India Interim Budget Glance Highlights of Plan 2014-2015

Highlights of Plan 2014-2015

-34000

for providing a legal guarantee of 100 days of wage employment in a financial year to every rura household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. All the districts covering rural areas have been brought under NREGA with effect from 01.04.2008.

Aajeevika

-4000

for reducing poverty by enabling the poor households to access gainful self-employment and skilled wage employment opportunities. Aajeevika would ensure adequate coverage of vulnerable sections of the society including SCs/STs, women, minorities and persons with disabilities.

Rural Housing

-16000

for providing assistance to rural BPL households for construction of houses and upgradation of kutcha houses under Indira Awaas Yojana. 60% of the total allocation is for construction of houses for BPL families of SCs/STs.

Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana

-13000

for providing connectivity to eligible unconnected rural habitations through good all-weather roads. The systematic upgradation of existing rural roads is also an essential component of the scheme.

National Social Assistance Programme

-10635

for ensuring minimum national standard for social assistance to poor in addition to the benefits that States are providing.

DRINKING WATER SUPPLY

-11000

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

-4260

for rural sanitation.

LAND RESOURCES

-3500

for Integrated Watershed Management Programme.

AGRICULTURE AND COOPERATION

-9864

for Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (State Plan).

-2200

for National Food Security Mission.11

-2200

for Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture.

-1898

for National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture.

ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS

-665

for Ecology and Environment and National River Conservation.

SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY

-27635

for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

-13152

for National Programme of Mid Day Meals in Schools.

-4965

for Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan.

HIGHER EDUCATION

-2200

for Rashtriya Uchha Shiksha Abhiyan.

WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

-18691

for Integrated Child Development Services.

-725

for Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls.

-715

for National Mission for Empowerment of Women including Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana and SAAHAS.

-400

for Integrated Child Protection Scheme.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

-800

for National e-Governance Action Plan.

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

-7060

for the scheme of JnNURM.

TEXTILES

-292

for National Handloom Development Programme.

SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

-2348

for scheme for development of Scheduled Castes.

TRIBAL AFFAIRS

-2517

for Block Grants.

DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION

-950

for Non Lapsable Central Pool of Resources.

MINORITY AFFAIRS

-1242

for Multi-Sectoral Development Programmes.

PANCHAYATI RAJ

-1006

for Rajiv Gandhi Panchayat Sashaktikaran Abhiyan.
(Physical Targets)

FERTILISERS

-133.68

lakh MT of Nitrogenous Fertiliser production targeted.

-49.49

lakh MT of Phosphatic Fertiliser production targeted.

COAL AND LIGNITE

-638

million tones of domestic production of Coal has been estimated during 2014-15, which is projected to be met from Coal India Limited and others.

-25.60

million tones of Lignite production estimated during

2014-15.

STEEL

-29.00

million tonnes of Iron ore production targeted by National Mineral Development Corporation Ltd.

-17.95

million tones of saleable steel production by Steel Authority of India Ltd. and Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd. targeted.

NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

-4500

MW Grid-interactive Power capacity addition from wind, small hydro, biomass power/cogeneration, urban and industrial waste to energy and solar power.

-1.20

lakh - construction of family type Biogas plants