Lok Sabha Question No. 3520 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-08
Subject: Funds for Development of NER
Ministry: DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION
Asked by: ANJU BALA

## Government of India Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region

## LOK SABHA

Unstarred Question No. 3520

To be answered on

Wednesday, August 8, 2018/Shravana 17, 1940(Saka)

## Question

## Funds for Development of NER

3520.  SHRIMATI ANJU BALA:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  decided  to  bring  the  North  Eastern  Council under the direct control of the Home Ministry and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government  has  formulated the first-ever Regional  Road Corporation  in  the  form  of  North-East  Road  Development  Scheme  to  boost development and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  formulated  any  new  policy/scheme  to  make funds available for projects critical to the development of North-Eastern States and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether  his  Ministry  has  approved  a  Detailed  Project  Report  (DPR)  worth Rs.480 crore for the development of cooperative sector in the State of Manipur and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the  measures  being  taken  to  create  a  platform  towards  awareness  and initiation of entrepreneurship development based on natural resources of the above region?

## ANSWER

## The Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region [Dr. Jitendra Singh]

- (a) No,  Madam.  The  Government  has  not  taken  any  such  decision.  However, v ide Gazette of India Notification dated 7 th July, 2018, the Union Home Minister has been notified as ex officio Chairman of North Eastern Council.

(b) Government has formulated a scheme titled North East Road Sector Development  Scheme  (NERSDS)  to  undertake upgradation of  neglected  roads  on inter-state borders and also roads on international borders. (c) Government has given approval for continuation of schemes of North Eastern Council from 1 st April, 2017 to 31 st March, 2020 at a total outlay of Rs.4500 crore for various focus areas, including bamboo development, value chain in piggery sector, regional tourism, higher education, tertiary healthcare (including health education) & special  intervention  in  backward  areas,  Sixth  Schedule  Areas,  Livelihood  Projects, Science & Technology interventions in the North Eastern Region (NER), Surveys & Investigations  of  projects  in  power,  irrigation  and  flood  control,  promotion  of  the North Eastern  Region  and    North  East  Road  Sector  Development  Scheme (NERSDS). (d) No, Madam. (e)  The Ministry has supported several awareness programmes for entrepreneurship development  including  workshops  conducted  by  North  East  Development  Finance Corporation  (NEDFi),  North  Eastern  Regional  Agricultural  Marketing  Corporation (NERAMAC),  etc.  Besides,  under  the  livelihood  programmes  North  East  Rural Livelihood Project (NERLP) & North Eastern Region Community Resource Management Project (NERCORMP) entrepreneurship development based on natural resources is encouraged.

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