Government Plans to Evolve New Criteria for Determining Backwardness

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....overnment Plans to Evolve New Criteria for Determining Backwardness <br>Budget<br>Dated:- 28-2-2013<br><BR>Government feels that human development indicators should be taken into consideration to dete....

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....rmine 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 t....

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....hem 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 well....

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.... 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 Beng....

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....al, 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)<BR> News - Press release - PIB....