Wednesday, August 23, 2006

'Bihar given largest chunk of Central funds to fight poverty'

New Delhi, Aug 23: Bihar was the biggest beneficiary last fiscal of Central allocation under different poverty alleviation programmes, the Rajya Sabha was informed today. The Centre allocated Rs 72,020.72 lakh to the state under the Indira Awas Yojana (IAY), Rs 55,724.88 lakh under the Sampoorna Gramin Rozgar Yojana (SGRY) and Rs 12623.79 lakh under the Swarnjayanati Gram Swarozgar Yajana (SGSY) in 2005-06, Minister of State for Rural Development Suryakanta Patil told the House in a reply.

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