Lok Sabha Question No. 1354 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-23
Subject: Budget Allocation to NER
Ministry: DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION
Asked by: R.P. MARUTHARAJAA

## Government of India

## Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region

## LOK SABHA

Unstarred Question No.1354

To be answered on

Wednesday, November 23, 2016/Agrahayana 2, 1938 (Saka)

## Question

## Budget Allocation to NER

1354.  SHRI R. P. MARUTHARAJAA:

Will the Minister of DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION be pleased to state:

- (a)              whether    certain    percentage    of    the    budget    is    allocated    to  each Ministry/Department  is  earmarked for  the North  Eastern Region  (NER);
- (b) if so, the details thereof indicating the amount spent by each Ministry in the NER during each of the last three years; and
- (c) the monitoring mechanism in place to ensure judicious utilisation of the said fund?

## ANSWER

The Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region

## [Dr. Jitendra Singh]

- (a) Various  Ministries/Departments  of  Government  of  India,  excepting  those  who have been specifically exempted, are required to earmark at least 10% of their Central Plan allocation (less provision for externally aided schemes and local or event specific schemes/projects) for expenditure in the North Eastern Region.

(b) The  provisional  Expenditure  figures  of  non-exempted  Ministries  in  the  North Eastern Region during last three years is given at Annexure-I.

(c) While concerned Ministries/Departments monitor implementation of the schemes at their level, Ministry of DoNER in its co-ordinating role, closely monitors expenditure under the mandatory 10% annual Gross Budgetary Support   to  non-exempt  Ministries for  the North Eastern Region. Sectoral reviews are undertaken from time to time. InterMinisterial Committees have been set   up  by the  Ministry of DoNER to bring  greater synergy   in   ongoing    efforts   of   the   Government    for    the  development of North Eastern Region.

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## Allocations to NER & Expenditure 2013-14#

|   Sl. No | Ministry/Department                                                               | Revised Estimates   | Expenditure (Rs. crore)   | Expenditure percent of   |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|        1 | Department of Agriculture and Cooperation                                         | 1004.34             | 869.84                    | 86.61                    |
|        2 | Department of Agricultural Research and Education                                 | 265.00              | 265.00                    | 100.00                   |
|        3 | Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries                            | 184.58              | 185.99                    | 100.76                   |
|        4 | Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) | 75.00               | 32.28                     | 43.04                    |
|        5 | Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals                                        |                     |                           | 100.00                   |
|        6 | Department of Fertilisers                                                         | 117.50 0.90         | 117.50 0.00               | 0.00                     |
|        7 | Department of Pharmaceuticals                                                     | 3.00                | 2.88                      | 96.00                    |
|        8 | Ministry of Civil Aviation                                                        | 0.00                | 32.00                     |                          |
|        9 | Ministry of Coal                                                                  | 28.95               | 1.77                      | 6.11                     |
|       10 | Department of Commerce                                                            | 202.50              | 197.84                    | 97.70                    |
|       11 | Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion                                     | 329.99              | 329.98                    | 100.00                   |
|       12 | Department of Posts                                                               |                     | 28.92                     | 67.26                    |
|       13 | Department of Telecommunications                                                  | 43.00 365.00        | 60.44                     | 16.56                    |
|       14 | Department of Electronics and Information Technology                              | 214.00              | 220.59                    | 103.08                   |
|       15 | Department of Consumer Affairs                                                    | 22.60               | 29.99                     | 132.70                   |
|       16 | Department of Food and Public Distribution                                        | 25.12               | 25.05                     | 99.72                    |
|       17 | Ministry of Culture                                                               | 147.00              | 129.99                    | 88.43                    |
|       18 | Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region                                   | 1806.00             | 1704.09                   | 94.35                    |
|       19 | Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation                                         | 1200.00             | 1152.95                   | 96.08                    |
|       20 | Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change                               | 148.92              | 139.52                    | 93.69                    |
|       21 | Ministry of Food Processing Industries                                            | 55.00               | 37.63                     | 68.42                    |
|       22 | Department of Health and Family Welfare                                           | 2316.50             | 2265.80                   | 97.81                    |
|       23 | Department of Health Research                                                     | 57.50               | 54.10                     | 94.09                    |

#figures are provisional subject to final vetting by Ministry of Finance.

