Judgment

R.C. Lahoti, J.-In the early eighties, the Government of Rajasthan introduced various programmes and allied schemes for poverty elimina­tion, employment generation etc. It brought into existence bodies known as District Rural Development Agencies (hereinafter referred to as ‘DRDAs’) registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. The main object of these agencies was to plan and administer the area develop­ment programme aiming at integrated Rural Development. In the year 1992, these DRDAs were concerned with the following schemes:

Limit of Admn. Expenses

(i) I.R.D.P. (Antyodaya) 10.15%

(ii) Desert Development Programme 5%

(iii) Jawahar Rozgar Yojna 2%

(iv) Indira Avas Yojna 2%

(v) Apna Gaon Apana Kam 2%

(vi) Bio-gas Plants -

(vii) Development of Women