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Government Of India Scheme Notes – Ministry Of Home Affairs – For W.B.C.S. Examination.
ভারত সরকার প্রকল্পের নোট – স্বরাষ্ট্র মন্ত্রক – WBCS পরীক্ষা।
1. Border Area Development Programme
• The Department of Border Management, Ministry of Home Affairs has been implementing the Border Area Development Programme (BADP) through the State Governments as part of a comprehensive approach to Border Management.Continue Reading Government Of India Scheme Notes – Ministry Of Home Affairs – For W.B.C.S. Examination.
• The programme aims to meet the special development needs of the people
living in remote and inaccessible areas situated near the international border and to saturate the border areas with the essential infrastructure through convergence of Central/State/BADP/Local schemes and participatory approach.
• BADP was initiated in the border areas of the western region during that
Seventh Five Year Plan period for ensuring balanced development of border areas through development of infrastructure and promotion of a sense of security among the border population.
• The programme now covers 394 border blocks of 111 border districts in 17
States, which includes 167 border blocks in 55 districts of 8 North East States (including Sikkim), located along the international land border.
• The States covered are Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal.
• Under this programme priority is given to the areas closer to the border.
• BADP is an important intervention of the Central Government to bring about development of border areas by supplementing the State Plan Funds to bridge the gaps in socio- economic infrastructure on one hand and improving the security environment in border areas on the other.
2. Bharat Ke Veer
• The government has granted the status of a trust to ‘Bharat Ke Veer’, a private initiative which aids families of paramilitary personnel killed in action.
• Support by the government:
o The initiative has now been formalized into a registered trust for
providing a platform for all citizens to contribute and provide assistance
to the families of martyred personnel.
o The public can visit the ‘Bharat Ke Veer’ application and website, and
contribute to support the families of jawans who die in the line of duty.
o Contributions to Bharat Ke Veer have been exempted from Income Tax.
• About Bharat ke Veer:
o What is it? It is a fund-raising initiative by the Ministry of Home Affairs,
Government of India on behalf of members of the Indian Armed Forces.
o It aims to enable willing donors to contribute towards the family of a
braveheart who sacrificed his/her life in line of duty.
o This website is technically supported by National Informatics Centre
(NIC) and powered by State Bank of India.
o How it works? It allows anyone to financially support the bravehearts of
his choice or towards the “Bharat Ke Veer” corpus.
The amount so donated will be credited to the account of ‘Next of Kin’
of those Central Armed Police Force/Central Para Military Force soldiers.
o To ensure maximum coverage, a cap of 15 lakh rupees is imposed and
the donors would be alerted if the amount exceeds, so that they can
choose to divert part of the donation to another braveheart account or
to the “Bharat Ke Veer” corpus.
o Who will manage the fund? “Bharat Ke Veer” corpus would be
managed by a committee made up of eminent persons of repute and
senior Government officials, who would decide to disburse the fund
equitably to the braveheart’s family on need basis.
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