposal to CAPART during the last three years (i.e. on 20-03-2002) and the same was rejected as it was not in CAPART`s prescribed format.