AGENDA ITEM NO.

VII

DRDA Administration Scheme

1. Introduction

The District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) is the principal organ at the
District level to oversee the implementation of different anti-poverty programmes of
the Ministry of Rural Development. The ‘DRDA Administration’ is a scheme for
meeting administrative expenses comprising Salary and contingency expenditure of
DRDA establishments. Funding under this Scheme is shared between the Centre and
the States in the ratio of 75:25.

2. Central Allocation and release under DRDA Administration Scheme

during 2007-08 and 2008-09.

• During the year 2007-08 out of the budgeted allocation of Rs. 212.00 crore
(including Rs. 25.00 lakh under Conference & Seminars), a sum of Rs.249.75 crore
was released to the DRDAs for meeting their salary and contingency expenses.
Allocation has been increased from 212.00 crore to 250.00 crore by way of re-
appropriation at the time of third and final supplementary grants. State-wise details
given at Annexure-I along with statement showing the DRDA-wise position who
have not received 2nd instalment during 2007-08 under DRDA Administration
Scheme.

• During the current financial year i.e. 2008-2009, the total Budget Allocation is
Rs.250.00 crore (including Rs. 7.00 crore has been kept for release of 2nd instalment
for construction of DRDA office buildings and contingency expenses), out of which
Rs.34.57 crore has been released as Central share as part payment of 1st instalment to
eligible DRDAs up to 03.04.2008 .as per State-wise details given at Annexure-II.

3. Restructuring of DRDA Administration Scheme

During discussions regarding Annual Plan proposals of Department of

Rural Development for the year 2008-09, the Planning Commission has
suggested a total revamping of the structure of the DRDA to convert it into a
professional and support structure to manage the programmes of MoRD at
the District–level for the preparation of local anti-poverty plans. The
Member, Planning Commission felt that the Scheme could not continue in its
present form. He suggested that it may be restructured, to provide support to
DPCs or else, it will have to be transferred to the Non-plan side. It was
intimated that the issue had been discussed at length and most states were not
in favour of change in the scheme. After discussion, it was agreed that the
overall structure of program monitoring and fund transfer at the district level
will be re-examined and the role of DRDAs and DPCs will be reviewed. In
view of the above, it was felt to constitute a Task Force under the

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chairmanship of Joint Secretary (SGSY) comprising of selected State
representatives, Planning Commission, Project Directors of DRDAs, CAPART
and NIRD etc. to make recommendations for strengthening and
professionalising the DRDAs. The recommendations of the Task Force are
placed at Annexure-III.

4. Organizational structure and Personnel Policy of the DRDAs

As per the Personnel Policy of the DRDAs elaborated in the Guidelines of the
‘DRDA Administration’ Scheme, the Project Directors, Project Officers, APOs and all
technical posts are to be manned by officers with proven capability and motivation
that are selected in an objective manner by specific selection Committees. In the
selection of Project Directors and APOs, emphasis should be on selecting officers of
young age. Indicatively, the PDs and APO should not be more than 40-45 years of
age, and in any case not more than 50 years of age. The Project Directors, APOs and
other technical staff must have a minimum tenure of 2-3 years and only under
exceptional circumstances can they be shifted that too after recording the specific
reasons in writing.

In order to make the DRDA a professional body, the Guidelines of the

‘DRDA Administration’ Scheme also state that the officials and staff of DRDAs
should be constantly trained in the general field of management of rural areas and
poverty. The personnel to be posted to the DRDA should be given a pre-service
training to orient them suitably to their tasks. There should also be a system of an
annual in-service training. However, it appears that the guidelines with respect to
the personnel policy of the DRDAs are not strictly followed. Also a large number of
vacancies exist in the DRDAs. A State-wise status of the staffing position under the
DRDAs for the States/UTs under review is given at Annexure-IV. The State
Secretaries should give their personal attention to this matter and take action on
priority for filling up the vacant posts with competent staff either through
deputation or through contractual engagement immediately. An action plan be
prepared with fixed timeframe to train all the DRDA officials to enable the DRDAs
to function efficiently and effectively.

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 ANNEXURE-I

State-wise Central Allocation and Release under DRDA

Administration Scheme during 2007-2008.

