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The impoverished Bundelkhand region in Uttar Pradesh remains laggard in utilising development funds sanctioned by National Bank for Agriculture and Rural development (Nabard).
Under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF), Nabard advances credit to the state government for various rural infrastructure projects, including canal, roads, flood control, bridges and irrigation.
This financial year, Bundelkhand has posted a poor 48 per cent disbursement to loan ratio compared to other regions in Uttar Pradesh.
Under RIDF tranches for 2010-11, Bundelkhand was sanctioned total loans worth Rs 1,222 crore, of which the disbursement stood at only Rs 583 crore.
In comparison, the eastern, western and central UP regions fared much better with respective comparative figures of Rs 3,034 crore (Rs 1,866 crore), Rs 1,338 crore (Rs 857 crore) and Rs 1,141 crore (Rs 695 crore).

The state government is yet to complete more than 9,000 tasks under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in the Bundelkhand region this fiscal.
The members of Kriti Shodh Sansthan feel over-joyed and extremely obliged on the occasion when Shri Yachhudanand Mishra, Voice-chancellor, Makhan Lal Chaturvedi University, Bhopal, has awarded an honour of “Jalaun-Gaurav” to Shri Sanjay Singh, Secretary, Parmarth Samaj Sewi Sansthan, Orai, in recognition of his valuable services in the sphere of drought effected poorest areas of Bundelkhand in general, and in providing the proper entitlements to the weaker sections of society in particular.
IT
IS back to square one for the farmers of Jalaun district in Uttar Pradesh.
Reeling under persistent drought from 2003-08, they were driven to mentha (mint)
cultivation that promised good returns. Instead, it increased debts.

In the midst of the bitter turf war between the Centre and state over Bundelkhand, here comes another sop for the parched and impoverished region. Come mid-November and the Union

