Which of the following is correct about Backward Regions Grant Fund........

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Which of the following is correct about Backward Regions Grant Fund

It puts the Panchayats and the Municipalities at the centre stage of planning and implementation

It comes under Ministry of Rural Development

This scheme has been now de-linked from central support and left to state governments to implement.

None of above

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Explanation:

The Backward Regions Grant Fund(BRGF) Programme is designed to redress regional imbalances in development by providing funds for supplementing and converging existing developmental inflows in the identified districts. The Government has identified 250 districts in 27 States as backward and is implementing the district component of the Backward Regions Grant Fund (BRGF) Programme in these districts since 2006-07.
2nd statement is incorrect because it is implemented under Ministry of Panchayati Raj.