Sampoorna Gramin Rozgar Yojana

4900 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

800 crore rupees provided for Swaranjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana 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 SC/ST, 40% women and 3% disabled.

Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana

2325 crore rupees provided for Pradhan Mandri Gram Sadak Yojana with the objective of providing connectivity to unconnected rural habitations through good all weather roads.

Rural Housing

1900 crore rupees provided for rural housing for rural poor to be built by themselves.

Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme

2585 crore rupees provided to supplement the States in their effort to provide safe drinking water to all rural habitations.

Rural Sanitation

165 crore rupees provided for rural sanitation is for Tribal Sanitation Campaign in selected districts to be decided by the States.

Integrated Wastelands Development Programme

401 crore rupees provided for additional 11 lakh hectares to be taken up for development on watershed basis through people’s participation.

Drought Prone Areas Programme

295 crore rupees provided for additional areas covering about 13 lakh hectares.

Desert Development Programme

215 crore rupees provided for an additional area covering 8.50 lakh hectares.

315 crore rupees provided for Crop Insurance Scheme.

700 crore rupees provided for Macro-management in agriculture.

82 crore rupees provided for On-farm Water Management Scheme.

134 crore rupees provided for Technology Mission in Horticulture in North Eastern Region, Jammu & Kashmir and Uttaranchal.

116.15 lakh tonnes of Nitrogenous fertilizer production targeted.

48.19 lakh tonnes of phosphatic fertilizer production targeted.

350.05 million tonnes of coal production targeted.

20.90 million tonnes of lignite production targeted.

1951 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.

1175 crore rupees provided for national programme of nutritional support to Primary Education.

1200 crore rupees provided for District Primary Education Project.

233 crore rupees provided for Adult Education.

470 crore rupees provided for the development and promotion of Information Technology.

245 crore rupees provided for National Malaria Eradication programme, including Kala-Azar.

74 crore rupees provided for National Leprosy Control Programme.

225 crore rupees provided for National AIDS control Programme.

115 crore rupees provided for Tuberculosis Control Programme.

86 crore rupees provided for Blindness Control Programme.

55 crore rupees provided for National Cancer Control Programme.

1993 crore rupees provided for investment in National Highway Authority of India which has been entrusted with the construction of "Golden Quadrilateral" and North-South and East-West corridors.

100 crore rupees provided for roads of economic and Inter-State importance.

545.55 billion units generation targeted.

24000 villages to be electrified.

20050 wagons, 1760 coaches, 274 EMUs, 85 Diesel locos and 69 Electric locos to be added.

3850 kilometers of track renewal.

350 route kilometers of electrification.

775 route kilometers of gauge conversion.

225 kilometers new lines to be added.

340 route kilometers of doubling.

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64.11 lakh direct exchange lines by BSNL & MTNL, including WLL and cellular connections.

69.00 lakh switching capacity by BSNL & MTNL.

11.08 lakh lines of Trunk Automatic Exchange capacity by BSNL & MTNL.

55,000 route kilometers of Optical Fibre Cable Net work.

152 crore rupees provided for Prime Minister’s Rozgar Yojana to assist educated unemployed youth.

191 crore rupees provided for Rural Employment Generation Programme to generate additional employment in the rural industries/sector through development of Khadi and Village Industries.

17.61 million tonnes of production of saleable steel by SAIL, RINL and TISCO targeted.

260 crore rupees provided for Post Matric Scholarships for SC students by which about 19.26 lakh students are likely to benefit during 2003-2004.

377 crore rupees provided towards Special Central Assistance for Special Component Plan by which about 3.77 lakh Scheduled Caste families are likely to benefit during 2003-2004.

1000 villages proposed to be electrified.

40,000 Solar cookers to be installed in remote and far flung areas.

478.5 MW power generation capacity to be added from renewables.

497 crore rupees provided towards Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Plan Areas for the benefit of Scheduled Tribe families.

300 crore rupees provided for creating critical infrastructure in the Tribal Areas to bring them at par with developed areas.

56 crore rupees provided for Post Matric Scholarships for Scheduled Tribe students by which about 4.5 lakh students are likely to be benefited during 2003-04.

172.80 crore rupees provided for Credit Guarantee Fund for SSI to provide collateral free loan to SSI Sector.

880 crore rupees provided for Mass Rapid Transport System (MRTS) in Delhi.

215 crore rupees provided for Multi Disciplinary Research in Science and Technology Programme under the Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC).

150 crore rupees is provided for creation of a Pharmaceutical R&D Support Fund.

To open -

900 Panchayat Sanchar Sewa Kendras

200 Branch Post Offices.