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  Union Budget 2009-2010  


Highlights of Central Plan 2009-2010

(Rs. in Crore)

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

- 39100 for providing 100 days of wage employment to each rural household opting for it. All the Districts covering rural areas have been brought under NREGA with effect from 1st April, 2008.

Swaranjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana

- 2350 for establishing micro-enterprises in rural areas through activity clusters and group approach. At least 50% of the Swarozgaries will be SCs/STs, 40% women and 3% disabled.

Rural Housing

- 8800 for providing assistance to rural BPL households for construction of houses (and upgradation of Kutcha houses) under Indira Awaas Yojana.

Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana

- 12000 for providing connectivity to eligible unconnected rural habitations through good all-weather roads.

DRINKING WATER SUPPLY

Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme

- 8000 for supplementing the States in their effort to provide safe drinking water to all rural habitations.

Stand-alone Water Purification System in Rural Schools

- 100 for Stand-alone Water Purification Systems in rural schools.

Rural Sanitation

- 1200 for Total Sanitation Campaign.

LAND RESOURCES

Integrated Watershed Management Programme

- 1911 for Integrated Watershed Management Programme.

National Land Records Modernisation Programme

- 400 for Land Records Modernisation.

AGRICULTURE AND COOPERATION

- 1100 for National Horticulture Mission.

- 1350 for National Food Security Mission.

- 950 for Macro Management in Agriculture.

- 430 for Micro Irrigation.

- 644 for National Agricultural Insurance Scheme.

- 320 for Integrated Oilseeds, Oil Palm, Pulses & Maize Development.

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, DAIRYING AND FISHERIES

- 339 for Veterinary Services and Animal Health.

- 136 for Cattle Development.

- 135 for National Fisheries Development Board.

- 75 for a Special package for farming population in 31 suicide prone districts.

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

- 1584 for Agricultural Research and Education.

- 252 for World Bank Aided National Agricultural Innovation Project.

ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS

- 869 for Ecology & Environment and National River Conservation.

- 1011 for Forestry & Wildlife and National Afforestation & Eco-Development.

MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

- 144 for Credit Support Programme to provide Guarantee cover to banks for extending loans to Small/Tiny units without collateral.

- 823 for Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme.

CONSUMER AFFAIRS

- 100 for Consumer Awareness/Consumer Protection.

FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

- 45 for computerisation of PDS operations in all States/Union Territories.

SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY

- 13100 for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan.

- 8000 for National Programme of Mid Day Meals in Schools.

- 1354 for Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan.

- 750 for National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme.

HIGHER EDUCATION

- 4375 for University Grants Commission - includes provision for implementation of the recommendations of Oversight Committee.

- 3902 for Technical Education, including a provision for implementation of the recommendations of Oversight Committee.

- 900 for National Mission in Education through Information and Communication Technology.

WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

- 6705 for Integrated Child Development Services.

- 60 for Integrated Child Protection Scheme.

- 100 for Rajiv Gandhi National Creche Scheme.

- 110 for Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls.

- 59 for Relief to and Rehabilitation of Rape Victims.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

- 600 for establishing National Knowledge Network.

- 900 for e-Governance programme.

- 550 for National Informatics Centre to improve infrastructure.

- 125 for Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) for undertaking R&D.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

- 26 for OFC based Network for Defence Services.

- 300 for C-DOT.

- 61 for Undersea Cabling between Mainland and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

HEALTH

- 13930 for National Rural Health Mission.

- 4447 for Health Sector.

AYUSH

- 92 for development of Ayurveda system

- 52 for development of Homeopathy system.

- 42 for development of Unani system

- 22 for development of Yoga and Naturopathy system.

- 197 for National Rural Health Mission.

- 50 for National Mission on Medicinal Plants.

HIGHWAYS

- 600 for development of National Highways under Border Road Organisation.

- 1200 for Special Accelerated Road Development Project in the North Eastern Region.

- 700 for Special Programme for development of road connectivity (NH & State Roads) in Naxal affected areas.

- 8578 for National Highway Development Programme in Golden Quadrilateral and North-South, East-West corridors, etc.