(As on 31.03.2008) (Rs. in Lakh)

Sl. States/Uts Allocation Total
No. (Budgeted) Release
*
1 Andhra Pradesh 917.73 1176.06
2 Bihar 1532.11 1202.61
3 Chhatisgarh 575.33 503.57
4 Goa 65.92 117.39
5 Gujarat 920.92 1097.92
6 Haryana 666.20 771.30
7 Himachal Pradesh 400.61 538.40
8 Jammu & Kashmir 510.06 408.37
9 Jharkhand 818.53 771.75
10 Karnataka 917.70 965.57
11 Kerala 543.98 601.08
0 Madhya Pradesh 1658.79 2200.68
13 Maharashtra 1267.81 1400.49
14 Orissa 1136.60 1855.77
15 Punjab 623.32 682.92
16 Rajasthan 1120.58 1428.81
17 Tamil Nadu 1167.33 1533.27
18 Uttar Pradesh 2726.32 3094.89
19 Uttaranchal 463.34 504.00
20 West Bengal 776.93 805.57
21 A & N Isaland 78.50 39.24
22 D & N Haveli 39.25 0.00
23 Daman & Diu 39.25 19.62
24 Lakshadweep 39.25 19.62
25 Pondicherry 48.64 62.57
Sub Total 19055.00 21801.47
NORTH EAST STATES
1 Arunachal Pradesh 385.23 627.18
2 Assam 740.14 1245.61
3 Meghalaya 176.46 227.69
4 Manipur 216.72 263.04
5 Nagaland 273.39 336.29
6 Mizoram 182.92 259.94
7 Sikkim 28.33 67.38
8 Tripura 116.81 146.40
Sub Total 2120.00 3173.53

Grand Total 21175.00 24975.00

An additional amount of Rs. 25.00 lakh has been kept under Conference & Seminars..

*Allocation has been increased from 21200.00 lakh to 25000.00 lakh by way of re-appropriation
at the time of third and final supplementary grants.

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 DRDA ADMINISTRATION SCHEME

The DRDA-wise position who have not received IInd instalment

during 2007-08 under DRDA Administration Scheme.

S. No. STATES / DRDAS Reason

BIHAR
1 SAMASTPUR Audit report not clear
2 ARWAL Proposal not received

CHHATISGARH
1 DANTEWADA Proposal not received

JAMMU & KASHMIR

1 ANANTNAG Proposal not received
2 KARGIL Proposal not received
3 PULWAMA Incomplete proposal
4 POONCHH Proposal not received
5 RAJOURI Low utilisation
6 UDHAMPUR Low utilisation

JHARKHAND
1 GARHWA Proposal not received
2 JAMTARA Proposal not received
3 SAHEBGANJ Proposal not received

PUNJAB
1 NAWASHAHAR Proposal not received

A & N ISLANDS
1 ANDAMAN Proposal not received
2 NICOBAR Proposal not received

1 D & N HAVELI Proposal not received

2 DAMAN & DIU Proposal not received
3 LAKSHDWEEP Proposal not received

MANIPUR
1 CHANDEL Proposal not received
2 UKHRUL Under IFD objection
20 Total DRDAs

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 ANNEXURE-II

State-wise Central Allocation and Release under DRDA

Administration Scheme during 2008-2009.

(As on 03.04.2008) (Rs. in Lakh)

Sl. States/Uts Allocation Total
No. (Budgeted) Release
*
1 Andhra Pradesh 1025.39 150.79
2 Bihar 1711.84 239.86
3 Chhatisgarh 642.81 87.70
4 Goa 73.65 10.83
5 Gujarat 1028.93 151.31
6 Haryana 744.34 109.46
7 Himachal Pradesh 447.60 65.82
8 Jammu & Kashmir 837.29 88.33
9 Jharkhand 986.74 127.44
10 Karnataka 1077.53 158.46
11 Kerala 607.78 89.38
0 Madhya Pradesh 1853.34 272.55
13 Maharashtra 1416.49 208.31
14 Orissa 1269.91 186.75
15 Punjab 749.34 105.36
16 Rajasthan 1273.46 187.27
17 Tamil Nadu 1304.25 191.80
18 Uttar Pradesh 3046.08 447.95
19 Uttaranchal 517.68 76.13
20 West Bengal 868.08 127.66
21 A & N Isaland 131.56 6.45
22 D & N Haveli 43.85 0.00
23 Daman & Diu 43.85 0.00
24 Lakshadweep 43.85 0.00
25 Pondicherry 54.34 7.99
Sub Total 21800.00 3097.60
NORTH EAST STATES
1 Arunachal Pradesh 476.00 70.00
2 Assam 863.86 127.04
3 Meghalaya 205.83 30.27
4 Manipur 252.78 29.33
5 Nagaland 318.88 46.89
6 Mizoram 213.36 31.38
7 Sikkim 33.05 4.86
8 Tripura 136.24 20.04
Sub Total 2500.00 359.81
Grand Total 24300.00 3457.41
* An amount of Rs.700.00 lakh has been kept for release of 2nd instalment for construction of DRDA
office building and contingency expenditure.

