Government has recently approved a new scheme “North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme (NESIDS)” at a total cost of Rs.5300.00 crore.

            This fund of Rs.5300.00 crore will be utilized to meet the committed liability of approximately Rs.3700.00 crore for completing the ongoing projects under Non- Lapsable Central Pool Resources (NLCPR) scheme and to take up projects of around Rs.1600.00 crore under the 100% new centrally funded scheme of NESIDS. 

All non-exempt Union Ministries are required to mandatorily earmark 10% of their Gross Budgetary Allocation (GBA) annually for the North Eastern Region. As per available information, the State-wise status of releases for the financial year 2017-18 including the on-going scheme of NLCPR is as under:-

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Under the existing NLCPR scheme, 1614 projects of various sectors were taken up for funding till 30.09.2017. Out of this, 972 projects stands completed, the Sector-wise details of which are as under:-

This was stated by the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Dr Jitendra Singh in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.

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