Lok Sabha Question No. 2975 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-07
Subject: Expenditure of Government in North Eastern Regions
Ministry: DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION
Asked by: Francisco Cosme Sardinha

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2975

To be answered on

Monday, August 7, 2023/Sravana 16, 1945 (Saka)

## QUESTION

## Expenditure of Government in North  Eastern Regions

## 2975. SHRI COSME FRANCISCO CAITANO SARDINHA:

Will  the  Minister  of DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION be pleased to state: (a) the  details  of  outlays  of  the  Government  for the  North  Eastern  Regions  in last ten years, State-wise; (b) the details of the actual expenditure of the Government in schemes for the NE-Regions during the above mentioned period; (c) the  direct  assistances  given  by  the  Government  to  district  and  regional bodies in the NE-Regions during the last five years; and the steps being taken by the Government to increase/facilitate investments

- (d) by the States through regional connectivity in the North-East?

## ANSWER The Minister of  the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region

## [SHRI.G.KISHAN REDDY]

- (a) & (b) As per the extant policy of the Government, all non-exempted central Ministries/Departments (currently 55) are mandated to spend at least 10% of their Gross  Budgetary  Support  (GBS)  to  Central  Sector  and  Centrally  Sponsored Schemes for the North Eastern Region (NER). The year-wise details of outlays and

actual  expenditure  made  by  non-exempted  Ministries/Departments  under  10% GBS for North-Eastern region since 2014-15 is given at Annexure.

(c) Ministry  of  Development  of  North  Eastern  Region  has  released  a  total  of Rs.  231.50  crore  for  33  projects  between  financial  year  2018-19  and  2022-23 under special development packages to Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC), Karbi Anglong  Autonomous  Territorial  Council  (KAATC)  and  Dima-Hasao  Autonomous Territorial  Council  (DHATC).  Additionally,  15  projects  costing  Rs.69.95  crore  for selected backward communities, 38 projects costing Rs. 174.26 crore for selected backward  blocks,  and  14  projects  costing  Rs.  26.56  crore  for  providing  key identified services in selected villages have been sanctioned in the financial year 2021-22 and 2022-23 by NEC.

(d) As  on  31.03.23,  a  total  of  19  railway  infrastructure  projects  of  total  track length  1,909  km  costing  Rs.81,941  crore,  falling  fully/  partly  in  North  Eastern Region are in different stages of planning/ approval/ execution, of which 482 km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of Rs.37,713 crore has been incurred  till  31.03.23.  A  total  of  261  road  projects  under  different  schemes  of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) with a total sanctioned cost of Rs 1,02,594 crore are under implementation through National Highways Authority of  India(NHAI),  National  Highways  &  Infrastructure  Development  Corporation Ltd.(NHIDCL) and State Public Works Departments (PWDs) in the North Eastern States. Ministry of Civil Aviation is implementing projects worth Rs.3,422.43 crore in the North Eastern Region. Apart from expenditure by connectivity related Central Government  Ministries, 51 projects costing Rs. 4,345.16 crore have been sanctioned  under  MDoNER  schemes  for  connectivity  projects  in  North  Eastern Region.

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## Annexure

10% GBS outlay and actual expenditure from 2014-15 to 2022-23 (Rs. in crore)

| Year      | Budget Estimate     | Revised Estimate   | Actual Expenditure   | Actual Expenditure as %of RE   |
|-----------|---------------------|--------------------|----------------------|--------------------------------|
| 2014-15   | 36,107.56 27,359.17 |                    | 24,819.18            | 90.72                          |
| 2015-16   | 29,087.93           | 29,669.22          | 28,673.73            | 96.64                          |
| 2016-17   | 29,124.79           | 32,180.08          | 29,367.90            | 91.26                          |
| 2017-18   | 43,244.64           | 40,971.69          | 39,753.44            | 97.03                          |
| 2018-19   | 47,994.88           | 47,087.95          | 46,054.80            | 97.81                          |
| 59,369.90 |                     | 53,374.19          | 48,533.80            | 2019-20 90.93                  |
| 2020-21   | 60,112.11           | 51,270.90          | 48,563.82            | 94.72                          |
|           | 68,020.24           | 68440.26           | 70,874.32            | 2021-22 103.56                 |
|           | 76,040.07           | 72,540.28          | 82,691.37            | 2022-23 113.99                 |
| 2023-24   | 94,679.53           | NA                 | 13,807.37*           | 14.08                          |
| Total     | 5,43,781.65         |                    | 4,33,139.73*         |                                |

Source:

Statement

11/23

of

Union

Budget, various

years.

Note: Actual expenditure figures as reported by non-exempted central Ministries/Departments and are provisional.

* Up to 30.06.2023, as reported by 55 Non-exempted Ministries/Departments.