- 230 for Inter-State and Economically Important Roads in different States and UTs.

- 252 for Development of Road Transport.

POWER

- 7000 for Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana.

- 1730 for Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme.

TEXTILES

- 3140 for Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme.

- 397 for Integrated Textile Park.

- 340 for Handloom Schemes.

- 220 for Handicrafts schemes.

SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

- 480 towards Special Central Assistance for Scheduled Castes Component Plan to benefit about 6 lakh beneficiaries.

- 750 for Post Matric Scholarships for SC students to benefit about 38 lakh students.

- 100 For Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana

TRIBAL AFFAIRS

- 273 for Post Matric Scholarships for Scheduled Tribes students.

DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION

- 60 for North Eastern Development Finance Corporation.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

- 535 for Multi-Disciplinary Research in frontier areas.

- 130 for National Mission on Nano-Science and Nano-Technology.

- 96 for Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Research.

BIOTECHNOLOGY

- 341 for Research & Development.

- 279 for Autonomous R & D Institutions.

- 45 for Excellence & Innovation Programmes.

SPACE

- 495 for PSLV & GSLV.

- 382 for INSAT System.

- 270 for Navigational Satellite System.

- 230 for Manned Mission Initiatives/Human Space Flight Programme.

- 217 for Geo-synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) Mark-III Development.

- 155 for Semi-cryogenic Engine Development.

- 90 for Indian Lunar Mission Chandrayaan- 1&2.

EARTH SCIENCES

- 94 for establishment of 3rd permanent station in Antarctica and launching of southern ocean expeditions, etc.

- 50 for strengthening the R&D activities for harnessing the resources from the sea.

- 60 for strengthening basic atmospheric research activities to improve weather forecasting services.

- 172 for strengthening Communication, Observation, Cyclone Warning, Aviation Services, etc.

SPORTS

- 2000 for development of Infrastructure, preparation of teams for holding Commonwealth Games, 2010.

- 160 for Panchayat Yuva Krida aur Khel Abhiyan.

CULTURE

- 111 Archaeology.

- 25 for Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts.

- 19 for setting up of Science Cities.

CHEMICALS AND PETRO-CHEMICALS

- 150 for establishment of a Petrochemical Gas Cracker Project at Lepetkata, Dibrugarh (Assam).

DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICALS

- 50 for establishment of 6 new National Institutes of Pharmaceuticals Education and Research.

PANCHAYATI RAJ

- 45 for Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Yojana.

- 10 for Panchayat Empowerment and Accountability.

- 23 for e-Panchayats Plan.

HEAVY INDUSTRY

- 180 for setting up of a State of art automotive testing and homologation facilities in India.

(Physical Targets)

FERTILISERS

- 120.85 lakh tonnes of Nitrogenous fertiliser production targeted.

- 41.31 lakh tonnes of Phosphatic fertiliser production targeted.

COAL AND LIGNITE

- 534.33 million tonnes of domestic availability of coal has been assessed.

- 23.60 million tonnes of lignite production targeted.

STEEL

- 14.83 million tonnes of saleable steel production by Steel Authority of India Ltd., and Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd., targeted.

- 23.60 million tonnes of Iron Ore production by National Mineral Development Corporation Limited targeted.

RAILWAYS

- 18000 Rolling stock wagons; 4590 coaches;500 locos to be added.

- 3500 kilometers of track renewal; 1000 route kilometres of electrification; 1300 route kilometres of gauge conversion.

- 250 kilometers of new lines to be added; 700 kilometers doubling of lines targeted.

POSTS

- 5100 Post Offices targeted for computerisation/ networking.

- 150 Mail Business Centres to be set up.

- 50 Sub Post Offices to be opened.

- 500 Post Offices to be modernized under 'Project Arrow'.

- 100 Financial Marts to be set up.

NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

- 2678 MW Grid-Interactive Power Capacity addition targeted.

- 1500 remote villages/hamlets targeted for electricity/lighting facility through SPV/other RE systems and devices, including DRPS.

                                                  - 25000 Solar cookers.

 

 

 

 

 



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