Lok Sabha Question No. 207 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-18
Subject: Allocation of Funds for NER Development
Ministry: DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION
Asked by: SANKAR PRASAD DATTA

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

## LOK SABHA Unstarred Question No.207

To be answered on

Wednesday, July 18, 2018/Ashadha 27, 1940 (Saka)

## QUESTION

## Allocation of Funds for NER Development

## 207. SHRI SANKAR PRASAD DATTA:

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

- (a) the  details  of  funds  allocated  for  the  development  of  Northern  Eastern  Region (NER) during the last three years and the current year;
- (b) the funds actually spent during these years;
- (c) the major items of works for which expenditure has been incurred; and
- (d) the outcome of this expenditure?

## ANSWER

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

(a) and (b) All  non-exempt  Union  Ministries  are  required  to  mandatorily  earmark 10%  of  their  Gross  Budgetary  Allocation  annually  for  the  North  Eastern  Region (NER). As per available information, the earmarking of funds for NER and provisional expenditure for the last three years and current year is as under:

| Financial year   | Total earmarked funds at RE stage (Rs. in crore)   | Expenditure of earmarked funds (Rs. in crore)   |
|------------------|----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| 2015-16          | 29669.22                                           | 31291.81*                                       |
| 2016-17          | 31738.58                                           | Expenditure data under finalization             |
| 2017-18          | 40971.69                                           | Expenditure data under finalization             |
| 2018-19          | 47994.88 (BE)                                      | Expenditure data under finalization             |

The Budgetary allocation to Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region and the funds utilised during the last three years and current year is given below:-

|                  |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 | (Rs. in crore) 2018-19   |
|------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------------------------|
| Budget Estimates |   2362.74 |   2430.01 |   2682.45 | 3000.00                  |
| Expenditure      |   1986.79 |   2495.84 |   2513.97 | 320.75 (upto 12.07.2018) |

(c) Major expenditure was incurred by different Ministries in social sectors such as  education,  health,  women  &  child  development,  rural  development,  etc.  and  in infrastructure  sectors  such  as  roads,  power, etc. in  North  Eastern  Region in these years. Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region has taken up projects under the schemes of Non-Lapsable Central Pool of Resources (NLCPR), North Eastern Council  (NEC),  North  East  Road  Sector  Development  Scheme  (NERSDS),  North East Special Infrastructure  Development Scheme (NESIDS), Special Packages for funding identified infrastructure and development projects of the Bodoland Territorial Council,  Karbi  Anglong  Territorial  Council  and  Dima  Hasao  Territorial  Council  and the externally aided North Eastern Region Livelihood Project (NERLP) for filing gaps in physical infrastructure in the North Eastern Region, particularly in roads, power & water and in social sectors like livelihood, health, education etc.

(d) The schemes will lead to better connectivity within the country as well as with neighbouring  countries,  improved  tourist  arrivals,  sustainable  livelihoods,  improved power  availability,  improved  access  to  education  and  health  services,  etc.  in  the North Eastern States.

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