Interventions to tackle regional disparities being taken up by the Union Government fall into two categories. The first is to direct investments into less developed States under Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) through more favourable norms for distribution of assistance. For instance, under the Indira Awas Yojana, funds are allocated State-wise based upon the housing shortage and population below the poverty line.
However, the most important intervention of the Central Government are the special area development programmes that have a clear focus on some aspect of development in identified backward areas. These programmes are:
Backward Region Grant Fund (BRGF)
Government is ....
