Against a total package amount of Rs.586.20 crore under Social and Infrastructure Development Fund (SIDF), projects worth of Rs.587.17 crore has been sanctioned by Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region. Out of this, an amount of Rs.504.10 crore has already been released and balance amount will be released on receipt of physical & financial reports from the concerned State Governments. The State wise details of these projects are as under: -
(Rs. in crore)
Name of State | No. of Project | Approved Cost | Funds released |
Arunachal Pradesh | 11 | 187.53 | 115.75 |
Assam | 8 | 103.51 | 96.67 |
Manipur | 6 | 124.92 | 123.87 |
Meghalaya | 2 | 18.84 | 18.19 |
Mizoram | 1 | 1.99 | 1.00 |
Nagaland | 4 | 68.09 | 66.96 |
Sikkim | 4 | 44.20 | 43.58 |
Tripura | 1 | 38.08 | 38.08 |
TOTAL | 37 | 587.17 | 504.10 |
This information was provided by the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.
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