RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Sampoorna Gramin Rozgar
Yojana
- 5100 crore rupees provided
for the scheme. The objective of the scheme is to provide additional wage employment in
rural areas as also food security. It envisages distribution of foodgrains @ 5 Kg per
manday to the worker as part of the wages. The programme will be implemented through
District and Block Panchayat and the Village Panchayat.
Swaranjayanti Gram
Swarozgar Yojana
- 1000 crore rupees provided
for the scheme which is a holistic self-employment programme with the objective of
establishing a large number of micro-enterprises in rural areas. Activity clusters and
group approach are the two key components of the programme. At least 50% of the
swarozgaris will be SCs/STs, 40% women and 3% disabled.
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak
Yojana
- 2468 crore rupees provided
for Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana with the objective of providing connectivity to
unconnected rural habitations through good all weather roads.
Rural Housing
- 2500 crore rupees provided
for rural housing for rural poor to be built by themselves.
Urban amenities in Rural Areas
- 1 crore rupees. Token
allocation made for "Provision for Urban amenities in Rural Areas (PURA)".
DRINKING WATER SUPPLY
Accelerated Rural Water
Supply Programme
- 2900 crore rupees provided
to supplement the States in their effort to provide safe drinking water to all rural
habitations.
Rural Sanitation
- 400 crore rupees provided
for rural sanitation is for Total Sanitation Campaign in selected districts to be decided
by the States.
LAND RESOURCES
Integrated Wastelands
Development Programme
- 448 crore rupees provided
for additional 10 lakh hectares to be taken up for development on watershed basis through
people's participation.
Drought Prone Areas Programme
- 300 crore rupees provided
for additional areas covering about 12 lakh hectares.
Desert Development Programme
- 215 crore rupees provided
for an additional area covering 8.50 lakh hectares.
Pradhan Mantri Grameen Jal
Samvardhan Yojana
- 200 crore rupees provided
for Water Conservation.
AGRICULTURE AND COOPERATION
- 350 crore rupees provided for
Crop Insurance Scheme.
- 719.94 crore rupees
provided for Macro-management in agriculture.
- 200 crore rupees provided
for Technology Mission in Horticulture in North Eastern Region, Jammu & Kashmir and
Uttaranchal.
FERTILIZERS
- 117.09 lakh tonnes of
Nitrogenous fertilizer production targeted.
- 49.23 lakh tonnes of
phosphatic fertilizer production targeted.
COAL AND LIGNITE
- 404.19 million tonnes of coal
production targeted.
- 21 million tonnes of
lignite production targeted.
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION AND LITERACY
- 3057 crore rupees provided for
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. It is meant for implementation of universal elementary education in
a mission mode with a clear district focus to provide quality elementary education to
children of the age group of 6-14 years. Special focus will be on girls, children
belonging to SC/ST communities, urban slum dwellers and low female literacy blocks.
- 1675 crore rupees provided
for national programme of Nutritional Support to Primary Education.
- 250 crore rupees provided
for Adult Education.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
- 750 crore rupees provided for
the development and promotion of Information Technology.
HEALTH
- 269 crore rupees provided for
National Vector Borne Disease programme, including Kala-Azar, Japanese Encephalitis,
Filaria and Dengue.
- 232 crore rupees provided
for National AIDS Control Programme.
- 125 crore rupees provided
for Tuberculosis Control Programme.
- 88 crore rupees provided
for Blindness Control Programme.
- 60 crore rupees provided
for National Cancer Control Programme.
- 60 crore rupees provided
for establishment of 6 AIIMS-type Hospitals-cum-teaching centres and upgradation of State
Government Hospitals under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Surakhsa Yojana.
RAILWAYS
- 19680 wagons, 1785 coaches,
228 EMUs, 105 Diesel locos and 86 Electric locos to be added.
- 4000 kilometers of track
renewal.
- 375 route kilometers of
electrification.
- 800 route kilometers of
gauge conversion.
- 230 kilometers new lines to
be added.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
To instal -
- 105 lakh direct exchange
lines by BSNL & MTNL.
AGRO AND RURAL INDUSTRIES
- 164 crore rupees provided for
Prime Minister's Rozgar Yojana to assist educated unemployed youth.
- 248 crore rupees provided
for Rural Employment Generation Programme to generate additional employment in the rural
industries/sector through development of Khadi and Village Industries.
SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES
- 176 crore rupees provided for
Credit Guarantee Fund for SSI to provide collateral free loan to SSI Sector.
STEEL
- 17.72 million tonnes of
production of saleable steel by SAIL, RINL and TISCO targeted.
SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
- 313.24 crore rupees provided
for Post Matric Scholarships for SC students by which about 20.80 lakh students are likely
to benefit during 2004-2005.
- 402 crore rupees provided
towards Special Central Assistance for Special Component Plan by which about 4.50
lakh Scheduled Caste families are likely to benefit during 2004-2005.
NON CONVENTIONAL ENERGY SOURCES
- 4250 villages and hamlets
proposed to be electrified.
- 525 MW power generation
capacity to be added from renewables.
TRIBAL AFFAIRS
- 497 crore rupees provided
towards Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Plan Areas for the benefit of Scheduled
Tribe families.
- 330 crore rupees provided
for creating critical infrastructure in the Tribal Areas to bring them at par with
developed areas.
- 65 crore rupees provided
for Post Matric Scholarships for Scheduled Tribe students by which about 5 lakh students
are likely to be benefited during 2004-05.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- 216 crore rupees provided for
Multi Disciplinary Research in Science and Technology Programme under the Science and
Engineering Research Council (SERC).
SPACE
- 490 crore rupees provided for
Geo-synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) Mark-III Development.
- 430 crore rupees provided
for INSAT operation.
- 125 crore rupees provided
for Radar Imaging Satellite-1
(RISAT-1).
- 70 crore rupees provided
for Indian Lunar Mission - Chandrayaan -1.
SPORTS
