Question : RASHTRIYA SAM VIKAS YOJANA IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH

(a)the number of persons living below the poverty line in Arunachal Pradesh; and

(b)the action taken by the Union Government to provide assistance to Arunachal Pradesh under the Rashtriya Sam Vikas Yojana during the year 2005-06 ?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING (SHRI M.V. RAJASEKHARAN)

(a): The Planning Commission estimates the incidence of poverty at national and state level from the large scale sample survey on household consumer expenditure conducted by the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) at an interval of approximately five years. The latest available data from such survey is from NSS 55th Round, which was conducted during 1999-2000. According to the result of that survey, the number of persons living below the poverty line in Arunachal Pradesh is 3.98 lakhs, of which 3.80 lakh number of persons are in rural areas and 0.18 lakh number of persons are in urban areas.

(b): The Backward Districts Initiative of Rashtriya Sam Vikas Yojana (RSVY) covers one district of Arunachal Pradesh namely, Upper Subansiri district. The District Plan of this district has already been approved and an amount of Rs. 45.00 crore is to be provided over a period of 3 years for implementation of schemes covered under the District Plan. The schemes included in the District Plan are in the sectors such as, Agriculture & Allied Services, Health Human Resource Development, Infrastructure, Environment and Forests and Social Sector.