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Aam Aadmi is the focus of all UPA's schemes
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Mandate for inclusive growth
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National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) Allocation hiked by
144% to Rs. 39,100 crore
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NREGA provided employment opportunities to more than 4.479 crorehouseholds
in 2008-09
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Rs. 100 per day as entitlement under NREGA
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Pilot Project to be taken up in 115 districts by converging NREGA
with other schemes
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Bharat Nirman allocation hiked by 45%
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Indira Awaas Yojna allocation up by 63% to Rs 8,883 crore
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Rs 2,000 crore for rural housing fund under National Housing Bank
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Rs 100 crore one-time grant to expand banks in unbanking areas
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PM Gram Sadak Yojna hiked up by 59 per cent to Rs.12,000 crore.
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PM Grameen Adarsh Yojna on pilot basis in 100 villages with SC/ST
population.
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Swarna Jayanti Swarozgar Yojna (SGSY) now as National Rural
Livelihood Mission (NRLM) to make it universal, more focussed and
time bound for poverty alleviation by 2014
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Target to enroll 50% cent of rural women in self-help groups over
the next five years
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Rural mega clusters in Bengal and Rajasthan
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Incentives in interest rates to farmers to pay back
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Interest subsidy for home loans up to Rs 1 lakh
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Work on National Food Security scheme for subsidised food
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Govt to shift to nutrient based fertiliser subsidy regime
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Fertiliser subsidy to go directly to farmers
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Incentives in interest rates to farmers to pay back
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Target for agriculture credit raised to Rs 3,25,000 crore in 2009-10
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Additional budget allocation to farmers
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Allocation of Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna stepped up by 30%
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Banking network to be expanded
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One banking centre in every bloc
Courtesy: Press Information Bureau