Centre sanctions Rs 96 crore special assistance to Maoist-affected states
New Delhi: Union Government has sanctioned Rs. 96 crore to the Maoist-affected states under the Special Assistance Scheme” this year. Home Ministry, said of the Rs. 96 crore, Rs.30 crore has been released as first instalment. According
to Union Home Ministry, an amount of Rs.9561.26 lakhs has been sanctioned in 2009-10
to the Maoist affected states including West Bengal . An amount of Rs.1059.17
lakh has been sanctioned to West Bengal ’s West Midnapore District. Rs.340 lakh
was released by the Home Ministry in last fiscal. In 2008-09, the Union Government
started a new scheme for Special Infrastructure in Left Wing Extremism affected
States with an outlay of Rs.500 crore during eleventh plan. The scheme is aimed
at filing critical infrastructure gaps not covered under normal schemes of the
Central Government. An amount of Rs.9999.92 lakh has been released to the States
of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra
, Uttar Pradesh and Orissa during 2008-09.
