Lok Sabha Question No. 579 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-03
Subject: North-East Economic Corridor Project
Ministry: DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION
Asked by: Shri Dilip Saikia, Ms Kangna Ranaut

## Government of India

## Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. †579

To be answered on

Wednesday, December 3, 2025/Agrahayana 12, 1947 (Saka)

## QUESTION

## North-East Economic Corridor Project

## †579.  Ms Kangna Ranaut:

## Shri Dilip Saikia:

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

- (a) the  current  status  of  the  North-east  Economic  Corridor  project  aimed  at enhancing regional trade connectivity;
- (b) the steps being taken by the Government for the time bound completion of all remaining infrastructure projects under the PM-DevINE scheme;
- (c) whether any new comprehensive scheme has been initiated to meet the long term flood control needs of the North-Eastern Region including Himachal Pradesh and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)     the manner in which new technologies are being utilised to remotely monitoring of the quality and progress of connectivity projects?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) In pursuance of consensus reached during the 72 nd  plenary meeting of the North Eastern  Council  (NEC),  held  at  Agartala  in  December,  2024,  the  Ministry  of Development  of  North  Eastern  Region  (DoNER)  constituted  eight  High-Level  Task Forces (HLTFs), each led by the Chief Minister of a North Eastern (NE) State. HLTF

on  North-East  Economic  Corridor  (NEEC)  is  convened  by  the  Chief  Minister  of Mizoram, with the Union Minister for DoNER and Chief Ministers of Assam, Meghalaya and Manipur as Members.  Mandate of HLTF on NEEC, inter alia, includes assessment of existing economic infrastructure and investment ecosystem in NER; identification of gaps and formulating strategies to attract investment in the region. Three meetings of HLTF on NEEC have been held.

(b) The  projects  sanctioned  under  PM-DevINE  scheme  are  executed  by  the concerned Implementing Agencies (IAs) of the State  Governments and the primary responsibility of monitoring of these projects lies with the concerned State Governments/IAs.  Projects are however also monitored by Ministry of DoNER through Field Technical Support Units (FTSUs), Project Quality Monitors (PQMs) and ThirdParty Technical Inspection Agencies (TPTIs) and inspections by officials of MDoNER and North Eastern Council (NEC), as well as during review meetings.

(c) Flood management and anti-erosion schemes are formulated and implemented by  concerned  State  Governments  as  per  their  priority.  The  Union  Government supplements  the  efforts  of  the  State  Governments.  To  strengthen  the  structural measures of flood management, Union Government implemented Flood Management Programme (FMP) during XI & XII Plans for providing central assistance to States for works related to flood control, anti-erosion, drainage development, anti-sea erosion, etc. which subsequently continued as a component of Flood Management and Border Areas  Programme  (FMBAP)  as  a  centrally  sponsored  Scheme  for  the  period  from 2017-18 to 2020-21 and further extended up to 2025-26. Further, in the last 10 years, under the Scheme of NEC and Non-Lapsable Central Pool of Resources (NLCPR), 24 projects,  related  to  flood  control  /  anti-erosion,  worth  Rs  345.74  Cr  have  been sanctioned in NE States.

(d) The  sanctioned  infrastructure  projects  are  onboarded  on  the  PM-Gati-Shakti portal for improved planning. On-the-ground monitoring is done through site visits and inspections carried out by the Officials of NEC and Ministry of DoNER. Also, third Party Quality Control is done through engagement of PQMs, TPTIs and FTSUs.

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