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Government of India
Ministry of Development of North-East Region
21 JUL 2022 3:00PM by PIB Delhi
Projects under North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme (NESIDS)

Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (MDoNER) has sanctioned 145 projects worth Rs.3,392.99 crore for the North Eastern States under North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme (NESIDS), out of which completion certificates of 02 projects worth Rs.50.90 crore have been received from the State Governments, as on 20.07.2022. State-wise and year-wise details of the projects sanctioned under NESIDS are given in Table-I and Table-II below:

Table-I

(Rs. in crore)

S. No.

State

Projects Sanctioned

Projects Completed

No.

Cost

No.

Cost

1.

Arunachal Pradesh

29

623.87

0

0

2.

Assam

33

880.82

0

0

3.

Manipur

18

341.32

1

29.94

4.

Meghalaya

12

340.50

0

0

5.

Mizoram

17

345.38

0

0

6.

Nagaland

17

333.62

1

20.96

7.

Sikkim

8

214.51

0

0

8.

Tripura

11

312.97

0

0

 

Total

145

3,392.99

2

50.9

 

Table-II

(Rs. in crore)

S. No.

 

Financial Year

 

Projects Sanctioned

No.

Cost

1.

2018-19

37

1,119.55

2.

2019-20

36

601.62

3.

2020-21

17

491.71

4.

2021-22

55

1,180.11

 

Total

145

3,392.99

 

The following three projects costing more than Rs.100 crore have been sanctioned under NESIDS:

(Rs. in crore)

S. No.

Project

Date of Sanction

Cost

1.

Upgradation of 132 KV Surjamaninagar Sub-Station into 400 KV in Tripura

07-10-2019

120.88

2.

Construction of Double Lane Road from Lanka to Umrangso via Diyungmukh, Haflong Tinali and Panimur, Assam

04-05-2021

227.17

3.

Alternate Gravity Water Supply Scheme of Aizawl, Mizoram

04-12-2018

114.20

 

Under the  Non-Lapsable Central Pool of Resources (NLCPR) scheme, out of 1,642 sanctioned projects worth Rs.17,470.99 crore, 1,278 projects worth Rs.10,919.76 crore have been completed by 20.07.2022. The completion of the project is impacted by various factors including working season, locations of the projects' sites, local conditions, etc. which vary from project to project.

 

Since 2017 till date, North Eastern Council (NEC), which is a statutory regional planning body under the administrative control of Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, has entered into eight Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) amounting to around Rs.13.28 crore in the sectors of Agriculture, Culture, Education, Science & Technology and tourism.

This information was given by Minister of Development of North Eastern Region Shri G. Kishan Reddy in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

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