The Pioneer 27.08.2010
Govt okays Rs 230.54 crore under district plan scheme
Pioneer News Service | Chandigarh
The Haryana Government has approved an allocation of Rs 230.54 crore under District Plan Scheme for the year 2010-11. Out of this, Rs 80 crore has been kept for Scheduled Castes components which are 34.7 per cent of it. While stating this here on Thursday, a spokesman of Haryana Economic and Statistical Analysis Department said the scheme was introduced in Haryana in the year 2008-09, with the provision of Rs 100.62 crore.
He added that under the scheme, funds were being allocated on the basis of certain prescribed criteria pertaining to total population, Scheduled Castes population, and number of villages, literacy gap and rural or urban aspects of a district. The funds were released to deputy commissioners for execution of development works.
