Lok Sabha Question No. 2523 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-26
Subject: Integrated Action Plan
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: KAMLA DEVI PATLE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2523 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.12.2018

## INTEGRATED ACTION PLAN

## 2523. SHRIMATI KAMLA DEVI PAATLE

Will the Minister of Planning be pleased to state:

- (a) The  number  and  names  of  the  districts  identified  for  socio-economic  development  under  the Integrated Action Plan (IAP); State- wise/area-wise;
- (b) Whether  any  scheme  is  being  implemented  in  leftwing  extremists  dominated/naxal  affected district under IAP;
- (c) If  so,  the  details  thereof  along with the amount of funds released and utilized for the purpose during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise/district-wise;
- (d) Whether  the  Government  proposes  to  cover  more  districts  including  the  newly  constituted districts of Chhattisgarh which  are dominated  by  leftwing extremists/naxal outfits and Scheduled Castes/Schedule Tribes under the IAP; and
- (e) If so, the State-wise details thereof along with the time by which these are likely to be covered under the said plan?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS

## (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

- (a) Integrated Action Plan (IAP) was launched in 2010-11 for providing public infrastructure and services  in  60  backward  districts,  of  which  51  districts  were  affected  from  Left  Wing Extremism. Later on some more districts were included under the Scheme in phased manner. Since 01.08.2013, the Scheme was re-named as 'Additional Central Assistance (ACA) for LWE affected districts' and extended in 88 districts.  State-wise list of these 88 districts is placed at annexure-I. This Scheme was de-linked from Central Assistance since 2015-16.
- (b) As  stated  above,  IAP  stands  discontinued.  However,  an  alternate  Scheme  'Special  Central Assistance (SCA) for the most LWE affected districts' has been approved by the Government on 27.09.2017 for 3 years from 2017-18 to 2019-20 with an outlay of  3000 crore.
- (c) SCA is a 100%  centrally funded Scheme.    During 2017-18, an amount of Rs. 175 crore was allocated under the Scheme, which was released to States @ Rs. 5.00 crore per district.  During 2018-19,  an  amount  of  Rs.  1000  crore  has  been  allocated,  of  which  600.00  crore  has  been released to the States (as first installment) @ Rs. 20.00 crore per district.

Year-wise and State-wise details of funds released under SCA is as follows:

| S.   | State        | Funds released   | Funds released   | Funds released   |
|------|--------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| No.  |              | 2017-18          | 2018-19          | Total            |
| 1    | AP           | 5.00             | 20.00            | 25.00            |
| 2    | Bihar        | 30.00            | 80.00            | 110.00           |
| 3    | Chhattisgarh | 40.00            | 160.00           | 200.00           |
| 4    | Jharkhand    | 80.00            | 260.00           | 340.00           |
| 5    | Maharashtra  | 5.00             | 20.00            | 25.00            |
| 6    | Odisha       | 10.00            | 40.00            | 50.00            |
| 7    | Telangana    | 5.00             | 20.00            | 25.00            |
|      |              | 175.00           | 600.00           | 775.00           |

- (d) & e) Question of inclusion of more districts under IAP does not arise as the scheme is not in existence.  However,  Government  of  India  in  partnership  with  the  State  Governments  has identified  117  districts  in  India  on  the  basis  of  relatively  slow  progress  in  socio  economic indicators  which  includes  35  districts  affected  by  Left  Wing  Extremism.  These  districts  are called 'Aspirational Districts' and a special intervention has been launched to rapidly transform key socio economic indicators across sectors: Health, nutrition, education, agriculture and water resource management, financial inclusion and skill development and basic infrastructure. The core  strategy  of  the  programme  includes  ranking  of  the  districts on  the  basis  of  their performance in selected key Performance Indicators to enthuse a sense of competition among them in provision of public services. For this initiative, no additional fund has been allotted as the  strategy  envisaged  is  to  bring  more  efficiency  in  existing  schemes  of  Central  and  State Governments  by  bringing  the  requisite  convergence  across  different  sectors.  Under  this initiative, 10 districts of Chhattisgarh have been included. They are: Bastar, Sukma, Dantewada, Rajnandgaon, Kanker, Kondagaon, Bijapur, Narayanpur, Mahasamund and Korba.

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