Infrastructural Development under BADP in Dibang Valley District of Arunachal Pradesh

Abstract

Border Area Development Programme (BADP) was started in western international border with Pakistan, during the Seventh five-year Plan (1986-87) with the twin objectives of balanced development of sensitive border areas through adequate provision of infrastructure facilities and promotion of a sense of security amongst the local population. However, in the case of Arunachal Pradesh, BADP was first introduced in 1997-98, allocating Rs 4.00 crores for implementation across 33 schemes. This study made an attempt to investigate the overview infrastructure development status of BADP in Arunachal Pradesh. Further, the purpose of the study is to investigate the attitudes towards the assets created under BADP. The study is descriptive and analytical in nature.For the present study, Stratified Random Sampling under Probability Sampling Techniques was used. 40 samples were randomly taken from study areas