| 24    | Department of AIDS Control                          |   150.00 |   138.82 |   92.55 |
|-------|-----------------------------------------------------|----------|----------|---------|
| 25    | Department of Heavy Industry                        |   158.5  |   158.5  |  100    |
| 26    | Department of Public Enterprises                    |     0.82 |     0.03 |    3.66 |
| 27    | Ministry of Home Affairs                            |    61.79 |    10.93 |   17.69 |
| 28    | Police                                              |   101.31 |   607.25 |  599.4  |
| 29    | Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation   |   146    |   129.03 |   88.38 |
| 30    | Department of School Education and Literacy         |  4691.86 |  3705.74 |   78.98 |
| 31    | Department of Higher Education                      |  1429.9  |  1172.22 |   81.98 |
| 32    | Ministry of Information and Broadcasting            |    74    |    70.04 |   94.65 |
| 33    | Ministry of Labour and Employment                   |   176.42 |   130.99 |   74.25 |
| 34    | Law and Justice                                     |    95    |    95    |  100    |
| 35    | Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises     |   260.09 |   193.76 |   74.5  |
| 36    | Ministry of Mines                                   |    22.9  |    18.31 |   79.96 |
| 37    | Ministry of Minority Affairs                        |   303.03 |   296.98 |   98    |
| 38    | Ministry of New and Renewable Energy                |    22.22 |    83.37 |  375.2  |
| 39    | Ministry of Panchayati Raj                          |    67.3  |    67.3  |  100    |
| 40    | Ministry of Power                                   |   501    |   240.52 |   48.01 |
| 41    | Ministry of Road Transport and Highways             |  3300    |  2966.1  |   89.88 |
| 42    | Department of Rural Development                     |  1957.52 |  1840.19 |   94.01 |
| 43    | Department of Land Resources                        |   470.82 |   468.44 |   99.49 |
| 44    | Department of Biotechnology                         |   130    |   125.31 |   96.39 |
| 45    | Ministry of Shipping                                |    48    |    44.69 |   93.1  |
| 46    | Department of Social Justice and Empowerment        |   244.03 |   105.28 |   43.14 |
| 47    | Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation |    59.5  |    24.8  |   41.68 |
| 48    | Ministry of Textiles                                |   390    |   232.71 |   59.67 |
| 49    | Ministry of Tourism                                 |    98    |   149.16 |  152.2  |
| 50    | Ministry of Tribal Affairs                          |   174.53 |   154.58 |   88.57 |
| 51    | Department of Urban Development                     |   150    |   124.82 |   83.21 |
| 52    | Ministry of Water Resources                         |   120.82 |   113.92 |   94.29 |
| 53    | Ministry of Women and Child Development             |  1820    |  1710.44 |   93.98 |
| 54    | Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports                |   109.4  |   107.25 |   98.03 |
| Total | Total                                               | 25947.2  | 23170.6  |   89.29 |

## Allocations to NER & Expenditure 2014-15#

|   Sl. No . | Ministry/Department                                                               |   Revised Estimates (Rs. crore) |   Expenditure (Rs. crore) |   Expenditure as percent of RE (%) |
|------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------------|
|          1 | Department of Agriculture and Cooperation                                         |                         1112    |                    765.22 |                              68.81 |
|          2 | Department of Agricultural Research and Education                                 |                          289.35 |                    258.35 |                              89.29 |
|          3 | Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries                            |                          180.12 |                    170.81 |                              94.83 |
|          4 | Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) |                           46.68 |                     46.68 |                             100    |
|          5 | Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals                                        |                           31.17 |                     24.67 |                              79.15 |
|          6 | Department of Fertilisers                                                         |                            0.23 |                      0    |                               0    |
|          7 | Department of Pharmaceuticals                                                     |                            4    |                      3.91 |                              97.75 |
|          8 | Ministry of Civil Aviation                                                        |                           22    |                     22    |                             100    |
|          9 | Ministry of Coal                                                                  |                           57.05 |                      1.77 |                               3.1  |
|         10 | Department of Commerce                                                            |                          230.5  |                    224.75 |                              97.51 |
|         11 | Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion                                     |                          261.87 |                    329.73 |                             125.91 |
|         12 | Department of Posts                                                               |                           23.46 |                     17.75 |                              75.66 |
|         13 | Department of Telecommunications                                                  |                          297.6  |                    103.42 |                              34.75 |
|         14 | Department of Electronics and Information Technology                              |                          180.76 |                    357.48 |                             197.76 |
|         15 | Department of Consumer Affairs                                                    |                           14.64 |                     13    |                              88.8  |
|         16 | Department of Food and Public Distribution                                        |                           88.76 |                     88.7  |                              99.93 |
|         17 | Ministry of Culture                                                               |                          150    |                    132.11 |                              88.07 |
|         18 | Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region                                   |                         1800    |                   1479.69 |                              82.2  |
|         19 | Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation                                         |                         1210    |                   1209.99 |                             100    |
|         20 | Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change                               |                          135.18 |                    133.79 |                              98.97 |
|         21 | Ministry of Food Processing Industries                                            |                           60    |                     42.48 |                              70.8  |
|         22 | Department of Health and Family Welfare                                           |                         2440    |                   2023.58 |                              82.93 |
|         23 | Department of Health Research                                                     |                           61    |                     42.51 |                              69.69 |
|         24 | Department of AIDS Control                                                        |                          130    |                    129.98 |                              99.98 |
|         25 | Department of Heavy Industry                                                      |                          325.86 |                    268.56 |                              82.42 |
|         26 | Department of Public Enterprises                                                  |                            0.5  |                      0.35 |                              70    |