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 ANNEXURE-III

Recommendations of the task force for strengthening and

professionalizing DRDAs

DRDA is the principal organ at the district level to oversee and monitor
the implementation of rural development programmes. A Task Force was
constituted under the chairmanship of Joint Secretary (SGSY) to make
recommendations for strengthening and professionalizing DRDAs. The Task
Force comprised selected State Secretaries of Rural Development, selected Project
Directors of DRDAs, Directors of the Programme Divisions of the Ministry and
representatives of NGOs. The composition of the Task Force is given at Table – 1.

The Terms of Reference of the Task Force were:

1. To suggest steps to make DRDA Administration more professional and

effective in managing the programmes of the Ministry with respect to
coordinating, monitoring and overseeing the implementation of the various
Rural Development Programmes.

2. To assess the quality & adequacy of manpower vis-à-vis the guidelines, and
its deployment and physical infrastructure with respect to :

(i) skills and expertise required to effectively and efficiently carry out the
various responsibilities of DRDAs. The present qualification vis-à-vis
qualification required for the staff in DRDA may be highlighted.

(ii) existing staff strength against the staff strength prescribed in the
guidelines as well as sanctioned by the State Government.

(iii) whether the different wings prescribed in the guidelines are existing /
functional with respect to division of work.

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3. To ascertain the effectiveness of DRDAs/ZPs in planning, implementation
and coordination of information, education and communication of the Rural
Development Programmes.

4. To assess the effectiveness of the monitoring and evaluation mechanism in

operation within DRDAs/ZPs and the State Govt. and to find out the
effectiveness of the system to maintain financial discipline.

The meetings of the Task Force were held on April 10, 2008 and April 25, 2008.
The Task Force analyzed the various aspects of the functioning of DRDAs, their
specific problems and made recommendations accordingly. The interim findings
of DRDA Evaluation study by Development Research Services (DRS) were also
considered. The Task Force observed that most of the posts in DRDAs are lying
vacant, which hampers the effectiveness of DRDAs. Quality and adequateness of
human resource will improve the functioning of DRDAs and effectiveness of
Rural Development programmes. The recommendations of the Task Force are:

A. Organizational Structure

1. At present 40% of the posts prescribed in the guidelines of DRDA

Administration are vacant in most of the DRDAs. Task Force suggests that these
posts must be immediately filled up by hiring young professionals on contract
basis. It is suggested that young professionals (YPs) may be recruited on contract
basis through a transparent procedure which may be put in place in consultation
with NIRD and by using the experience of CAPART in recruitment of YPs. These
YPs must be post-graduates in disciplines like rural development, agriculture,
social work, accountancy, veterinary science, economics etc. from reputed
institutes.

The experience of Kerala and Andhra Pradesh shows that bringing about
economic development is a difficult task, which requires high degree of

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professional expertise from both within and outside the government for attaining
mission mode functioning. Special expertise is required in respect of areas of
micro-finance and credit, skill development, marketing, entrepreneurship
development, organizational sociology etc. It is not always possible and
desirable to identify these experts from within government. Therefore, Young
Professionals may be hired on contract basis to do technical work.

State Governments may be advised to draw up a plan for filling up all the vacant
posts within one year. The Task Force recommends that release of funds for
DRDA Administration may not be made if 80% of the posts of DRDAs are not
occupied as per the staffing structure of DRDAs.

2. At present, there are 8 wings prescribed in the guidelines of DRDA

Administration. viz (a)Self-Employment Wing, (b) Women’s wing,(c) Wage
Employment Wing, (d) Watershed Wing, (e)Engineering Wing, (f)Finance Wing,
(g)Monitoring Wing, (h)General Administration Wing.

