central assistance and food grains for the year 2004-05 to two districts of jammu & kashmir released under sgry

Wednesday, December 29, 2004

Ministry of Rural Development released Rs. 146.12 lakhs (Rupees One Crore Forty Six lakhs and Twelve Thousands only) as Second Installment equal to 40% of the total allocation in view of the order passed by the hon’ble Supreme Court of India to two districts of Jammu & Kashmir, as Central assistance for the implementation of the Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana(SGRY), during the current financial year (2004-2005). The Department also approved the release of 328 tonnes of Common Wheat and 689 tonnes of Common Rice as second instalment of foodgrains during 2004-05 to these two districts. The details are as follows:

Name of the District
Second instalment released

Amount in lakhs(Cash)
Rice(Tonnes)
Wheat (Tonnes)

Doda
86.79
276
328

Baramulla
59.33
413
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The expenditure on implementation of the programme with regard to cash component is to be shared on 75:25 basis between the Central and the State Government, respectively. The ZPs/DRDAs will release the entire funds allocated to them directly to the District Panchayat, Intermediate Panchayats and Village Panchayats in the proportion of 20:30:50 respectively within fifteen days of receipt of funds from the Centre or the State without waiting for matching Share either from the Centre of the State