| 27   | Ministry of Home Affairs                                              |    50.00 |   122.73 | 245.46   |
|------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|----------|----------|
| 28   | Police                                                                |   763.9  |   502.16 | 65.74    |
| 29   | Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation                     |   287.91 |   211.64 | 73.51    |
| 30   | Department of School Education and Literacy                           |  4351.15 |  3389.61 | 77.90    |
| 31   | Department of Higher Education                                        |  1258.35 |  1271.56 | 101.05   |
| 32   | Ministry of Information and Broadcasting                              |    75.2  |    62.06 | 82.53    |
| 33   | Ministry of Labour and Employment                                     |   148.3  |   140.61 | 94.81    |
| 34   | Law and Justice                                                       |    98.73 |    93.6  | 94.80    |
| 35   | Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises                       |   221.49 |   168.92 | 76.27    |
| 36   | Ministry of Mines                                                     |    33.25 |    30.1  | 90.53    |
| 37   | Ministry of Minority Affairs                                          |   281.9  |   236.5  | 83.89    |
| 38   | Ministry of New and Renewable Energy                                  |    66    |    61.91 | 93.80    |
| 39   | Ministry of Panchayati Raj                                            |   340    |   340    | 100.00   |
| 40   | Ministry of Power                                                     |   570    |   570    | 100.00   |
| 41   | Ministry of Road Transport and Highways                               |  3000    |  2834.73 | 94.49    |
| 42   | Development                                                           |  2706.52 |  2697.89 | 99.68    |
| 43   | Department of Land Resources                                          |   258    |   257.99 | 100.00   |
| 44   | Department of Biotechnology                                           |   139.5  |   136.83 | 98.09    |
| 45   | Ministry of Shipping                                                  |    40    |    40    | 100.00   |
| 46   | Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship                    |     0    |     0    |          |
| 47   | Department of Social Justice and Empowerment                          |   202.67 |   170.83 | 84.29    |
| 48   | Department of Disability Affairs                                      |    35.94 |    23.53 | 65.47    |
| 49   | Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation                   |    31.63 |    32.7  | 103.38   |
| 50   | Ministry of Textiles                                                  |   350    |   269.42 | 76.98    |
| 51   | Ministry of Tourism                                                   |   110    |   144.68 | 131.53   |
| 52   | Ministry of Tribal Affairs                                            |   170    |   170    | 100.00   |
| 53   | Department of Urban Development                                       |   150    |   150    | 100.00   |
| 54   | Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation |   540    |   535.13 | 99.10    |
| 55   | Ministry of Women and Child Development                               |  1850    |  1832.6  | 99.06    |
| 56   | Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports                                  |    98    |    94.91 | 96.85    |
|      | Total                                                                 | 27381.2  | 24483.9  | 89.41    |

#figures are provisional subject to final vetting by Ministry of Finance.

