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Centre grants Rs 192 crore for development in Naxal affected areas | Union Home Secretary G K Pillai said on Friday that the Centre has released Rs. 192 crore under various projects to areas disturbed by the Left Wing Extremism (LWE) during last fiscal. Presenting the April month report card of
the Home Ministry, Pillai said the naxal-affected states of Andhra Pradesh, Uttar
Pradesh, Orissa and Bihar were granted approval for the recruitment of 6,666 special
police officers (SPO). During the fiscal 2009-10 Home Minister P Chidambaram visited
naxal affected areas for 12 times. Earlier in the day, addressing the meeting
of MPs of 33 worst LWE affected districts, Chidambaram called for better utilization
of funds, provided by the Centre for development these districts Citing statistics,
Chidambaram said as on April 25 utilization of funds released for these districts
under major development schemes varied from scheme to scheme. The utilization
was 46.23 per cent under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, 62.83 per cent
under the National Rural Health Mission, 72.92 per cent under the Rajiv Gandhi
Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana, 85.81 per cent under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, 80.35
per cent under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 86.37
percent under Drinking Water Supply, 86.70 per cent under Integated Child Development
Services , 71.52 per cent under Indira Awas Yojana, 5.86 per cent for Ashram Schools
and 66.01 per cent under the Forest Rights Act. Chidambaram said there was a need
to improve the financial and physical performance of major developmental schemes
in the worst-affect districts. |
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