The Plan panel would be ready with the final draft of the Integrated Action Plan (IAP) for development of the 35 Naxal-hit districts spread over nine states in a month's time. "The Commission should be ready with the final draft of IAP in a month as consultations with organisations like civil societies are still on," Member Planning Commission Mihir Shah told reporters after a meeting on IAP with non-government organisation in New Delhi.
Asked about financial package for the development of infrastructure such as roads, electricity and drinking water in these 35 districts, he said, "It is yet to be finalised".
Shah said funding under the IAP would be done for three years. There are suggestions from civil societies that in the naxal hit districts, Panchayti Raj institutions like Gram Sabha and Panchayat should be used for inclusive development.
