New Delhi: Odisha received Rs 10 cr in 2017-18, Rs 66.67cr in 2018-19, Rs 66.66 in 2019-20 and Rs 14.25 in 2020-21 under the Special Central Assistance (SCA). This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, G Kishan Reddy in a written reply to question in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
The report said that 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. The districts covered under the SRE scheme in Odisha are Gajapati, Ganjam, Keonjhar, Koraput, Malkangiri, Mayurbhanj, Nabarangpur, Rayagada, Sambalpur, Sundargarh, Nayagarh, Kandhamal, Deogarh, Jajpur, Dhenkanal, Kalahandi, Nuapada, Bargarh and Bolangir.
This apart fifteen districts in Odisha such as Angul, Bargarh, Bolangir, Boudh, Deogarh, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Koraput, Malkangiri, Nabrangpur, Nayagarh, Nuapada, Rayagada, Sambalpur and Sundargarh are also covered under SRE.
The Home Ministry report said districts like Angul, Deogarh, Nabarangpur and Sundergarh did not witness LWE incidents in the year 2020.
