Border Area Development Programme

The Border Area Development Programme (BADP) was launched by the Government of India as a special initiative in the year 1993-94. Currently, this program is being implemented in 16 development blocks of the districts of Barmer, Jaisalmer, Bikaner, and Sri Ganganagar, which are located within a 0 to 10 km belt along the approximately 1162 km long international border. The program has been allocated funds in a ratio of 60:40 between the central and state governments since the financial year 2016-17. The latest guidelines for the program were issued by the Border Management Department of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, on March 11, 2020, and are effective from April 1, 2020. As per a directive from the Ministry of Home Affairs dated April 6, 2022, the program will continue in its current form until September 30, 2022. There is a moratorium on the approval of new activities under the program, and the determination of a new format for the program is currently in process at the level of the Government of India.

• Development of border areas
• Infrastructure improvement
• Economic upliftment of local communities
• Enhanced security and management of border regions

Residents of border areas (0-10 km) in the districts of Barmer, Jaisalmer, Bikaner, and Sri Ganganagar can apply for the program.

Online

Applications can be submitted online through the official website: rdprd.gov.in. For further assistance, contact the designated officers listed below:

• K. K. Sharma, SE, Mobile: 9166625337, Email: pdengg.rd@rajasthan.gov.in
• Bhaskar Datt Tripathi, PD cum DS, Mobile: 1412227052, Email: pdsap-rd-rj@gov.in
• Jaipal Singh Medatiya, ACE, Mobile: 9414476001, Email: pdengg.rd@rajasthan.gov.in