Lok Sabha Question No. 857 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-12
Subject: Collaboration with ISRO for Monitoring Projects
Ministry: DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION
Asked by: Pallab Lochan Das

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 857

To be answered on Monday, December 12, 2022/Agrahayana 21, 1944 (Saka)

## QUESTION Collaboration with ISRO for Monitoring Projects

857.   SHRI PALLAB LOCHAN DAS:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  in  collaboration  with  the  Indian  Space  Research Organisation (ISRO) is working on monitoring and geo-tagging of projects in North East;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the current status of the project;
- (c) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  once  completed  the  project  will  help  in  mapping  and sharing of data for development of projects in future;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the  funds  sanctioned  under  the  North  East  Special  Infrastructure  Development Scheme (NESIDS) and North East Cane and Bamboo Development Council (NECBDC), State/district-wise?

## ANSWER

## The Minister of Ministry  of Development of North Eastern Region [Shri G. Kishan Reddy]

- (a) to (d) Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (MDoNER), in collaboration with North Eastern Space  Application Centre (NESAC),  Department  of Space,

Government  of  India,  has  developed  a  project  monitoring  Mobile  Application.  The physical progress of the projects supported by MoDoNER is monitored in three modes viz mobile apps, satellite images and drone images.

Till November 2022, out of 588 identified projects, 562 projects , at 1664 different locations  across  North  Eastern  Region  (NER),  have  been  geo-tagged  through  satellite images and mobile app.

(e)  As on 07.12.2022, 145 projects costing Rs.3392.99 crore have been sanctioned in various sectors under North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme (NESIDS). The State-wise detail of projects sanctioned under NESIDS is at Annexure-I .    Further, North East Cane and Bamboo Development Council (NECBDC) has been sanctioned 14 projects worth Rs.90.86 crore in Bamboo Sector during Financial years 2015-16 to 202122. The detail of these projects is at Annexure-II .

Annexure-I

## STATE-WISE  DETAILS  OF  PROJECT  SANCTIONED  UNDER  NESIDS  SINCE INCEPTION

| Sr   |                   | Projects Sanctioned   | Projects Sanctioned          |
|------|-------------------|-----------------------|------------------------------|
| No.  | State             | No.                   | Approved Cost (Rs. in crore) |
| 1    | Arunachal Pradesh | 29                    | 623.87                       |
| 2    | Assam             | 33                    | 880.82                       |
| 3    | Manipur           | 18                    | 341.32                       |
| 4    | Meghalaya         | 12                    | 340.50                       |
| 5    | Mizoram           | 17                    | 345.38                       |
| 6    | Nagaland          | 17                    | 333.62                       |
| 7    | Sikkim            | 8                     | 214.51                       |
| 8    | Tripura           | 11                    | 312.97                       |
|      | Grand Total       | 145                   | 3392.99                      |

## Annexure-II

## DETAILS OF THE NECBDC Projects IN BAMBOO SECTOR DURING 2015-16 to 2021-22

| Sl. No.   | Name of Project                                                                                                                      |   Approved Cost (Rs. in Crore) | State(s)                                               |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.        | Setting up of Cane and Bamboo Technology Park at Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh                                                         |                          10.83 | Arunachal Pradesh                                      |
| 2.        | Promotion of Bamboo Handicrafts, Jewellery & Utility Products in Poma village, Papum Pare District, Arunachal Pradesh.               |                           0.5  | Arunachal Pradesh                                      |
| 3.        | Research and Development project on Development of packaging storage and transportation of fruits and vegetables                     |                           0.93 | Assam                                                  |
| 4.        | Promoting Sustainable livelihood in North East India: the cane and Bamboo Cluster Development Project                                |                           9.2  | Assam                                                  |
| 5.        | Setting up of Bamboo Crushing units in NER for production of Bamboo powder                                                           |                           4.89 | Assam                                                  |
| 6.        | Setting up infrastructure for Bamboo Treatment Plant at Burnihat, Assam                                                              |                           0.54 | Assam                                                  |
| 7.        | Setting up of Cane and Bamboo Training Cum Production Centre at Ukhrul, Manipur                                                      |                          10.3  | Manipur                                                |
| 8.        | Integrated Bamboo and Cane Development Project at Tamenlong, Manipur                                                                 |                           4.94 | Manipur                                                |
| 9.        | Bamboo based Craft Concentration Centre' to be set up at Sovima Village, Dimapur, Nagaland                                           |                           4.48 | Nagaland                                               |
| 10.       | Establishment of Integrated Agarbatti Cluster with Zero Wastages Concept in Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya and Mizoram        |                          14.94 | Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya & Mizoram        |
| 11.       | Setting up of Bamboo Vacuum Pressure Impregnation Treatment Plant in NE States                                                       |                           4.54 | Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram & Tripura |
| 12.       | Multi Initiative in Cane and Bamboo project at Churachandpur & Bishnupur, Manipur and Falkland Aizawl, Mizoram                       |                           4.89 | Manipur & Mizoram                                      |
| 13.       | Bamboo Nursery raising and farming in parts of NER under AATMA NIRBHAR BHARAT ABHIYAN(Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur & Meghalaya) |                           4.92 | Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur & Meghalaya          |
| 14.       | Bamboo Resource Creation through Plantation                                                                                          |                          14.96 | Assam, Manipur & Meghalaya                             |
| Total     |                                                                                                                                      |                          90.86 |                                                        |