Lok Sabha Question No. 501 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-06
Subject: Schemes for NER
Ministry: DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION
Asked by: PRABHATSINH PRATAPSINH CHAUHAN, Pratyusha Rajeshwari Singh, SANKAR PRASAD DATTA, ALOK SANJAR, BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION  No.501

To be answered on

Wednesday, February 6, 2019 / Magha 17, 1940 (Saka)

## QUESTION

## Schemes for NER

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501 :    SHRI P. P. CHAUHAN: SHRIMATI PRATYUSHA RAJESHWARI SINGH: SHRI SANKAR PRASAD DATTA: SHRI ALOK SANJAR: SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

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

- (a) the  year-wise details of the schemes launched by the Government for the North Eastern Region (NER) since the year 2014 till date along with the details of the targets set and the achievements made under each of the said schemes;
- (b) the  State-wise  details  of  the  proposals  received  from  various  States  along  with  the proposals  approved  by  the  Union  Government  under  the  schemes  sponsored  by  the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region;
- (c) the scheme-wise and State-wise details of the funds allocated and utilized for implementation of various schemes of this Ministry during each of the last four years and the current year;
- (d) whether the Government has set any time-limit for completing the pending schemes, and, if so the details thereof;
- (e) whether  the  Government  has  any  mechanism  to  monitor  the  funds  allocated  to  the States/organizations for achieving the said purposes, and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) the  action  taken  against  the  Non  Government  Organizations  (NGOs)  found  guilty  in  this regard?

## ANSWER

## The Minister of State (Indepenent Charge) of Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region [DR. JITENDRA SINGH]

- (a) Government  of  India  approved  a  Central  Sector  Scheme  named  North  East  Special Infrastructure  Development  Scheme  (NESIDS)  on  15.12.2017  to  provide  100%  Central Funding to North Eastern States for the projects to create physical infrastructure relating to connectivity,  water  supply,  power  to  enhance  tourism  and social infrastructure  relating  to primary and secondary sectors of education and health. The NESIDS will be implemented

in  3  years  from  2017-18  to  2019-20.  So  far,  50  projects  with  total  estimated  cost  of  Rs 1673.94 crore have been identified.

- (b) The State-wise details of the proposals received and  selected from various North Eastern States  under  the  scheme  of  NESIDS  and    Non-Lapsable  Central  Pool  of  Resources (NLCPR) till date are as under:-

NESIDS:                                                                                          (Rs. in crore)

| States            |   No. of Projects |   Estimated Cost |
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
| Arunachal Pradesh |                17 |           318.14 |
| Assam             |                08 |           436.42 |
| Manipur           |                06 |           187    |
| Meghalaya         |                06 |           176.4  |
| Mizoram           |                03 |           175.77 |
| Nagaland          |                05 |           107.7  |
| Sikkim            |                02 |           103.31 |
| Tripura           |                03 |           169.2  |
| Total             |                50 |          1673.94 |

NLCPR:

(Rs. in crore)

|                   |   No. |          |
|-------------------|-------|----------|
| Arunachal Pradesh |   215 |  2603.63 |
| Assam             |   446 |  3875.97 |
| Manipur           |   177 |  1861.26 |
| Meghalaya         |   107 |  1533.96 |
| Mizoram           |   159 |  1393.1  |
| Nagaland          |   170 |  1805.4  |
| Sikkim            |   247 |  1401.75 |
| Tripura           |   122 |  1890.13 |
| Total             |  1643 | 16365.2  |

- (c) As  per  the  guidelines  of  NESIDS,  initially,  Rs  10.00  lacs  is  released  for  the  sanctioned project as a token amount and first installment of 40% of sanctioned cost is released after the award of work by the implementing agency. Being a new scheme, projects under the scheme are currently at the sanction stage, for which only token amount is to be released. The details of funds released State-wise under NESIDS are as under -

(Rs. in lakhs)

| State   | 2018-19        |
|---------|----------------|
|         | Funds Released |
| Assam   | 10.00          |
| Manipur | 50.00          |
| Mizoram | 20.00          |
| Sikkim  | 20.00          |
| Total   | 100.00         |

The State- wise details of funds released under NLCPR are as under:

(Rs. in crore)

| S.No   | State             |   Funds Released (till 31 st Dec, 2018) |
|--------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| 1      | Arunachal Pradesh |                                  961.45 |
| 2      | Assam             |                                 1335.91 |
| 3      | Manipur           |                                  653.48 |
| 4      | Meghalaya         |                                  567.72 |
| 5      | Mizoram           |                                  352.91 |
| 6      | Nagaland          |                                  640.45 |
| 7      | Sikkim            |                                  467.67 |
| 8      | Tripura           |                                  555.95 |
|        | Total             |                                 5535.54 |

- (d)      The  funds  under  NESIDS  are  available  till  March  31,  2020  and  the  completion  period  for such  projects  are  to  be  framed  accordingly  States  have  been  requested  to  ensure completion of ongoing projects under NLCPR with this time frame.
- (e)    The  monitoring  of  the  funds  allocated  is  done  through  submission  of  utilization  certificates and reviews done in the State and the Ministry from time to time.
- (f)   Under this scheme there is no provision of giving funds to Non- Governmental Organizations (NGOs).

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