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construction and maintenance of drinking water projects in rural areas and in urban slums including installation of pump-sets, digging of wells, tube-wells and laying of pipes for supply of drinking water; |
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construction of dwelling units for the economically weaker sections; |
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construction of school buildings primarily for children belonging to the economically weaker sections of the society; |
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establishment and running of non-conventional and renewable source of energy systems; |
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construction and maintenance of bridges, public highways and other roads; |
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any other programme for uplift of the rural poor or the urban slum dwellers, as the National Committee may consider fit for support; |
[(g) |
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promotion of sports;] |
[(h) |
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pollution control;] |
[(i) |
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establishment and running of educational institutions in rural areas, exclusively for women and children upto 12 years of age; |
(j) |
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establishment and running of hospitals and medical facilities in rural areas, exclusively for women and children upto 12 years of age; |
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establishment and running of creches and schools for the children of workers employed in factories or at building sites; |
(l) |
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encouraging the production of bacteria induced fertilisers; |
(m) |
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any programme that promotes road safety, prevention of accidents and traffic awareness;] |
[(n) |
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construction of hostel accommodation for women or handicapped individuals or individuals who are of the age of sixty-five years or more;] |
[(o) |
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establishment and running of institutions for vocational education and training in rural areas or towns which consist of population of less than five lakhs;] |
[(p) |
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establishment and running of institutions imparting education in the field of engineering and medicine in rural areas or towns which consist of population of less than 5 lakhs;] |
[(q) |
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plantation of softwood on degraded non-forest land; |
(r) |
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any programme of conservation of natural resources or of afforestation;] |
[(s) |
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relief and rehabilitation of handicapped individuals;] |