Hyderabad, August 06: The Ministry of Rural Development on Saturday agreed to release Rs 120 crore over the next three years for providing at least one job per household in the LWE districts as part of the Rajiv Education and Employment Mission of AP.
A host of proposals were cleared on Saturday during the visit of Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh to Hyderabad. Among these proposals cleared is the provision of Rs 10 crore from the MPLAD funds for improving the storage facilities in tribal areas of LWE districts of Khammam and Adilabad.
The Centre would assist in setting up a specialised funding mechanism for rural poor SHGs through the SHG federations for addressing their emergency credit requirements.
Paralegal assistance centres will be set up in the eight districts for resolving the six lakh land issued identified in the lands of the rural poor. An amount of Rs 90 crore that is required for this would be provided over a period of three years from the Department of Land resources.
The Nutritional Day Care Centre (NDCC) intervention will be extended to all the LWE districts on a saturation mode with the assistance of the NRLM.
Proposals for establishing the interstate road network in the tri-junction of the state costing Rs 1600 crore will be examined.
The proposal for all-weather connectivity for Category II (7476 KM, Costing Rs 2616 crore) will be considered for funding under the World Bank assisted project as these have not been funded under the PMGSY so far.
The proposal for extending the IAP funding for the LWE districts for another two years will be considered favourably.
A special project will be prepared for improving the infrastructure in the tribal areas so that standards of governance can be improved. SERP will implement a special p9roject for capacity building of SHGs so that their overall performance would improve.
The proposal to book the unskilled work in housing programme for poor under the MGNREG subject o non-violation of the 60:40 wage material ratio.
The Centre will extend support to the implementation of Bhubararathi in Khammam and Adilabad districts.
All Capital Expenditure in MGNREGS like IT and Smart Card related expenses will be exempted from the 6 per cent administration costs.(INN)