The Task Force noted that relevance of these wings has changed over the years
and structure of DRDAs must match the goals. Therefore, the Task Force
suggests that structure of DRDA may be reorganized with the same staff strength
as prescribed in the guidelines.

a) NREGA is a major wage employment programme of the Ministry and is

taken out of the ambit of DRDAs. This programme is being looked after by
the District Programme Coordinators and their expenses are met from the
NREGA funds. Therefore, wings of Wage Employment, watershed and
engineering may be merged together and redesignated as Natural Resource
and Infrastructure Development Wing. This wing should have professionals
/ experts of land development, agriculture, horticulture, watershed, forestry
and environment and those who plan and suggest local development
opportunities based on available local resources.

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b) SGSY is a major self-employment programme of Ministry of Rural
Development which is largely being implemented for the benefit of women
SHGs. Therefore, Self-Employment and Women’s wing may be clubbed
together as one wing of the DRDA namely, Self Employment & Livelihood
Promotion Wing. This wing may be headed by a Project Officer and five
APOs in the fields of Livelihood Promotion, Social Mobilization, Credit,
Marketing and Skill Development & Placement.

c) Finance Wing may continue with the staff strength prescribed in the
guidelines. However, the personnel of accounts and finance wings may be
exposed to intensive training in book keeping and cash management. A
proper and reliable MIS System needs to be put in place for monitoring
capital expenditure at block and village level.

d) Monitoring wing may be redesignated as Planning, Monitoring and

Evaluation wing which will be responsible for project planning, monitoring,
reporting and documentation. It will undertake MIS and IT related work of
DRDAs. Monitoring wing may be strengthened with the help of System
Analyst and a Programmer who are essential due to enormous quantity of
data and information generated in the DRDAs.

e) General Administration may continue with the same staff strength as

prescribed in the guidelines. An additional post of APO may be created for
Human Resource Development officer (HRD) who will facilitate
recruitment, capacity building and training of DRDA / block / gram
panchayat officials. He will coordinate with NIRD, SIRDs and other reputed
training institutes for this purpose. He will also assist in screening the
young professionals/experts on contract basis.

f) Information, Education and Communication (IEC) wing may be created for

promoting awareness of Rural Development programmes. This wing may

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 be headed by a Public Relations Officer (PRO) qualified in Mass
Communication. This wing will work for grievance redressal and public
information. It will provide necessary feedback about programmes and
policies to the Project Director of DRDA.

These wings of DRDAs will work in close coordination with each other for
effective implementation of rural development programmes. The typist
provided in the wings are performing the role of Data Entry Operators.
Therefore, the typists may be redesignated as Data Entry Operators who may be
engaged by hiring on contract basis.

3. The Task Force noted the need to strengthen the staffing at block and gram
panchayat level in addition to DRDA because actual implementation of all anti
poverty programme is being done by blocks and gram panchayats. There is
acute shortage of staff at the block and gram panchayat levels. 4% of the
allocation under NREGA is used for placing required manpower at district /
block / gram panchayat level. The Task Force suggests that 4% of the allocation
of funds of SGSY, watershed development programmes and other programme
which are being implemented at the block and gram panchayat levels may be
allowed to be used at the block and village levels. This can be achieved by hiring
young professionals on contract basis and by engaging resource persons and
facilitators

B Human Resource Development And Personnel Policies

1. Training of officials of DRDAs is an essential perquisite for better

implementation of Rural Development programmes. Therefore, it is suggested
that there should be mandatory induction training programmes as well as on-the
-job training programme designed by the NIRD, SIRDs and other reputed
institutes. Human Resource Development (HRD) wing of DRDAs will plan and
coordinate with the institutes for the training of PRIs and officials of Blocks and

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DRDAs. The Task Force suggests that release of funds to DRDAs may be linked
with the compulsory training of the officials of DRDAs.

2. DRDA is headed by a Project Director who is of the rank of an Additional

District Magistrate. At present the project director is senior scale officer of the All
India Service or Senior officer of the State Service, eligible for appointment to All
India Service. In the selection of Project Directors and APOs, emphasis is on
selecting officers of young age and it is prescribed in the guidelines that they
should not be more than 40-45 years of age and not in any case not more than 50
year of age. The Task Force suggests that the PDs and APOs should be young
officials who can bring dynamism and they should not be more than 40 years of
age at the time of induction.

