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BANKING TRADE AND COMMERCE
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FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO SCHEDULED CASTES AND TRIBES.
Under the Second Five-Year Plan, Government granted financial assistance to Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes for building houses. The grants were mostly in the form of subsidies and were made through the Collector to the different blocks in the district.
Conditions governing the assistance were as follows.―The rate of assistance was Rs. 750 per house and the beneficiaries had to pay the remaining cost of construction, which was estimated at about Rs. 250. The scheme was to be implemented through National Extension Service agency. The houses should be permanent structures and should normally cost between Rs. 1,000 and Rs. 1,250.
In Kolaba district following were the amounts distributed to the different
blocks during 1959-60 and 1960-61:―
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Block |
1959-60 |
1960-61 |
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Rs. |
Rs. |
Roha |
18,000 |
30,600 |
Shriwardhan |
12,750 |
800 |
Sudhagad |
28,125 |
17,150 |
Khalapur |
6,750 |
5,300 |
Mahad |
-- |
375 |
Murud |
-- |
1,845 |
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