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Budget Highlights 2014-15

17th February 2014

Government restructured the Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSSs) from BE 2014-15 (Plan). Accordingly, 126 CSSs have been restructured in 66 schemes which include 17 flagship programmes. In BE 2014-15, funds have been provided under these schemes as Additional Central Assistance to State Plan. A much higher allocation of Rs.3,38,562 crore in State Plan 2014-15 against BE 2014-15 of Rs.1,36,254 crore in BE 2013-14 reflects this change.

Rural Development :

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Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme: 34000 for providing a legal guarantee of 100 days of wage employment in a financial year to rural households.
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Aajeevika (National Rural Livelihood Mission):  4000 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.
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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
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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.
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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 :

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National Rural Drinking Water Programme: 11000 for supplementing the States in their effort to provide safe and adequate drinking water to all rural habitations.
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Rural Sanitation: 4260 for rural sanitation.

Land Resources :

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3500 for Integrated Watershed Management Programme.

Agriculture and Cooperation :

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9864 for Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (State Plan).
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2200 for National Food Security Mission.
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2200 for Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture.
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1898 for National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture.

Environment and Forests :

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665 for Ecology and Environment and National River Conservation.

School Education And Literacy :

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27635 for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
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13152 for National Programme of Mid Day Meals in Schools.
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4965 for Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan.

Higher Education :

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2200 for Rashtriya Uchha Shiksha Abhiyan.

Women and Child Development :

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18691 for Integrated Child Development Services.
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725 for Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls (SABLA).
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715 for National Mission for Empowerment of Women including Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana and SAAHAS.
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400 for Integrated Child Protection Scheme.

Information Technology :

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800 for National e-Governance Action Plan.

Urban Development :

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7060 for the scheme of JnNURM.

Textiles :

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292 for National Handloom Development Programme.

Social Justice and Empowerment :

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2348 for scheme for development of Scheduled Castes

Tribal Affairs :  

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2517 for Block Grants.

Development of North Eastern Region :

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950 for Non Lapsable Central Pool of Resources

Minority Affairs :

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1242 for Multi-Sectoral Development Programmes

Panchayati Raj :

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1006 for Rajiv Gandhi Panchayat Sashaktikaran Abhiyan.

Fertilisers :

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133.68 lakh MT of Nitrogenous Fertiliser production targeted
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49.49 lakh MT of Phosphatic Fertiliser production targeted.

Coal and Lignite: 

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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.
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25.60 million tones of Lignite production estimated during 2014-15

Steel :
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29.00 million tonnes of Iron ore production targeted by National Mineral Development Corporation Ltd.
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17.95 million tonnes of saleable steel production by Steel Authority of India Ltd. and Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd.targeted.

New And Renewable Energy : 
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4500 MW Grid-interactive Power capacity addition from wind,small hydro, biomass power/cogeneration, urban and industrial waste to energy and solar power.
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1.20 lakh - construction of family type Biogas plants.

Source: indiabudget.nic.in