3. The Task Force suggests that the maximum tenure of PDs, APOs and other
technical staff should not be more than 5 years. In case these personnel are kept
for more than 5 years in the DRDAs, the salary and other perquisite for these staff
may be borne by the State Government.

4. The current guidelines of DRDA Admn. do not prescribe any qualification

for Project Officers and APOs. They are selected by a Selection Committee
headed by Secretary (RD). The Task Force suggests that the selection of the staff
with specified qualifications as per the requirement of posts may be made by
Secretary (RD). There is need for professional manpower to manage the wings of
DRDAs. No generalist may be allowed at the posts of POs and APO without
technical qualifications. However, Programme Divisions of the Ministry may
specify the qualifications required for the posts in the wings of DRDAs
concerning their programmes.

5. The Task Force suggests that the possibility of a separate cadre of RD

functionaries may be explored who will be dedicated for the goals and objectives
of poverty alleviation.

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6. A pool of experts/specialists in dealing with rural development
programmes need to be created for implementing specific projects. State
Government may identify and prepare a panel of qualified persons and agencies
who have technical expertise for rural development activities. Task Force
suggests flexibility may be given to Project Directors of DRDAs to engage experts
as per the job requirement of a particular post. Project Directors should have
power to outsource the services at district level.

7. A quasi-government type of organization namely Society for Elimination of

Rural Poverty (SERP) has been created in Andhra Pradesh which has been given
necessary freedom to identify and hire professional consultants for helping the
DRDAs in planning and implementation of development programmes, capacity
building of various stakeholders and monitoring. The Task Force appreciated the
need for such an agency and suggests that the possibility of creating such
organization at State level may be explored.

8. At present, it has been prescribed in the guidelines of DRDA Administration

that DRDAs should not have any permanent staff. DRDAs are no longer allowed
to make any direct recruitment. State Rural Development Department has been
advised to draw up a 3-5 year plan for absorption of the staff into the line
departments. However, it has been noticed that many State Governments have
failed to absorb the staff of DRDAs into line departments leading to grievances
and litigation. The Task Force suggests that State Government may be directed
to absorb the staff into the line departments within a year and Central
Government will not meet any expenditure incurred on account of keeping such
a staff in DRDAs beyond one year. The service rules pollicy may be made for the
deputationists and contractual staff before the appointment in DRDAs within
next one year by all the State Governments.

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9. The members of the Task Force were of the opinion that all the institutions
engaged in poverty alleviation programmes should be accountable to the poor
people of the area in which they are working. It is suggested that minimum 3 to 5
representatives of the district level federation / block level federation / village
level federation may be inducted to the governing body of DRDAs.

C. Budget:

1. DRDAs are allowed to spend 30% of the Salary cost towards contingencies
inclusive of Rents, POL, office expenses etc. The Task Force suggests that due to
growing necessity of computers, expenses on account of computers and IT
related items may be allowed to be spent from these contingencies.

2. Although many DRDAs have their own office premises but some of them
are housed in rented buildings. It becomes difficult for DRDAs to meet the
expenses on account of rent within the prescribed ceiling of 30% of the salary cost
on contingencies.. Therefore, it is suggested that the rent for the office building
may be allowed to be spent out of funds of DRDA Administration in addition to
30% of salary cost towards the contingencies, subject to a prescribed limit.

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 Table - 1

The composition of the Task Force is as follows :

1. Dr. Amar Singh, Joint Secretary (SGSY) - Chairman

2. Principal Secretary (RD), Govt. of Rajasthan - Member
3. Principal Secretary (RD), Govt. of Andhra Pradesh - Member
4. Principal Secretary (RD), Govt. of Uttar Pradesh - Member
5. Principal Secretary (RD), Govt. of West Bengal - Member
6. Secretary (RD), Govt. of Assam - Member
7. DDG, NIRD - Member
8. Representative of DG, CAPART - Member
9. Director (SGSY) - Member
10. Director (RH) - Member
11. Director (NREGA) - Member
12. Director (Finance) - Member
13. Director (Training) - Member
14. Director (Mon) - Member
15. Director (LR) - Member
16. Director (DWS) - Member
17. Director (RD) Planning Commission - Member
18. Project Director, South Tripura, Tripura - Member
19. ADC, Development, Ludhiana, Punjab - Member
20. Project Director, Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh - Member
21. ADC, Development, Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu - Member
22. Dr. Narendra Nath, PRADAN - Member
23. Shri Ramesh Rawal, BAIF - Member
24. DS / Director (DRDA) - Member
Secretary

