Lok Sabha Question No. 1920 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-09
Subject: Project Proposals
Ministry: DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION
Asked by: SANKAR PRASAD DATTA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1920

To be answered on Wednesday, March 9, 2016/Phalguna 19, 1937 (Saka)

## QUESTION PROJECT PROPOSALS

1920.   SHRI SANKAR PRASAD DATTA:

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

(a)  the total budget allocated for various schemes under North Eastern Council by his Ministry for financial year 2015-16, State-wise; (b)  the  details  of  allocations  made  during  the  last  three  years  by  his  Ministry under NEC schemes; (c)  the details of project proposals received by his Ministry for the year 2015-16 from  North  East  States  to  be  sanctioned  under  North  Eastern  Council Schemes; and (d)  the  present  status  of  the  projects  and  the  amount  of  funds  sanctioned  and

- released, scheme-wise and State-wise?

## ANSWER

Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region [Dr. Jitendra Singh]

(a)&(b):The  Ministry  of  DoNER  does  not  allocate  State-wise  budget  to  North Eastern Council. The scheme-wise total budget allocated during the financial year 2015-16 is Rs 773.00 crore. The details of the last three years allocations are as

| 2012-13   | Rs 770.00 crore   |
|-----------|-------------------|
| 2013-14   | Rs 700.00 crore   |
| 2014-15   | Rs 579.00 crore   |

under: 2012-13 Rs 770.00 crore 2013-14 Rs 700.00 crore 2014-15 Rs 579.00 crore

(c)  &(d):  Details  regarding  the  project  proposals  received  from  the  North  Eastern States during financial year 2015-16 is at Annexure

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## Annexure

## Project proposals received for financial year 2015-16 from NE States and status

## (Rs. in crore)

| Sl. No.   | State             |   No. of projects |   Estimated cost |   No. of retained projects | No. of projects sanctioned   | Approved cost   | Released   |
|-----------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------|------------|
| 1.        | Arunachal Pradesh |                71 |           400.66 |                         22 | 1                            | 7.33            | 2.64       |
| 2.        | Assam             |                36 |           265.59 |                         13 | -                            | -               | -          |
| 3.        | Manipur           |                94 |          1073.72 |                         37 | 4                            | 39.57           | 11.46      |
| 4.        | Meghalaya         |                27 |           129.29 |                          9 | -                            | -               | -          |
| 5.        | Mizoram           |                39 |           398.39 |                         17 | -                            | -               | -          |
| 6.        | Nagaland          |                96 |           537.83 |                         38 | 2                            | 11.88           | 6.22       |
| 7.        | Sikkim            |                18 |           108.34 |                          6 | 1                            | 2.90            | 1.04       |
| 8.        | Tripura           |                 9 |           126.08 |                          5 | -                            | -               | -          |
|           | Total             |               390 |          3039.9  |                        147 | 8                            | 61.68           | 21.37      |