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Border
Areas Department
Mandate of
the Department
Border Areas Department
acts as a sole Department
to look after the problems
and provide minimum basic
facilities to the people living
in the remote interstate and
International border areas
of Assam within a radius of
5 to 10 km. of its Constitutional
boundary.
There is a Directorate under
the Administrative control
of Border Areas Department.
The main function of Directorate
of Border is to implemenent
Border Areas Dev. Programme
both interstate and international
border areas of Assam. To
implement the schemes under
interstate border (DCP), the
fund is released to the concerned
Deputy Commissioner. For implementation
of the schemes and for BADP,
SCA, the Directorate is implementing
the schemes in 25 border blocks
through selected executing
agencies, covering 7 bordering
districts.
Acts
and Rules Administered by
the Department
As per annual allocation of
fund provided in the State
Budget, the Department collects
necessary proposals from concerned
Deputy Commissioners as per
Guidelines
on BADP issued by the Ministry
of Home Affairs, Border Management,
Government of India. The concerned
executing agencies execute
the schemes
as per guidelines accordingly
after approval by the State
Level Screening Committee
and approval by Government
of India.
With regard to the Decentralized
Plan Schemes, the procedure
framed by the Planning and
Development Department has
been followed.
Activities
of the Department
(a) The Interstate and International
border areas of Assam are
very sensitive areas, where
a good number of people have
lived in poor and deplorable
conditions for decades. Therefore,
to provide better facilities
and to introduce a better
living standard, the Border
Areas Department has taken
all the necessary steps.
Almost all the interstate
and International Border District
(within a radius of 5 to 10
Km) are benefited from the
Plan Project.
(b) The BADP and SCA schemes
are proposed and submitted
by concerned Deputy
Commissioner to the Directorate
after selection of schemes
through a block level
selection committee. Then,
a State level selection committee
headed by the Chief Secretary,
representative of Ministry
of Home Affairs, New Delhi,
and other Govt. officials
and Security Personnel approve
the schemes and communicate
the same to Govt. of India.
After getting the fund from
Govt of India, plans and estimates
are called from concerned
executing agencies which are
accorded administrative approval
for implementation of the
schemes. On receipt of requisition
from the concerned executing
agencies, funds are released
in 2 installments. The first
installment is 60% and on
receipt of Utilization Certificates
and Progress Reports, Copies
of bill and vouchers, inspection
report etc. the balance fund
of 40% is released.
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