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Government of India
Ministry of Home Affairs
16 MAR 2021 6:02PM by PIB Delhi
Special Central Assistance to Odisha

Funds released to Odisha under Special Central Assistance (SCA) Scheme during the last 03 years and current financial year are as under:

 

                                                                                    (Rs. in crore)

State

2017-18

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

Odisha

10

66.67

66.66

14.25

 

          The LWE Affected districts, covered under Security Related Expenditure (SRE) Scheme, were reviewed in April-2018. Presently 54 districts of Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh are covered under SRE Scheme w.e.f. 01.04.2018. Prior to April-2018, 64 districts of these States were covered under SRE Scheme. List  of these districts in the States of Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh is as under :

 

State

Districts Prior to April-2018

Districts w.e.f. 01st April-2018

Number

Name

Number

Name

Andhra Pradesh

08

Anantapur,

East Godavari,

Guntur,  

Kurnool,   

Prakasam,

Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram.

06

East Godavari,

Guntur, 

Srikakulam,

Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram,

West Godavari.

Chhattisgarh

16

Bastar, Bijapur, Dantewada, Jashpur, Kanker, Korea (Baikunthpur), Narayanpur, Rajnandgaon, Sarguja, Dhamtari, Mahasamund, Gariyaband, Balod, Sukma, Kondagaon and Balrampur.

14

Balod,  Balrampur, Bastar, Bijapur, Dantewada, Dhamtari,   Gariyaband , Kanker, Kondagaon,  Mahasamund,  Narayanpur, Rajnandgaon, Sukma and Kabirdham.

Jharkhand

21

Bokaro, Chatra, Dhanbad, East Singhbhum, Garhwa, Giridih, Gumla, Hazaribagh, Koderma, Latehar, Lohardagga, Palamu, Ranchi, Simdega, Saraikela-Kharaswan, West Singhbhum, Khunti, Ramgarh, Dumka, Deoghar and Pakur.

19

Bokaro, Chatra, Dhanbad, Dumka, East Singhbhum, Garhwa, Giridih, Gumla, Hazaribagh,  Khunti, Koderma, Latehar, Lohardagga, Palamu,  Ramgarh, Ranchi, Simdega, Saraikela-Kharaswan, West Singhbhum.

Odisha

19

Gajapati, Ganjam, Keonjhar, Koraput, Malkangiri, Mayurbhanj, Navrangpur, Rayagada, Sambhalpur, Sundargarh, Nayagarh, Kondhamal, Deogarh, Jajpur, Dhenkanal,  Kalahandi, Nuapada, Bargarh and Bolangir

15

Angul, Bargarh, Bolangir, Boudh, Deogarh, Kalahandi, Kandhmal, Koraput, Malkangiri, Nabrangpur,  Nayagarh, Nuapada, Rayagada, Sambhalpur, Sundargarh

 

64

54

15 districts of Odisha are covered under Security Related Expenditure (SRE) for Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected areas. Of these, 7 districts namely Boudh, Sambhalpur,  Nayagarh, Angul, Deogarh, Navarangpur, and Sundergarh have reported no LWE violence incidents in the year 2020.

This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri G. Kishan Reddy in a written reply to question in the Lok Sabha today.

 

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