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POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY TN

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c. Third Stage: Rural: Villages; Urban: Zones/Wards/Slums<br />

Within the block, allocation of funds should be done villages or groups of villages again in<br />

proportion of total beneficiary population. Gram Panchayats should decide through Gram<br />

Sabha:<br />

i. Given their entitlement, what schemes (central and centrally sponsored) they<br />

would like to administer, and<br />

ii.<br />

Village level schemes should be administered by them.<br />

For schemes that have individual beneficiaries, the beneficiaries may be identified<br />

by the Gram Panchayat by looking at SC/ST/Antyodaya/ agricultural landless<br />

labourers/single parent households. First priority may be given to families at the intersection<br />

of any two criteria, i.e., households that satisfy at least two criteria.<br />

d. Fourth State: Households/Individuals<br />

There is a major need to improve household level targeting separately for urban and<br />

rural areas. The preferred method for such an exercise should be to use the NSS data to<br />

generate a set of indicators that provide more targeting power and which could be easily<br />

verifiable at reasonable cost. As far as possible, composite indices should not be used.<br />

Instead separate indicators for different aspects like health, education, income, and<br />

gender issues should be used for different programmes. It will be useful to supplement<br />

the listing in BPL Census by additional information. At the village level, the Gram<br />

Panchayat may offer the best information. In urban areas this may be more difficult. And<br />

NGOs may have a significant role in providing the needed information. For schemes that<br />

have individual beneficiaries, the beneficiaries may be identified by the Gram Panchayat<br />

by looking at SC/ST/Antyodaya/ agricultural landless labourers/single parent households.<br />

First priority may be given to families at the inter-section of any two criteria, i.e.,<br />

households that satisfy at least two criteria.<br />

6.4 Central and Centrally Sponsored Schemes<br />

a. Major Centrally Sponsored Schemes<br />

A number of central and centrally sponsored schemes, aimed at one or the other<br />

dimension of deprivation (income, health, education, and gender), have evolved over<br />

time. These schemes are characterized by many short comings relating to (1) multiplicity<br />

schemes for similar or comparable objectives, (2) faulty allocation among states, (3) bypassing<br />

state governments in administering these schemes, and (4) implementation<br />

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