Lok Sabha Question No. 2365 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-13
Subject: Non-Lapsable Central Pool of Resources
Ministry: DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION
Asked by: Arun Kumar Sagar, Ashok Kumar Rawat

Government of India

Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2365

To be answered on

Monday, December 13, 2021/Agrahayana 22, 1943 (Saka)

## QUESTION

## Non-Lapsable Central Pool of Resources

†2365. SHRI ARUN KUMAR SAGAR: SHRI ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT:

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

- (a) whether  the  work  is  being  conducted  under  Non-Lapsable  Central  Pool  of Resources (NLCPR) in the North-Eastern States of the country as on date;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (c) the funds allotted,  released  and  utilised under  the  said  scheme during  the  last three years and the current year?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  and  (b)  Under  Non-Lapsable  Central  Pool  of  Resources-State  (NLCPR-State) Scheme,  1635  projects  worth  Rs.16233.78  crore  have  been  sanctioned  in  the  North Eastern  States,  out  of  which  1204  projects  worth  Rs.9557.20  crore  have  been completed,  while  for  431  projects  worth  Rs.6676.59  crore  that  are  ongoing,  the implementation  is  at  various  stages.  The  NLCPR-State  Scheme  has  since  been restructured as North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme (NESIDS) with effect from 15.12.2017. Since then funding under the NLCPR-State scheme is provided only for ongoing projects to meet committed liabilities. The State-wise details of projects sanctioned under NLCPR-State are as under:

| (Cost in Rs. crore)   | (Cost in Rs. crore)   | (Cost in Rs. crore)   | (Cost in Rs. crore)   | (Cost in Rs. crore)   | (Cost in Rs. crore)   | (Cost in Rs. crore)   | (Cost in Rs. crore)   |
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| S.No.                 | State                 | Sanctioned projects   | Sanctioned projects   | Completed projects    | Completed projects    | Ongoing projects      | Ongoing projects      |
|                       |                       | Number of projects    | Cost                  | Number of projects    | Cost                  | Number of projects    | Cost                  |
| 1                     | Arunachal Pradesh     | 207                   | 2484.01               | 140                   | 1542.38               | 67                    | 941.63                |
| 2                     | Assam                 | 446                   | 3875.97               | 258                   | 1604.2                | 188                   | 2271.77               |
| 3                     | Manipur               | 177                   | 1857.13               | 148                   | 1078.44               | 29                    | 778.69                |
| 4                     | Meghalaya             | 107                   | 1533.96               | 69                    | 709.34                | 38                    | 824.62                |
| 5                     | Mizoram               | 159                   | 1393.1                | 136                   | 1084.68               | 23                    | 308.42                |
| 6                     | Nagaland              | 170                   | 1805.4                | 135                   | 1271.75               | 35                    | 533.66                |
| 7                     | Sikkim                | 247                   | 1409.69               | 221                   | 1060.93               | 26                    | 348.76                |
| 8                     | Tripura               | 122                   | 1874.52               | 97                    | 1205.48               | 25                    | 669.04                |
|                       | Total                 | 1635                  | 16233.78              | 1204                  | 9557.20               | 431                   | 6676.59               |

- (c) The  status  of  funds  allotted,  released  and  utilised  under  the  NLCPR-State scheme during the last three years and the current year is as under:

(Rs. in crore)

| Financial Year   |   Budgetary Estimates | Revised Estimates   | Expenditure               |
|------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
| 2018-19          |                692    | 657.40              | 450.21                    |
| 2019-20          |                392    | 379.59              | 379.59                    |
| 2020-21          |                407.16 | 197.28              | 197.28                    |
| 2021-22          |                404.5  | -                   | 200.07 (as on 30.11.2021) |

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