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<h1>Government to Revise Criteria for Regional Backwardness, Focus on Human Development Indicators in Fund Allocation.</h1> The government plans to revise criteria for determining regional backwardness by incorporating human development indicators such as per capita income into future planning and fund allocation. During the 2013-14 budget presentation, the Finance Minister proposed allocating Rs. 11,500 crores to the Backward Regions Grant Fund, a key source of gap funding, and an additional Rs. 1,000 crores for districts affected by Left Wing Extremism. The Fund will include a State Component for regions such as Bihar, Bundelkhand, West Bengal, the KBK districts of Odisha, and 82 districts under the Integrated Action Plan.