[India] 'Bihar given largest chunk of Central funds to fight poverty'

from Zee News

New Delhi, Bihar was the biggest beneficiary last fiscal of Central allocation under different poverty alleviation programmes, the Rajya Sabha was informed today.

The Centre allocated Rs 72,020.72 lakh to the state under the Indira Awas Yojana (IAY), Rs 55,724.88 lakh under the Sampoorna Gramin Rozgar Yojana (SGRY) and Rs 12623.79 lakh under the Swarnjayanati Gram Swarozgar Yajana (SGSY) in 2005-06, Minister of State for Rural Development Suryakanta Patil told the House in a reply.

Uttar Pradesh was allocated Rs 32,348.75 lakh under the IAY, Rs 6,281.04 under the SGRY and Rs 18,173.71 lakh under the SGSY during the same period.

The Centre allocated the biggest chunk of Rs 94,042.72 lakh to Uttaranchal under the SGRY.

Roads: States have covered 27,833 zones of 172,787 selected nationwide for coverage under the Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojana, the Minister said in another reply.

Social Assistance: The Centre released a major portion of funds under the National Social Assistance Programme and Annapurna scheme to Uttar Pradesh last fiscal.

The state received Rs 19,851.70 lakh during the period, Patil said. Bihar became the second major beneficiary of Central funding under the schemes by receiving Rs 13,213.06 lakh in 2005-06.

Maharashtra was given Rs 10,234.03 lakh and West Bengal Rs 7,993.56 lakh, the Minister said.