Lok Sabha Question No. 399 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-11-27
Subject: North East Infrastructure Development Scheme
Ministry: DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION
Asked by: Shri Biplab Kumar Deb

## Government of India

## Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 399

To be answered on Wednesday, November 27, 2024/Agrahayana 6, 1946 (Saka)

## QUESTION

## North East Infrastructure Development Scheme

## 399 . Shri Biplab Kumar Deb:

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

- (a)  whether it is a fact that the Government is sanctioning many projects under the North East special Infrastructure Development Scheme (NESIDS) for the NorthEastern Region;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  sanctioned  projects  with  cost  during  the  last three years, State and scheme-wise;
- (c)  whether the Government has implemented a monitoring mechanism for NESIDS projects for timely completion and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)  the eligibility criteria for each State for sanctioning projects under NESIDS or the manner in which these projects are sanctioned?

## ANSWER

## The Minister of State of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region [Dr. Sukanta Majumdar]

- (a) and  (b)The  MDoNER  has  sanctioned  90  projects  costing  Rs  3417.68crore  under North  East  Special  Infrastructure  Development  Scheme  (NESIDS)during  the  last  03 financial  years  from  2021-22  to  2023-24  and  the  current  financial  year  2024-25.  The state-wise and scheme wise details are at Annexure-I.

(c)     The projects sanctioned under NESIDS are executed by the State Governments of  North  Eastern  Region  (NER)  and  the  primary  responsibility  of  monitoring  of  these projects  lies  with  the  concerned  State  Governments.  The  MDoNER  also  closely monitors the progress of the ongoing projects under NESIDS is at different levels.

The officials of Ministry of DoNER and NEC carry out inspection of the select projects on a regular basis. The Field Technical Support Units (FTSU) have been set upby the Ministry  in  all  the  08  NE  States,  who  regularly  interact  with  project  Implementing Agencies  and  maintain  and  update  the  database  of  projects  on  Gati  Shakti  Portal  of MDoNER, and also carry out inspections of the ongoing projects.

In order to further strengthen the monitoring mechanism of the ongoing projects under the various schemes of MDoNER inter-alia including NESIDS, the SOP for engagement of the Project Quality Monitors/Third Party Technical Inspection (PQM/TPTI) Units has been  issued  in  February  2024.The  projects  costing  up  to  Rs  20  crore  are  being inspected  by  the  PQMs  and  for  bigger  infrastructure  projects,  with  project  size  more than Rs 20 crore, the government engineering colleges in NER have been empanelled as Third Party Technical Inspection (TPTI) agencies for monitoring of these projects..

(d)   The NESIDS scheme of Ministry of DoNER has two components : NESIDS(Roads) and NESIDS Other Than Roads Infrastructure (OTRI). Under NESIDS (Roads), projects leading to  the  creation  of  physical  assets  in  roads/bridges  and  auxiliary  infrastructure only are considered for sanction. Under NESIDS (OTRI), projects leading to the creation of  infrastructure  for  Primary  and  Secondary  Health  care,  Primary  and  Secondary Education, water supply, solid waste  management,  Industrial  development,  Civil aviation, sports, telecom etc ,with project size between Rs 5 crore to Rs 50 crore, are considered for sanction.

All  the  North  Eastern  States  are  eligible  for  sanction  of  projects  to  the  extent  of  their normative allocations as applicable under NESIDS.

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Annexure-I

Annexure as referred to in reply to part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.399 for answer on 27.11.2024

(Rs. in crore)

| Sl. No   | State             | NESIDS (Other Than Roads Infrastructure)   | NESIDS (Other Than Roads Infrastructure)   | NESIDS (Roads) projects   | NESIDS (Roads) projects   | Total under NESIDS   | Total under NESIDS   |
|----------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|          |                   | No.                                        | Amount                                     | No.                       | Amount                    | No.                  | Amount               |
| 1        | Arunachal Pradesh |                                            |                                            | 8                         | 306.65                    |                      |                      |
|          |                   | 7                                          | 297.26                                     |                           |                           | 15                   | 603.91               |
| 2        | Assam             | 12                                         | 543.74                                     | 11                        | 848.69                    | 23                   | 1392.43              |
| 3        | Manipur           | 9                                          | 253.46                                     | 4                         | 96.13                     | 13                   | 349.59               |
| 4        | Meghalaya         | 2                                          | 101.42                                     | 2                         | 102.87                    | 4                    | 204.29               |
| 5        | Mizoram           | 13                                         | 172.13                                     | 1                         | 33.19                     | 14                   | 205.32               |
| 6        | Nagaland          | 3                                          | 63.37                                      | 4                         | 130.35                    | 7                    | 193.72               |
| 7        | Sikkim            | 3                                          | 29.93                                      | 2                         | 127.83                    | 5                    | 157.76               |
| 8        | Tripura           | 6                                          | 142.38                                     | 3                         | 168.28                    | 9                    | 310.66               |
|          | Total:            | 55                                         | 1603.69                                    | 35                        | 1813.99                   | 90                   | 3417.68              |