Lok Sabha Question No. 894 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-07
Subject: Development of North-Eastern Region
Ministry: DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION
Asked by: JANARDAN MISHRA, OM PRAKASH YADAV

## Government of India

## Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region

## LOK SABHA

Unstarred Question No.894

To be answered on Wednesday, February 07, 2018/Magha 18, 1939 (Saka)

## QUESTION

## Development of North-Eastern Region

†894.  SHRI JANARDAN MISHRA: SHRI OM PRAKASH YADAV:

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

- (a) whether the Government has formulated or proposes to formulate any special scheme/package for the development of North-Eastern Region;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  quantum  of  funds  allocated  by  the  Government  for  development  of  the region in the current financial year, State-wise; and
- (d) the extent to which development of North-Eastern Region has taken place by the ongoing schemes?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Government  has  recently  approved  a  new  scheme  'North  East  Special Infrastructure Development Scheme (NESIDS)' at a total cost of Rs.5300.00 crore.
- (b) This fund of Rs.5300.00 crore will be utilized to meet the committed liability of approximately  Rs.3700.00  crore  for  completing  the  ongoing  projects  under  NonLapsable  Central  Pool  Resources  (NLCPR)  scheme  and  to  take  up  projects  of around Rs.1600.00 crore under the 100% new centrally funded scheme of NESIDS.
- (c) All non-exempt Union Ministries are required to mandatorily earmark 10% of their  Gross Budgetary Allocation (GBA) annually for the North Eastern Region. As per  available  information,  the  State-wise  status  of  releases  for  the  financial  year 2017-18 including the on-going scheme of NLCPR is as under:-

[Rs. in crore]

| S. No.   | State             | Under GBA   |   Under NLCPR |
|----------|-------------------|-------------|---------------|
| 1.       | Arunachal Pradesh | 2,172.25    |         82.13 |
| 2.       | Assam             | 12,035.62   |        119.52 |
| 3.       | Manipur           | 3,951.79    |        142.58 |
| 4.       | Meghalaya         | 3,120.11    |         84.85 |
| 5.       | Mizoram           | 3,477.83    |         51.91 |
| 6.       | Nagaland          | 5,009.27    |         38.87 |
| 7.       | Sikkim            | 935.02      |         51.68 |
| 8.       | Tripura           | 3,051.34    |         64.55 |
|          | Total             | 33,753.22   |        636.09 |

## (d) Under  the  existing  NLCPR  scheme,  1614  projects  of  various  sectors  were taken up for funding till 30.09.2017. Out of this, 972 projects stands completed, the Sector-wise details of which are as under:-

| S. No   | Sector                     |   Number of projects |
|---------|----------------------------|----------------------|
| 1.      | Agriculture & Allied       |                   05 |
| 2.      | Education                  |                   94 |
| 3.      | Flood Control & Irrigation |                  162 |
| 4.      | Health                     |                   35 |
| 5.      | Miscellaneous              |                   60 |
| 6.      | Power                      |                  175 |
| 7.      | Road & Bridges             |                  332 |
| 8.      | Sports                     |                   17 |
| 9.      | Water Supply               |                   92 |
|         | Total                      |                  972 |

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