## Allocations to NER & Expenditure 2015-16#

|   Sl. No. | Ministry/Department                                                               |   2015-16 (RE) | Expenditure (Rs. Crore)   | Expenditure as %of RE   |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|         1 | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare                        |         922.24 | 610.9                     | 66.24                   |
|         2 | Department of Agricultural Research and Education                                 |         300    | 260.64                    | 86.88                   |
|         3 | Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries                            |         147.13 | 110.49                    | 75.10                   |
|         4 | Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) |          90    | 89.77                     | 99.74                   |
|         5 | Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals                                        |          17.26 | 17.26                     | 100.00                  |
|         6 | Department of Fertilisers                                                         |           0    | 0                         | 0.00                    |
|         7 | Department of Pharmaceuticals                                                     |          21    | 21                        | 100.00                  |
|         8 | Ministry of Civil Aviation                                                        |          22    | 8.39                      | 38.14                   |
|         9 | Ministry of Coal                                                                  |          30.6  | 1.55                      | 5.07                    |
|        10 | Department of Commerce                                                            |         143    | 143                       | 100.00                  |
|        11 | Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion                                     |         254.97 | 255.78                    | 100.32                  |
|        12 | Department of Posts                                                               |          46.87 | 30.147                    | 64.32                   |
|        13 | Department of Telecommunications                                                  |         580    | 398.27                    | 68.67                   |
|        14 | Department of Electronics and Information Technology                              |         270    | 258.71                    | 95.82                   |
|        15 | Department of Consumer Affairs                                                    |          18.45 | 18.12                     | 98.21                   |
|        16 | Department of Food and Public Distribution                                        |          88.08 | 87.35                     | 99.17                   |
|        17 | Ministry of Culture                                                               |         141.7  | 115.15                    | 81.26                   |
|        18 | Ministry of Defence                                                               |          29.8  | -                         |                         |
|        19 | Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region                                   |        1973.42 | 1718.05                   | 87.05                   |
|        20 | Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation                                         |        1073.2  | 508.24                    | 47.36                   |
|        21 | Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change                               |         146.29 | 125.66                    | 85.90                   |
|        22 | Ministry of Food Processing Industries                                            |          48    | 16.62                     | 34.63                   |

|   23 | Department of Health and Family Welfare                |   2579.90 | 2202.62   | 85.38   |
|------|--------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|---------|
|   24 | Department of Health Research                          |     66.76 | 33.33     | 49.93   |
|   25 | Department of Heavy Industry                           |     83.5  | 83.5      | 100.00  |
|   26 | Department of Public Enterprises                       |      0.79 | 0.44      | 55.70   |
|   27 | Ministry of Home Affairs (all Grants)                  |    700    | 812.11    | 116.02  |
|   28 | Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation      |    106.2  | 76.71     | 72.23   |
|   29 | Department of School Education and Literacy            |   3925.2  | 3613.12   | 92.05   |
|   30 | Department of Higher Education                         |   1398.33 | 1392.38   | 99.57   |
|   31 | Ministry of Information and Broadcasting               |     75    | 30.78     | 41.04   |
|   32 | Ministry of Labour and Employment                      |     64.17 | 63.55     | 99.03   |
|   33 | Ministry of Law and Justice                            |     80.66 | 65.66     | 81.40   |
|   34 | Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises        |    211.64 | 198.49    | 93.79   |
|   35 | Ministry of Mines                                      |     25.54 | 0.73      | 2.86    |
|   36 | Ministry of Minority Affairs                           |    250.84 | 358.95    | 143.10  |
|   37 | Ministry of New and Renewable Energy                   |     24.65 | 21.87     | 88.72   |
|   38 | Ministry of Panchayati Raj                             |     22    | 22        | 100.00  |
|   39 | Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas                  |   1320    | -         |         |
|   40 | Ministry of Power                                      |    808.46 | 4991.62   | 617.42  |
|   41 | Ministry of Road Transport and Highways                |   4000    | 4845.88   | 121.15  |
|   42 | Department of Rural Development                        |   3780.5  | 3239.03   | 85.68   |
|   43 | Department of Land Resources                           |    154    | 138.93    | 90.21   |
|   44 | Department of Biotechnology                            |    160.68 | 120.605   | 75.06   |
|   45 | Ministry of Shipping                                   |     81    | 81        | 100.00  |
|   46 | Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship     |    100    | 90        | 90.00   |
|   47 | Department of Social Justice and Empowerment           |    229.13 | 45.11     | 19.69   |
|   48 | Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities |     54    | 38.33     | 70.98   |
|   49 | Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation    |     21.5  | 20.99     | 97.63   |
|   50 | Ministry of Textiles                                   |    331.54 | 302.33    | 91.19   |
|   51 | Ministry of Tourism                                    |     85    | 167.07    | 196.55  |
|   52 | Ministry of Tribal Affairs                             |    429.22 | 580.32    | 135.20  |
|   53 | Ministry of Urban Development                          |    100    | 100       | 100.00  |

#figures are provisional subject to final vetting by Ministry of Finance.

| 54   | Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation   |   213.60 |   943.75 |   441.83 |
|------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|----------|----------|
| 55   | Ministry of Women and Child Development                                 |   1731.8 |  1728.21 |    99.79 |
| 56   | Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports                                    |     89.6 |    87.3  |    97.43 |
|      | Total                                                                   |  29669.2 | 31291.8  |   105.46 |