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Rajya Sabha
The formulation of ‘Bharat Nirman’ which was announced by the Finance Minister in this Budget speech in the Union Budget 2005-06, is being guided by the Committee on Rural Infrastructure. The physical targets sought to be achieved are:
Irrigation :
To create one crore ha. additional irrigation.
Rural drinking water :
To provide potable drinking to 55067 uncovered habitations (as per revised assessment), slipped back habitations, quality affected habitations and rural schools.
Rural roads :
To connect all villages that have a population of 1000 (or 500 in hilly tribal areas) with road.
Rural Housing :
To construct 60 lakh additional houses for the poor.
Rural electrification :
To reach electricity to remaining 1,25,000 villages and offer electricity connection to 2.3 cr. households.
Rural telephone Connectivity :
To give telephone connectivity to remaining 66822
villages.
The additional fund requirements will be met through an appropriate mix of budgetary support, external aid, market borrowing and beneficiary contribution (in some cases).
Bharat Nirman is a combination of on-going schemes, up scaling of on-going schemes and introduction of new schemes with a view to give focused attention to development of rural infrastructure to achieve the intended goals.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Rural Development, Smt. Suryakanta Patil in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
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