Lok Sabha Question No. 3780 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-12
Subject: Funds Allocation under NLCPR
Ministry: DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION
Asked by: AJAY (TENI) MISRA

**GOVERNMENT OF INDIA**

**MINISTRY OF DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION**

**LOK SABHA**

**UNSTARRED QUESTION  No. 3780**

**TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.08.2015**

**QUESTION**

**Funds Allocation under NLCPR**

**3780.  SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI :**

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

(a)  the details of funds allocated to the North-Eastern States from the Non-Lapsable Central Pool of Resources (NLCPR) for the development of the north-eastern region State-wise, during the last two years and the current year;

(b)  the details of projects selected under NLCPR for the financial year 2015-16 State-wise and the amount of funds allocated for each project, along with the projects being re-prioritised from the previous financial year 2014-15; and

(c)  the details of projects for which funds have been sanctioned and released, project-wise?

**ANSWER**

**MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION**

**( DR. JITENDRA SINGH )**

(a)	   Under Non-Lapsable Central Pool of Resources (NLCPR) Scheme, funds are distributed equitably to different North Eastern States on the criteria viz. population, human development index, area, road density, percentage of villages electrified, number of hospital beds, percentage of households having safe drinking water and completion rate of the projects sanctioned under this scheme. The details of funds released under the scheme to the North Eastern States during the last two years and current year is given at Annexure-I.

(b) & (c)  The state-wise details of projects selected/cleared in the year 2014-15 for possible funding under NLCPR during the current year is given at Annexure-II. Out of these selected projects, one project of State Govt. of Manipur has been sanctioned so far against which an amount of Rs. 35.73 crore has been released. No project selected/cleared during 2014-15 has been re-prioritized.

**Annexure referred to Part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred**

**Question No. 3780 for answer on 12.08.2015**

**Annexure-I**

**State wise details of funds released under NLCPR Scheme**

**(up to 30.06.2015)**

**(Rs. in Crores)**

| **State**             | **2013-14**   | **2014-15**   | **2015-16**   |
|-----------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
| **Arunachal Pradesh** | 116.87        | 169.88        | 19.56         |
| **Assam**             | 237.14        | 151.15        | 26.09         |
| **Manipur**           | 86.77         | 114.89        | 1.49          |
| **Meghalaya**         | 90.7          | 40.06         | 9.16          |
| **Mizoram**           | 76.67         | 49.35         | 0             |
| **Nagaland**          | 87.9          | 54.43         | 0             |
| **Sikkim**            | 76.14         | 86.81         | 0             |
| **Tripura**           | 77.81         | 37.93         | 0             |
| **Total**             | **850**       | **704.5**     | **56.3**      |

**Annexure referred to Part (b) & (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred**

**Question No. 3780 for answer on 12.08.2015**

**Annexure-II**

| **S.No.**   | **Name of the State**   | **No. of projects selected**   |
|-------------|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1           | Arunachal Pradesh       | 23                             |
| 2           | Assam                   | 20*                            |
| 3           | Manipur                 | 03**                           |
| 4           | Meghalaya               | 06                             |
| 5           | Mizoram                 | 11                             |
| 6           | Nagaland                | 08                             |
| 7           | Sikkim                  | 07                             |
| 8           | Tripura                 | 08                             |
|             | **Total**               | **86**                         |

***  including two (2) reserve projects.**

****   including one (1) reserve project.**