The extant policy of the Government, all non-exempted Central Ministries/Departments (currently 55 in number) are mandated to spend at least 10% of their Gross Budgetary Support (GBS) to Central Sector and Centrally Sponsored Schemes for North Eastern Region (NER). Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (MDoNER) monitors and keeps track of such expenditure.

An allocation of Rs. 94679.53 crore has been made under 10% GBS for the year 2023-24 for NER at Budget Estimate (BE) stage.

The details of the amount spent on the development of this region since 2014-15:

(Rs. in crore)

Year	Revised Estimate	Actual Expenditure
2014-15	27,359.17	24,819.18
2015-16	29,669.22	28,673.73
2016-17	32,180.08	29,367.90
2017-18	40,971.69	39,753.44
2018-19	47,087.95	46,054.80
2019-20	53,374.19	48,533.80
2020-21	51,270.90	48,563.82
2021-22	68,440.26	70,874.32
2022-23	72,540.28	82691.37
Total	4,22,893.74	4,19,332.36
Source: Statement 11/23 of Union Budget, various years.   Note: Actual Expenditure figures reported by non-exempted Central Ministries/Departments.

 

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

 

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