(i) Every district receives a fixed minimum amount of Rs.10 crore per annum.
(ii) 50% of the balance allocation under the Scheme is allocated on the basis of the share of the population of the district in the total population of all backward districts.
(iii) The remaining 50% is distributed on the basis of the share of the area of the district in the total area of all backward districts.
The Backward Regions Grant Fund (BRGF) being implemented in 272 identified backward districts in 27 States of the country is designed to redress regional imbalances in development by providing untied funds to Local Bodies through the State Governments for supplementing and converging existing developmental inflows to meet critical and other infrastructure gaps. The Development Grants under the BRGF are utilised in implementing works/ activities included in the Action Plan which are prepared by the Panchayati Raj Institutions in participatory decentralized mode, consolidated by the District Planning Committees and received through the State Governments.
This information was given by the Minister of Panchayati Raj Shri V. Kishore Chandra Deo in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today on 7.12.12
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