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Context
The progress made by Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan has been discussed in the Parliament.
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About the Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA)
- It was launched on the occasion of ‘National Panchayat Day’ as an umbrella scheme of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India.
- Ever since its inception, it had intended to develop and empower the Panchayati Raj System across the country’s rural areas.
- Under the scheme, the capacities of institutions for rural development and governance have been facilitated through participatory planning, leveraging technology and efficient use of resources.
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Implementation
- The RGSA was implemented as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme with a sharing ratio for the State components as 60:40 except in the Northeast and hilly states where the ratio of funding between the central and state will be 90:10.
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About Panchayati Raj
Rural development is one of the main objectives of Panchayati Raj and this has been established in all states of India except Nagaland, Meghalaya and Mizoram, in all Union Territories except Delhi. and certain other areas. These areas include:
- The scheduled areas and the tribal areas in the states
- The hill area of Manipur for which a district council exists and
- Darjeeling district of West Bengal for which Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council exists
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