Rs. 96 Crore Sanctioned to Maoist Affected States under Special Assistance Scheme in Year 2009-10

An amount of Rs.9561.26 lakhs has been sanctioned in 2009-10 to the maoist affected states including West Bengal under the "Special Assistance Scheme" for the development of such states. Of which, Rs.30 crores has been released as first installment. An amount of Rs.1059.17 lakh has been sanctioned to West Midnapore district of West Bengal and Rs.340 lakh was released by Ministry of Home Affairs in last financial year

In 2008-09, Government of India 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.

Source: Press Information Bureau, Government of India