Social welfareGovernment of India (Central Scheme)
Backward Regions Grant Fund (BRGF)
पिछड़ा क्षेत्र अनुदान निधि (BRGF)
Lapsed
Earlier central fund to redress regional development imbalances in backward districts.
Benefit type
District development grant
For
Anyone (no occupation restriction)
Age
Any age
Highest education
Any
Who can apply
For
Anyone (no occupation restriction)
Age
Any age
Highest education
Any
Gender
Any
Social category
All categories
Income
No income bar
Domicile
Any
Details
- Benefit type
- District development grant
- Benefit detail
- Provided untied grants to backward districts for development gaps.
- Target beneficiary
- Backward districts.
- Launch date
- —
Status evidence
Lapsed — the Backward Regions Grant Fund was delinked from central budgetary support from 2015-16 following the 14th Finance Commission (states' tax share raised to 42%); no direct successor. Verified 2026-06-19.
Sources:cprindia.org ↗
- Last budget year
- —
- Last notification
- —
- Last verified
- 19-06-2026 · 8 days ago
Data & impact
Public figures where available; where Bihar publishes nothing, the data request itself is shown. Every number is sourced — none are estimated.
Data provenance
Budget & disbursement
From budget.bihar.gov.in (public — to extract)
Beneficiaries
From department reports / portal
District-wise distribution
District-wise — needs an RTI
Demographic breakdown
Category / gender — needs an RTI
Outcomes
Completion / outcomes — needs an RTI
Sources
- Primary source:https://rural.gov.in ↗
- Department:https://www.india.gov.in ↗