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And Plan (State Plan, Centrally Sponsored and Central Sector) Schemes Included in the Demands for Grants for the Financial Year 2016-2017 F O R E W O R D This publication contains the details of Departmental Non-Plan (including Developmental and Committed) and Plan (State Plan, Centrally Sponsored and Central Sector) Schemes included in the Demands for Grants for the financial year 2016-2017. (H. K. Dwivedi) Principal Secretary to the Government of West Bengal Finance Department ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Budget Publication No. 3 DETAILS OF DEPARTMENTAL NON-PLAN [including Developmental and Committed] AND PLAN [State Plan, Centrally Sponsored and Central Sector] SCHEMES included in the DEMAND FOR GRANTS 2016-2017 . Sl. No. Department Pages 1. Agricultural Marketing ............................................................................... 1-2 2. Agriculture ............................................................................... 3-10 3. Animal Resources Development ............................................................................... 11-18 4. Backward Classes Welfare ............................................................................... 19-22 5. Bio-Technology ............................................................................... 23 6. Chief Minister Secretariat ............................................................................... 24 7. Chief Minister"s Office ............................................................................... 25 8. Child Development ............................................................................... 26-29 9. Civil Defence ............................................................................... 30-31 10. Co-Operation ............................................................................... 32-37 11. Commerce & Industries ............................................................................... 38-41 12. Consumer Affairs ............................................................................... 42-43 13. Correctional Administration ............................................................................... 44-45 14. Disaster Management ............................................................................... 46-49 15. Environment ............................................................................... 50-51 16. Excise ............................................................................... 52 17. Finance (Audit) ............................................................................... 53-63 18. Finance (IF) ............................................................................... 64 19. Finance (Revenue) ............................................................................... 65-67 20. Fire & Emergency Services ............................................................................... 68-69 21. Fisheries ............................................................................... 70-74 22. Food & Supplies ............................................................................... 75-77 23. Food Processing Ind. and Horticulture ............................................................................... 78-81 24. Forests ............................................................................... 82-87 25. Governor Secretariat ............................................................................... 88 26. Health & Family Welfare ............................................................................... 89-98 27. Higher Education ............................................................................... 99-105 28. Hill Affairs ............................................................................... 106 29. Home (C & E) ............................................................................... 107 30. Home (Civil Defence) ............................................................................... 108 31. Home (Defence) ............................................................................... 109 32. Home (Foreighners & NRI) ............................................................................... 110 33. Home (Police) ............................................................................... 111-114 34. Home (Political) ............................................................................... 115-117 35. Home (Press) ............................................................................... 118 36. Home (Special) ............................................................................... 119 37. Housing ............................................................................... 120-121 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Budget Publication No. 3 . Sl. No. Department Pages 38. Industrial Reconstruction ............................................................................... 122 39. Information & Cultural Affairs ............................................................................... 123-127 40. Information Technology & Electronics ............................................................................... 128-129 41. Irrigation & Waterways ............................................................................... 130-137 42. Judicial ............................................................................... 138-141 43. Labour ............................................................................... 142-145 44. Land & Land Reforms ............................................................................... 146-149 45. Law ............................................................................... 150 46. Legislative Assembly Secretariat ............................................................................... 151 47. Mass Education Extn. & Library Services ............................................................................... 152-154 48. Micro & Small Scale Ent. and Textiles ............................................................................... 155-162 49. Minority Affairs & Madrasah Education ............................................................................... 163-166 50. Municipal Affairs ............................................................................... 167-172 51. North Bengal Development ............................................................................... 173-174 52. Panchayats & Rural Development ............................................................................... 175-181 53. Parliamentary Affairs ............................................................................... 182 54. Paschimanchal Unnayan Affairs ............................................................................... 183 55. Personnel & Administrative Reforms ............................................................................... 184-185 56. Planning ............................................................................... 186-187 57. Power & Non-Conventional Energy Sources ............................................................................... 188-190 58. Public Enterprises ............................................................................... 191 59. Public Enterprises & Industrial ............................................................................... 192-193 Reconstruction 60. Public Health Engineering ............................................................................... 194-197 61. Public Works ............................................................................... 198-203 62. Public Works (Roads) ............................................................................... 204-206 63. Refugee Relief & Rehabilitation ............................................................................... 207-208 64. School Education ............................................................................... 209-216 65. Science & Technology ............................................................................... 217 66. Self-Help Group & Self-Employment ............................................................................... 218-219 67. Sericulture ............................................................................... 220-221 68. Sports ............................................................................... 222-223 69. Statistics & Programme Implementation ............................................................................... 224 70. Sunderban Affairs ............................................................................... 225 71. Technical Education & Training ............................................................................... 226-229 72. Tourism ............................................................................... 230-231 73. Transport ............................................................................... 232-236 74. Tribal Development ............................................................................... 237-240 75. Urban Development ............................................................................... 241-244 76. Water Resources Investigation & ............................................................................... 245-249 Development 77. Women Development and Social Welfare ............................................................................... 250-255 78. Youth Services ............................................................................... 256-258 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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