The North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme (NESIDS) was approved as a new Central Sector Scheme in 2017-18 and restructured into two components viz. NESIDS (Roads) and NESIDS (Other Than Roads Infrastructure) in 2022-23 to prevent sectoral overlaps in regard to road sector as per the recommendation of the Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC) and approval of the Government.

A total of 30 projects worth Rs 886.14 crore have been completed (10 project costing Rs 163.46 crore under NESIDS (OTRI) and 20 projects costing Rs 722.68 crore under NESIDS (Roads), as on 31.10.2024, under the North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme since 2017-18.

This information was given by the Union Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region Dr. Sukanta Majumdar in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

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