Which of the following statements is incorrect about the Hill Area Development Programmes?

It comprised all the hilly districts of India excluding the hilly districts of Uttar Pradesh, Mikir Hill and North Cachar hills of Assam, Darjeeling district of West Bengal and Nilgiri district of Tamil Nadu.

Hill Area Development Programmes were initiated during the Fifth Five Year Plan covering 15 districts comprising all the hilly districts of Uttar Pradesh (present Uttarakhand), Mikir Hill and North Cachar hills of Assam, Darjeeling district of West Bengal and Nilgiri district of Tamil Nadu. The National Committee on the Development of Backward Areas in 1981 recommended that all the hill areas in the country having a height above 600 m and not covered under the tribal sub-plan be treated as backward hill areas. The detailed plans for the development of hill areas were drawn keeping in view their topographical, ecological, social and economic conditions. These programmes aimed at harnessing the indigenous resources of the hill areas through the development of horticulture plantations, agriculture, animal husbandry, poultry, forestry and small-scale and village industry.