The Centre approved the Integrated Action Plan, IAP, on Thursday for 60 selected tribal and backward districts across nine states for development for public infrastructure and services like school building, primary health centers, roads and electric lights. An official statement said that the scheme will provide an additional central assistance on a 100 per cent grant basis. To begin with, IAP is proposed to be implemented with a block grant of 25 crore rupees for 2010-11 and 30 crore rupees per district during 2011-12.Under the IAP, 15 districts would be covered in Orissa, 14 tribal districts in Jharkhand and 10 districts of Chhattisgarh. The scheme will also cover eight districts of Madhya Pradesh and seven in Bihar. Two districts each in Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra will also be covered under the scheme.