Arunachal Pradesh Receives Rs 154.14 Crore Central Fund

New Delhi: Arunachal Pradesh has received the second highest Central fund for Border Area Development Project after Jammu & Kashmir.

Arunachal Pradesh has received a sum of Rs 154.14 crore. Official statistics in possession of The Sentinel said that a total of Rs 1,100.00 crore Central funds have been released to all the 17 States that share its border with foreign countries during 2017-18.

The Centre is implementing the Border Area Development Programme (BADP) through the State Governments, in 396 border blocks of 111 border districts in 17 States including Arunachal Pradesh.

“It (BADP) was a major intervention to meet the developmental needs, and well being of the people living near the international border,”the official in the Home Ministry said.

The Programme was a 100 percent centrally sponsored gap filling programme till 2015-16. However, from 2016-17, on the recommendations of the sub-group of Chief Ministers, it has been classified as a core Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) and is now part of the National Development Agenda.

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