The North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme (NESIDS) under Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (MDoNER) 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. A total of 82 projects costing Rs 4703.81 crores have been sanctioned under NESIDS during the last two financial years, i.e. FY 2023-24, FY 2024-25 and the current FY 2025-26 (as on 31.01.2026). The State-wise details of the projects sanctioned under NESIDS, are annexed.

The Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region has taken several steps to ensure timely completion of the projects sanctioned by the Ministry in North Eastern Region (NER) under various schemes, inter alia, including NESIDS. The projects are periodically monitored and inspected by the officials of MDoNER, North Eastern Council and Field Technical Support Units (FTSUs). Regular review meetings are conducted with the State Governments of NER to expedite the execution of sanctioned projects under the Schemes of MDoNER. The Project Quality Monitors/Third Party Technical Inspection Agencies (PQM/TPTI) have been introduced to strengthen the monitoring mechanism of the MDoNER.

Under NESIDS(Roads), the State Level Empowered Committee (SLEC) of the concerned State Government of NE States, recommends projects leading to the creation of physical assets in roads/bridges and auxiliary infrastructure, as per their needs, priorities and gaps. Similarly, under NESIDS (OTRI) the SLEC of the concerned State Government of NE States, recommends projects leading to the creation of infrastructure for Primary and Secondary Health Care, Primary and Secondary Education, Water Supply, Industrial Development, Sports, Telecom etc., as per their needs, priorities and gaps.

 

 

 

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State-wise details of the sanctioned projects under NESIDS

S.No.	State	No. of Projects	Sanctioned Cost (Rs. in Cr.)
1	Arunachal Pradesh	12	639.56
2	Assam	14	1764.39
3	Manipur	11	440.30
4	Meghalaya	5	266.66
5	Mizoram	13	459.08
6	Nagaland	12	381.50
7	Sikkim	3	232.01
8	Tripura	12	520.31
Total		82	4703.81

 

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

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