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Centre hikes KBK annual grant to Rs 250cr WEDNESDAY, 11 JULY 2012 23:34 PNS | BHUBANESWAR


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WEDNESDAY, 11 JULY 2012 23:34
PNS | BHUBANESWAR
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The Union Government, in reversal to its earlier decision, has hiked the quantum of the annual grant to Rs 250 crore for the financial year 2012-13 under the Revised Long Term Action Plan (RLTAP) being implemented in the most backward, tribals-dominated Kalahandi-Balangir-Koraput (KBK) region.
The announcement has political significance in the wake of the Presidential polls and the anti-Centre boggy being raised by the ruling BJD Government in the State.
The Planning Commission, in an official communication, informed the State Government regarding the decision to increase the financial assistance on Wednesday. The announcement followed Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s demand before Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Alhuwalia to raise the Central grant for an integrated development of the tribals in the six KBK districts during the finalisation of the State Annual Plan on May 4.
The Chief Minister asked officials of the departments related to the RLATP to prepare revised plan estimates in view of the hike in the Central assistance. In 2008, the UPA Government at the Centre had reduced the assistance for the KBK districts from the earlier Rs 250 crore to Rs 130 crore.
In protest, the State Government launched a parallel scheme in the name of the Biju KBK Yojana.

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