Border Area Development Programme(BADP) :
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Border Area Development Programme(BADP) was started in 1987 in India along the India-Pakistan borders.The programme was extended to North-Eastern region in 1993-1994.
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The programme aims to meet the special development needs of the people living in remote and inaccessible areas situated near the international border.
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It also aims to saturate the border areas with the entire essential infrastructure through convergence of schemes and participatory approach.
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The programme is administered by the Department of Border Management of the Ministry of Home Affairs(MHA).
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The programme is a core centrally sponsored scheme.The funding pattern of BADP in respect of 8 North Eastern is in the ratio 90:10 and in respect of other States is in the ratio 60:40.
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At present BADP is being implemented in 17 states which share international borders of India with other countries.
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All those 17 states are – Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat.
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