Government Plans to Evolve New Criteria for Determining Backwardness

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..... Government Plans to Evolve New Criteria for Determining Backwardness
Budget
Dated:- 28-2-2013

Government feels that human development indicators should be taken into consideration to det .....

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..... ermine backwardness. Presenting the Budget 2013-14 in the Lok Sabha today, the Finance Minister Sh. P. Chidambaram proposed to evolve new criteria such as per capita income and other HDIs and reflect .....

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..... them in future planning and devolution of funds. Terming the Backward Regions Grant Fund as a vital source of gap funding, the Finance Minister proposed to allocate Rs. 11,500 crores in 2013-14 as wel .....

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..... l as another sum of Rs. 1,000/- crores for Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected districts. The Minister announced that the Fund will include a State Component for Bihar, the Bundelkhand region, West Ben .....

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..... gal, the Kalahandi, Bolangir and Korapet (KBK) districts of Odisha and the 82 districts under the Integrated Action Plan. DSM/VK/Ombeer/26 (Release ID :92713)
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