Bank on people
The Planning Commission has recently mooted the Rashtriya Sam Vikas Yojana (rsvy) to ensure minimum livelihood to people in the country's most backward districts. As per the commission's latest plans, rsvy will target more than 100 districts. Most of these have been identified through the use of an index that measures backwardness by according equal significance to three parameters: value of output per agricultural worker, agricultural wage rates and the percentage of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes. The others have chosen because they have been at the receiving end of militant activities in the last few years.
As an initial measure, panchayati raj instititutions and other local bodies have been directed to prepare three-year master plans
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