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Hill States
25.5 The hill areas which are self-contained politico-administrative units are being treated as Special Category Slates whose outlays are met, substantially out of Central assistance. These are the States and Union Territories of the North-Eastern Region, Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh. The investments needed for meeting the vast infrastructural gaps in communications, transport, power generation and transmission, for the development of stable and diversified agriculture in place of the extensive practice of jhum-ing, horticulture, plantation crops giving rise to low volume and high-value products and large-scale afforestation with a view to restoring and protecting ecology, are heavy. On the other hand, it would take a considerable time for these areas to build up an adequate resource base. In view of this, the bulk of the outlays are provided out of Central Assistance.

Hill Area Development Programme
The Hill  Area  Development  Programme,  introduced  in  Nilgiris  District  since  the  year  1975, is  funded  by  the  Government   of   India  to  supplement   the   plan   resources  of  the  state  by   providing  Special  Central  Assistance.