Lok Sabha Question No. 5269 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-04-03
Subject: Generation of Livelihood for Youths and Women under PM-DevINE
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. 5269

To be answered on Monday, April 3, 2023/ Chaitra 13, 1945 (Saka)

## QUESTION Generation of Livelihood for Youths and Women under PM-DevINE

## 5269.   SHRI PALLAB LOCHAN DAS:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  identified projects  for  the  allocation  of  Rs  15000 crore under PM-DevINE;
- (b) whether the said scheme will generate livelihood for youth and women of NorthEast Region; and
- (c) if so, the  details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a)to  (c)  Prime  Minister's  Development  Initiative  for  North  East  Region  (PM-DevINE), was announced as a new Central Sector Scheme with an initial allocation of Rs 1500 crore in the Union Budget 2022-23. The approval of the Cabinet was accorded for the PM-DevINE  Scheme  on  12  October,  2022.  The  scheme  will  have  100%  Central funding,  and  has  an  outlay  of  Rs.  6,600  crore  for  the  4  year  period  from  2022-23  to 2025-26 (remaining years of the 15 th  Finance Commission period).

The objectives of PM-DevINE are to: (i) Fund infrastructure convergently, in the spirit of PM GatiShakti; (ii) Support social development projects based on felt needs of the  NER;  (iii)  Enable  livelihood  activities  for  youth  and  women;  and  (iv)  Fill  the development gaps in various sectors. Eleven projects amounting to Rs 1503.44 crore (details in Annexure-I), including the seven projects announced in Budget 2022-23, have been selected for sanction in FY 2022-23. social development projects, support industries  and create livelihood activities for youth and

PM-DevINE  Scheme  projects  will  lead  to  creation  of  infrastructure, women, thus leading to income and employment generation.

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## Annexure-I  to Part (a to c) of the Reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5269 dated 03.04.2023

| S. No.   | Name of the project                                                                                                                                                                                                               |   Approved Cost (in Rs. crore) |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1        | Establishment of Dedicated Services for the Management of Pediatric and Adult Hematolymphoid Cancers in North East India, at Dr. B.Borooah Cancer Institute (BBCI), Guwahati                                                      |                         129    |
| 2        | NECTAR Livelihood Improvement Project (Multi-State): Value Chain on Utilization of Banana Pseudo Stem for Value-Added Products.                                                                                                   |                          67    |
| 3        | Promoting Scientific Organic Agriculture in North East India, using Improved Farming Technique & Digital Data Management through Capacity Building of Farmers and Facilitating Certification.(Multi State)                        |                          45    |
| 4        | Construction of Aizwal By-pass on Western Side in Mizoram                                                                                                                                                                         |                         500    |
| 5        | Construction and upgradation of Bamboo Link Roads- from Tuirial Airfield to North Chaltlang (18 km) at a cost of Rs. 33.58 crore ; and from Lengpui to Saiphal Bamboo Plantation (41 km) at a cost of Rs. 66.42 crore, in Mizoram |                         100    |
| 6        | Gap funding for Passenger Ropeway System from Pelling to Sanga-Choeling in West Sikkim                                                                                                                                            |                          64    |
| 7        | Gap funding for Passenger Ropeway from Dhapper to Bhaleydunga in South Sikkim                                                                                                                                                     |                          58    |
| 8        | Transformation of 20 schools as Centre of Excellence in the Kamrup District of Assam by Public Works Department, Government of Assam                                                                                              |                         132.86 |
| 9        | Construction of new four-lane road and conversion of existing two-lane road into four-lane with cycling tracks, utility ducts, footpaths, etc. at New Shillong Township by Directorate of Urban Affairs, Government of Meghalaya  |                         146.79 |
| 10       | Livelihood projects relating to Special Development of Eastern Nagaland by Department of Under Developed Areas (DUDA), Government of Nagaland                                                                                     |                         180    |
| 11       | Establishment of Solar Micro Grid for supply of reliable power to Remote Habitations in Tripura by Department of Power, Government of Tripura                                                                                     |                          80.79 |
|          | Total                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |                        1503.44 |