Rs. 852.57 crore allocated for North East States under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana. Assam (Rs. 440.03 crore) has been allocated highest amount followed by Mizoram(Rs. 132.01 crore). The state wise fund allocation to the north eastern States is given below:
S. No. | Name of State | Allocation (2013-14) Rs. crore |
1 | Arunachal Pradesh | 32.30 |
2 | Assam | 440.53 |
3 | Manipur | 40.96 |
4 | Meghalaya | 60.89 |
5 | Mizoram | 132.01 |
6 | Nagaland | 51.90 |
7 | Sikkim | 20.20 |
8 | Tripura | 74.28 |
Total | 852.57 |
Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) aims at achieving 4% annual growth in agriculture sector by ensuring holistic development of agriculture and allied sectors. To achieve this end, the States have been given complete flexibility to choose projects for achieving the desired growth in these sectors. Under this scheme Government of India does not fix targets, rather gives complete autonomy to state to customize interventions as per their requirements