| Highlights of Central Plan 2004-2005 |
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| RURAL
DEVELOPMENT
RURAL DEVELOPMENT Sampoorna Gramin Rozgar Yojana - 5100 crore rupees provided for the scheme. The objective of the scheme is to provide additional wage employment in rural areas as also food security. It envisages distribution of foodgrains @ 5 Kg per manday to the worker as part of the wages. The programme will be implemented through District and Block Panchayat and the Village Panchayat. Swaranjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana - 1000 crore rupees provided for the scheme which is a holistic self-employment programme with the objective of establishing a large number of micro-enterprises in rural areas. Activity clusters and group approach are the two key components of the programme. At least 50% of the swarozgaris will be SCs/STs, 40% women and 3% disabled. Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana - 2468 crore rupees provided for Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana with the objective of providing connectivity to unconnected rural habitations through good all weather roads. Rural Housing - 2500 crore rupees provided for rural housing for rural poor to be built by themselves. Urban amenities in Rural Areas - 1 crore rupees. Token allocation made for "Provision for Urban amenities in Rural Areas (PURA)". DRINKING WATER SUPPLY Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme - 2900 crore rupees provided to supplement the States in their effort to provide safe drinking water to all rural habitations. Rural Sanitation - 400 crore rupees provided for rural sanitation is for Total Sanitation Campaign in selected districts to be decided by the States. LAND RESOURCES Integrated Wastelands Development Programme - 448 crore rupees provided for additional 10 lakh hectares to be taken up for development on watershed basis through people's participation. Drought Prone Areas Programme - 300 crore rupees provided for additional areas covering about 12 lakh hectares. Desert Development Programme - 215 crore rupees provided for an additional area covering 8.50 lakh hectares. Pradhan Mantri Grameen Jal Samvardhan Yojana - 200 crore rupees provided for Water Conservation. AGRICULTURE AND COOPERATION - 350 crore rupees provided for Crop Insurance Scheme. - 719.94 crore rupees provided for Macro-management in agriculture. - 200 crore rupees provided for Technology Mission in Horticulture in North Eastern Region, Jammu & Kashmir and Uttaranchal. FERTILIZERS - 117.09 lakh tonnes of Nitrogenous fertilizer production targeted. - 49.23 lakh tonnes of phosphatic fertilizer production targeted. COAL AND LIGNITE - 404.19 million tonnes of coal production targeted. - 21 million tonnes of lignite production targeted. ELEMENTARY EDUCATION AND LITERACY - 3057 crore rupees provided for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. It is meant for implementation of universal elementary education in a mission mode with a clear district focus to provide quality elementary education to children of the age group of 6-14 years. Special focus will be on girls, children belonging to SC/ST communities, urban slum dwellers and low female literacy blocks. - 1675 crore rupees provided for national programme of Nutritional Support to Primary Education. - 250 crore rupees provided for Adult Education. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 750 crore rupees provided for the development and promotion of Information Technology. HEALTH - 269 crore rupees provided for National Vector Borne Disease programme, including Kala-Azar, Japanese Encephalitis, Filaria and Dengue. - 232 crore rupees provided for National AIDS Control Programme. - 125 crore rupees provided for Tuberculosis Control Programme. - 88 crore rupees provided for Blindness Control Programme. - 60 crore rupees provided for National Cancer Control Programme. - 60 crore rupees provided for establishment of 6 AIIMS-type Hospitals-cum-teaching centres and upgradation of State Government Hospitals under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Surakhsa Yojana. RAILWAYS - 19680 wagons, 1785 coaches, 228 EMUs, 105 Diesel locos and 86 Electric locos to be added. - 4000 kilometers of track renewal. - 375 route kilometers of electrification. - 800 route kilometers of gauge conversion. - 230 kilometers new lines to be added. TELECOMMUNICATIONS To instal - - 105 lakh direct exchange lines by BSNL & MTNL. AGRO AND RURAL INDUSTRIES - 164 crore rupees provided for Prime Minister's Rozgar Yojana to assist educated unemployed youth. - 248 crore rupees provided for Rural Employment Generation Programme to generate additional employment in the rural industries/sector through development of Khadi and Village Industries. SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES - 176 crore rupees provided for Credit Guarantee Fund for SSI to provide collateral free loan to SSI Sector. STEEL - 17.72 million tonnes of production of saleable steel by SAIL, RINL and TISCO targeted. SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT - 313.24 crore rupees provided for Post Matric Scholarships for SC students by which about 20.80 lakh students are likely to benefit during 2004-2005. - 402 crore rupees provided
towards Special Central Assistance for Special Component Plan by which about 4.50 NON CONVENTIONAL ENERGY SOURCES - 4250 villages and hamlets proposed to be electrified. - 525 MW power generation capacity to be added from renewables. TRIBAL AFFAIRS - 497 crore rupees provided towards Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Plan Areas for the benefit of Scheduled Tribe families. - 330 crore rupees provided for creating critical infrastructure in the Tribal Areas to bring them at par with developed areas. - 65 crore rupees provided for Post Matric Scholarships for Scheduled Tribe students by which about 5 lakh students are likely to be benefited during 2004-05. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - 216 crore rupees provided for Multi Disciplinary Research in Science and Technology Programme under the Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC). SPACE - 490 crore rupees provided for Geo-synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) Mark-III Development. - 430 crore rupees provided for INSAT operation. - 125 crore rupees provided
for Radar Imaging Satellite-1 - 70 crore rupees provided for Indian Lunar Mission - Chandrayaan -1. SPORTS - 126.34 crore rupees provided for Sports Authority of India. |
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