Lok Sabha Question No. 4450 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-23
Subject: Migration from Border Villages
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Pushpendra Singh Chandel, Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4450

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 23 RD      MARCH, 2021/ CHAITRA 2, 1943 (SAKA) MIGRATION FROM BORDER VILLAGES

†4450.  SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL: SHRIMATI MALA RAJYA LAXMI SHAH:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  taken  note  of  migration  of  people  from the  villages  located  along  the  borders  in  bordering  States  of  the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of the migration that took place during the last twenty years from these States;
- (d) whether the Government has taken any initiatives to rehabilitate these completely abandoned villages or to promote new settlements with the cooperation of the States in these areas;
- (e) if so, the details thereof including Uttarakhand, State-wise; and
- (f) the details of the funds spent by the Government, State-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI NITYANAND RAI)

- (a)  to  (c)  :    As  per  available  information  migration  data  is not compiled at village level.

(d) to (f) : Border Area Development Programme(BADP) is implemented as a Core Centrally Sponsored Scheme  to provide essential infrastructure facilities,  improved  connectivity and sustainable livelihood opportunities to the  people  living  in  remote  and  inaccessible  areas  situated  near  the International  Boundary.  BADP  aims  to  encourage  people  to  stay  on  in  the border areas.

## L.S.US.Q NO. 4450 FOR 23.03.2021

Presently, this programme  covers  16 States and 2 UTs  having international land borders.

Under BADP, fund is provided to the State Governments/UTs, ordinarily to be used for meeting the critical gaps in basic infrastructure, which are not getting covered under any regular scheme of any development Ministry.

Details  of  funds  allocated  and  released  to  States/UTs  during  the Financial Years 2017-18 to 2019-20 under BADP is Annexed.

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Annexure L.S.US.Q NO. 4450 FOR 23.03.2021

Details of allocation and fund released during the last 3 years

(In  Rupees Crore)

| Sl. No.   | Name of State            | 2017-18    | 2017-18   | 2018-19    | 2018-19   | 2019-20    | 2019-20   | Total      | Total   |
|-----------|--------------------------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|---------|
| Sl. No.   | Name of State            | Allocation | Release   | Allocation | Release   | Allocation | Release   | Allocation | Release |
| 1         | Arunachal Pradesh        | 154.14     | 154.14    | 80.87      | 80.87     | 42.15      | 42.15     | 277.16     | 277.16  |
| 2         | Assam                    | 56.00      | 56.00     | 49.50      | 49.50     | 63.30      | 63.30     | 168.80     | 168.80  |
| 3         | Bihar                    | 46.00      | 46.00     | 32.20      | 32.20     | 51.09      | 51.09     | 129.29     | 129.29  |
| 4         | Gujarat                  | 31.72      | 31.72     | 56.23      | 56.23     | 14.00      | 14.00     | 101.95     | 101.95  |
| 5         | Himachal Pradesh         | 35.00      | 35.00     | 25.95      | 25.95     | 27.50      | 27.50     | 88.45      | 88.45   |
| 6         | UT of J&K + UT of Ladakh | 198.89     | 198.89    | 84.00      | 84.00     | 114.37     | 114.37    | 397.26     | 397.26  |
| 7         | Manipur                  | 27.56      | 27.56     | 20.34      | 20.34     | 14.93      | 14.93     | 62.83      | 62.83   |
| 8         | Meghalaya                | 36.56      | 36.56     | 22.69      | 22.69     | 45.39      | 45.39     | 104.64     | 104.64  |
| 9         | Mizoram                  | 46.00      | 46.00     | 32.20      | 32.20     | 55.93      | 55.93     | 134.13     | 134.13  |
| 10        | Nagaland                 | 40.04      | 40.04     | 33.96      | 33.96     | 24.84      | 24.84     | 98.84      | 98.84   |
| 11        | Punjab                   | 28.00      | 28.00     | 33.08      | 33.08     | 24.72      | 24.72     | 85.80      | 85.80   |
| 12        | Rajasthan                | 116.00     | 116.00    | 81.20      | 81.20     | 38.53      | 38.53     | 235.73     | 235.73  |
| 13        | Sikkim                   | 28.01      | 28.01     | 27.50      | 27.50     | 53.00      | 53.00     | 108.51     | 108.51  |
| 14        | Tripura                  | 65.07      | 65.07     | 49.70      | 49.70     | 44.64      | 44.64     | 159.41     | 159.41  |
| 15        | Uttar Pradesh            | 38.00      | 38.00     | 26.60      | 26.60     | 51.41      | 51.41     | 116.01     | 116.01  |
| 16        | Uttarakhand              | 31.00      | 31.00     | 29.20      | 29.20     | 43.60      | 43.60     | 103.80     | 103.80  |
| 17        | West Bengal              | 122.00     | 122.00    | 85.40      | 85.40     | 115.22     | 115.22    | 322.62     | 322.62  |
|           | Total                    | 1100.00    | 1100.00   | 770.62     | 770.62    | 824.59     | 824.59    | 2695.21    | 2695.21 |

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