INDIA SUMMARIZED

States That Indira Awaas Yojana Proposals From State Were Sent Late  Union minister for rural development Jairam Ramesh has taken on Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi over the implementation of the Indira Awaas Yojana, a social welfare programme to provide housing for the rural poor.  In a letter to Modi, Ramesh has said that several districts of Gujarat had failed to get funds in the 2012-13 period as proposals for the release of the second installment of funds in the year 2011-12 were not received by his ministry.  On Feb 25, Gujarat's rural housing and rural development minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasma had made a statement in the state assembly that Modi had written to Prime Minister  Manmohan Singh  to increase the central assistance for the scheme. According to the scheme, the central government provides 75% of funds while the remaining is borne by the state. In the March 1 letter, Ramesh raises concerns over the implementation of the scheme in Gujarat...