The Antyodaya Anna Yojana will be expanded from April 1 to cover additional 50 lakh families, raising the total coverage to more than a quarter of all families living below the poverty line. The additional budgetary expenditure on this account would be Rs 507 crore in 2003-04. Jaswant Singh said rural development, rural industries and artisans, and poverty alleviation in urban areas were being addressed through various schemes of different ministries. A need has, therefore, been felt for rationalising the schemes of the same genre. To do that a committee, headed by the Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, is proposed. It will examine all schemes having a bearing on poverty alleviation and rural development and will recommend their practical convergence.