Lok Sabha Question No. 620 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-20
Subject: Projects in NER
Ministry: DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION
Asked by: Locket Chatterjee

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

## LOK SABHA

Unstarred Question No.620 To be answered on

Wednesday, November 20, 2019/Kartika 29, 1941 (Saka)

## QUESTION Projects in NER.

## 620.  MS. LOCKET CHATTERJEE:

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

- (a)  the details of total number of projects started and completed in the North Eastern region in the last three years;
- (b)   the details of educational and health related projects running in the region; and
- (c)  the details of plans to increase the connectivity in the region ?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)         The  details  of  total  number  of  projects  sanctioned  and  completed  under  various schemes of MDoNER during 2016-17 to 2018-19 is  given below:-

(Rs. in crore)

| S. No   | Scheme                                        | Project sanctioned   | Project sanctioned   | Project completed   | Project completed   |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
| S. No   | Scheme                                        | No.                  | Cost                 | No.                 | Cost                |
| i       | NLCPR-State                                   | 76                   | 1893.97              | 103                 | 1332.04             |
| ii      | NESIDS                                        | 37                   | 1119.89              | 0                   | 0                   |
| iii     | Special packages (BTC, KAATC &DHATC) of Assam | 25                   | 173.52               | 4                   | 67.34               |
| iv      | Schemes of NEC                                | 265                  | 2475.96              | 355                 | 3664.63             |
| v       | NERSDS                                        | 03                   | 213.97               | 02                  | 62.96               |
| Total   | Total                                         | 406                  | 5877.31              | 464                 | 5126.97             |

- (b)        Under  various  schemes  of  the  Ministry,122  projects  costing  Rs.879.02  crore  under education  sector  and  35  projects  costing  Rs.612.12  crore  under  health  sector  have  been sanctioned and are ongoing.

(c) Several  initiatives  have  been  planned  to  improve  the  Air,  Rail  Inland  Waterways, Road & Digital connectivity in the Region. These inter-alia include a new airport at Holongi, Arunachal Pradesh, upgradation of Airports at Guwahati, Imphal, Dibrugarh etc.; AgartalaAkhaura  new  rail  link  project,  capital  rail  connectivity  with  Gangtok(Rangpo),  Imphal, Kohima(Zubza) and Aizawl(Sairang); development of Barak waterways; new bridges across Brahmaputra at Jogighopa, Dhubri-phulbari; wi-fi connectivity for village panchayats in NER and mobile connectivity in all States.

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