Lok Sabha Question No. 2473 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-26
Subject: Funds released to Arunachal Pradesh
Ministry: DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION
Asked by: NINONG ERING

## Government of India

Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region

## LOK SABHA

Unstarred Question No. 2473

To be answered on

Wednesday, December 26, 2018/Pausha 5, 1940 (Saka)

## QUESTION

## Funds released to Arunachal Pradesh

2473.  SHRI NINONG ERING:

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

- (a) the  details  of  the  funds  released  to  the  State  of  Arunachal  Pradesh  under different heads;
- (b) whether the North Eastern Council has complained about the lack of funds and if so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  action  taken/  being  taken  by  the  Government  in  this regard;
- (c) the  details  of  the  schemes  and  programmes  undertaken  by  the  Ministry  in Arunachal Pradesh; and
- (d) whether the Government has made any impact analysis of the schemes and if so, the details thereof?

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

- (a) As per information available North Eastern Council  (NEC) has released Rs.235.67 crore to Arunachal Pradesh during 2017-18 and 2018-19 (as on 30.11.2018).

Under  the  Scheme  of  'Non-Lapsable  Central  Pool  of  Resources  (NLCPR),  an amount of Rs.147.42 crore has been released during 2017-18 and upto 20.12.2018 in FY 2018-19.

- (b) A total allocation of Rs.4500 crore has been approved for various schemes being implemented  by  NEC  for  the  period  2017-18  to  2019-20.  The  Expenditure  Finance Committee  (EFC)  in its meeting on 20.12.2017 to consider the proposal had recommended  that  in  2018-19,  the  position  on  outlay  may  be  reviewed  depending, inter  alia ,  on  the  performance  of  the  NEC  in  discharging  its  past  liabilities.  Against  a total  outlay  of  Rs.1486  crore  for  schemes  being  implemented  by  NEC  in  the  current Financial Year, expenditure of Rs.535.80 crore has been incurred so far.

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(c) Currently,  NEC  is  implementing  95  projects  in  Arunachal  Pradesh  through various agencies with an approved cost of Rs. 1006.55 crore out of which NEC Share is Rs.908.49 crore. As on 30.11.2018, NEC has already released a sum Rs.594.64  crore  out  of  its  total  share.  Sector-wise  summary  of  NEC  projects  in Arunachal Pradesh is given at Annexure .

(d) As part of the process for continuation of NEC Schemes beyond March, 2017, third party evaluation of the 'Schemes of NEC' was conducted by IIM, Shillong in JuneJuly, 2017. Recommendations of the third party evaluation, inter alia , included the need for working out development plans for NE Region keeping in mind the local ecosystem; involvement of all stake holders much more in the planning process in order to move away  from  the  top  down  approach;  need  for  having  a  review  of  the  large  unspent balances lying with the State Governments and the funding of the projects by NEC only after the States' shares are released by the State Governments etc.

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Annexure Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (c)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question

No. 2473 for answer on 26.12.2018.

SUMMARY OF NEC PROJECTS IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH

| Sl. No.   | Sectors               |   Project/ Others |   Approved Cost |   NEC Share |   State Share |   NEC Release (Amount) |   State Share Release (Amount) |
|-----------|-----------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------|---------------|------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1         | Agri & Allied         |                17 |         7739.28 |     7063.04 |        676.24 |                3653.27 |                          50.03 |
| 2         | HRD & E(Sports)       |                15 |         5415.87 |     4936.49 |        479.37 |                3464.4  |                         315.83 |
| 3         | HRD & E(Edu & Social) |                 9 |         3834.39 |     3547.72 |        286.67 |                2556.25 |                          76    |
| 4         | IFC&WSM               |                15 |         8312.44 |     7481.2  |        831.24 |                1208.5  |                          92.32 |
| 5         | Industries            |                 5 |         3595.67 |     3236.1  |        359.57 |                1840.66 |                          83.32 |
| 6         | IPR                   |                 5 |         1991.6  |     1792.44 |        198.25 |                1680.18 |                         157.65 |
| 7         | Medical & Health      |                 5 |         2916.04 |     2624.44 |        291.61 |                1513.77 |                         127.65 |
| 8         | Power                 |                 5 |         5363.12 |     4826.81 |        536.31 |                3290    |                         276.21 |
| 9         | S&T                   |                 4 |         1580.8  |     1422.72 |        158.08 |                 786.97 |                          19.95 |
| 10        | T&C                   |                 6 |        55200    |    49679.7  |       5520.3  |               36922.7  |                        2769.3  |
| 11        | Tourism               |                 9 |         4706.5  |     4238.36 |        468.15 |                2547.02 |                         146.6  |
|           | Grand Total           |                95 |       100656    |    90849    |       9805.78 |               59463.7  |                        4114.86 |

(Rs. in lakhs)