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 ANNEXURE-IV

State-wise staffing postion under DRDAs

Sl. States/U.Ts Total No. No. of Posts No. of No. of No. of No. of Posts % of Vacant No. of Posts % of Vacant
of (As provided Posts Posts post lying vacant Posts (As lying vacant Posts (As
No. filled on
DRDAs under the sanctioned actually contract
(as provided per the (as sanctined sanctioned
guidelines) by State filled up basis (out under the guidelines) by State by State
Govt. of col. 5) guidelines) Governments) Govts.)
(col.4 - col.6) (col.5 - col.6)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
1 Andhra Pradesh 22 1204 1110 817 35 387 32.14 293 26.40
2 Bihar 38 1613 1437 571 1 1042 64.60 866 60.26
3 Chhatisgarh 16 619 522 319 12 300 48.47 203 38.89
4 Goa 2 84 94 88 2 -4 -4.76 6 6.38
5 Gujarat 25 1185 980 664 0 521 43.97 316 32.24
6 Haryana 20 756 454 407 3 349 46.16 47 10.35
7 Himachal Pradesh 12 511 365 244 28 267 52.25 121 33.15
8 Jammu & Kashmir 14 508 442 225 39 283 55.71 217 49.10
9 Jharkhand 22 861 779 422 77 439 50.99 357 45.83
10 Karnataka 27 1173 1054 858 8 315 26.85 196 18.60
11 Kerala 14 650 377 303 14 347 53.38 74 19.63
12 Madhya Pradesh 48 1986 1712 1413 30 573 28.85 299 17.46
13 Maharashtra 33 1195 945 663 25 532 44.52 282 29.84
14 Orissa 30 1080 1129 933 46 147 13.61 196 17.36
15 Punjab 18 719 592 303 6 416 57.86 289 48.82
16 Rajasthan 32 1436 952 782 10 654 45.54 170 17.86
17 Tamil Nadu 29 1521 1306 839 60 682 44.84 467 35.76

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 Sl. States/U.Ts Total No. No. of Posts No. of No. of No. of No. of Posts % of Vacant No. of Posts % of Vacant
of (As provided Posts Posts post lying vacant Posts (As lying vacant Posts (As
No. filled on
DRDAs under the sanctioned actually contract
(as provided per the (as sanctined sanctioned
guidelines) by State filled up basis (out under the guidelines) by State by State
Govt. of col. 5) guidelines) Governments) Govts.)
(col.4 - col.6) (col.5 - col.6)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
18 Uttar Pradesh 70 2820 2102 1221 23 1599 56.70 881 41.91
19 Uttaranchal 13 548 403 218 10 330 60.22 185 45.91
20 West Bengal 19 1096 661 502 22 519 47.35 159 24.05
21 A & N Isaland 2 74 27 14 5 60 81.08 13 48.15
22 D & N Haveli 1 37 16 9 28 75.68 7 43.75
23 Daman & Diu 1 37 16 8 5 29 78.38 8 50.00
24 Lakshadweep 1 37 11 11 26 70.27 0 0.00
25 Pondicherry 1 47 44 41 6 12.77 3 6.82
Sub Total 510 21797 17530 11875 461 9847 45.18 5655 32.26

NORTH EAST STATES

1 Arunachal Pradesh 15 474 430 408 15 66 13.92 22 5.12
2 Assam 27 1140 918 804 46 356 31.23 114 12.42
3 Meghalaya 7 289 237 183 46 106 36.68 54 22.78
4 Manipur 9 316 318 265 17 51 16.14 53 16.67
5 Nagaland 11 410 277 232 7 178 43.41 45 16.25
6 Mizoram 8 296 179 179 80 117 39.53 0 0.00
7 Sikkim 1 47 38 38 9 19.15 0 0.00
8 Tripura 4 158 66 49 10 109 68.99 21 31.82
Sub Total 82 3130 2463 2158 221 992 31.69 309 12.55
Grand Total 592 24927 19993 14033 682 10839 43.48 5964 29.83

As per information received from State Governments.

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