Report of the task group on problems of hilly habitations in areas covered by the Hill Areas/Western Ghats Development Programme
Report by the task group set-up for analyzing the
problems of hilly habitations in areas covered by the Hill Areas Development Programme/Western Ghats Development Programme.
The mountain ranges and hill areas of India have a crucial role to play in determining the climate and physiography of the country and are prime determinants of socio-economic development of plain areas as the rivers have their genesis here and the protection and climatic control they provide have enabled India to sustain its position as an economic power. Keeping in view the
increasing population pressure in the hill areas and the need to preserve their fragile ecology, the Central Government has been allocating Special Central Assistance to these areas through the Hill Areas Development Programme/Western Ghats Development Programme which have been in operation from the Fifth Five Year Plan in designated hill areas.