Centre approves Rs 143 crore for implementing DAY-NRLM in J&K

Mukesh Ranjan
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, September 19

In a far-reaching decision, the central government approved a special package of Rs.143.604 crore for Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) on Wednesday for implementation of ‘Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihood Mission’ (DAY-NRLM) without linking it with poverty ratio for financial year 2018-19.

The central government announced the decision taken at the meeting of the Union Cabinet that Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired in a statement, saying in a statement that it prove to be a “big boost the vulnerable rural families in the state”. The extension of timeline for implementation of the special package would be for another period of one year during 2018-19.

“The Cabinet also approved allocation of funds to the State under DAY-NRLM on a need basis for implementation of the special package without linking it with poverty ratio. There is no additional financial implication as the approval is to extend the timeline to cover two thirds of the vulnerable households in the state within in the originally approved financial outlay of Rs. 755.32 crore.  An amount of Rs.143.604 crore will be required for the period of one year during 2018-19,” the state read.

Highlighting the implications of the decision, official sources said this would help in covering “all the vulnerable rural households in the State within a definite time frame”. It would also ensure mobilisation of households under the auto inclusion category and households with at least one deprivation category listed in the Socio Economic Caste Census 2011, they added.

It is also learnt that the decision was taken in view of the disturbed conditions in the state, where the Special Package, as approved in May 2013, could not be fully implemented.