Question : Schemes for NER

(a) the year-wise details of the schemes launched by the Government for the North Eastern Region (NER) since the year 2014 till date along with the details of the targets set and the achievements made under each of the said schemes;

(b) the State-wise details of the proposals received from various States along with the proposals approved by the Union Government under the schemes sponsored by the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region;

(c) the scheme-wise and State-wise details of the funds allocated and utilized for implementation of various schemes of this Ministry during each of the last four years and the current year;

(d) whether the Government has set any time-limit for completing the pending schemes, and, if so the details thereof;

(e) whether the Government has any mechanism to monitor the funds allocated to the States/organizations for achieving the said purposes, and if so, the details thereof; and

(f) the action taken against the Non Government Organizations (NGOs) found guilty in this regard?

The Minister of State (Indepenent Charge) of Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
[DR. JITENDRA SINGH]

(a) Government of India approved a Central Sector Scheme named North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme (NESIDS) on 15.12.2017 to provide 100% Central Funding to North Eastern States for the projects to create physical infrastructure relating to connectivity, water supply, power to enhance tourism and social infrastructure relating to primary and secondary sectors of education and health. The NESIDS will be implemented in 3 years from 2017-18 to 2019-20. So far, 50 projects with total estimated cost of Rs 1673.94 crore have been identified.

(b) The State-wise details of the proposals received and selected from various North Eastern States under the scheme of NESIDS and Non-Lapsable Central Pool of Resources (NLCPR) till date are as under:-

NESIDS:
(Rs. in crore)

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States No. of Projects Estimated Cost
Arunachal Pradesh 17 318.14
Assam 08 436.42
Manipur 06 187.00
Meghalaya 06 176.40
Mizoram 03 175.77
Nagaland 05 107.70
Sikkim 02 103.31
Tripura 03 169.20
Total 50 1673.94
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NLCPR: (Rs. in crore)

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State No. Estimated Cost
Arunachal Pradesh 215 2603.63
Assam 446 3875.97
Manipur 177 1861.26
Meghalaya 107 1533.96
Mizoram 159 1393.1
Nagaland 170 1805.4
Sikkim 247 1401.75
Tripura 122 1890.13
Total 1643 16365.2
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(c) As per the guidelines of NESIDS, initially, Rs 10.00 lacs is released for the sanctioned project as a token amount and first installment of 40% of sanctioned cost is released after the award of work by the implementing agency. Being a new scheme, projects under the scheme are currently at the sanction stage, for which only token amount is to be released. The details of funds released State-wise under NESIDS are as under -

(Rs. in lakhs)
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State 2018-19
Funds Released
Assam 10.00
Manipur 50.00
Mizoram 20.00
Sikkim 20.00
Total 100.00
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The State- wise details of funds released under NLCPR are as under:

(Rs. in crore)

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S.No State Funds Released (till 31st Dec, 2018)
1 Arunachal Pradesh 961.45
2 Assam 1335.91
3 Manipur 653.48
4 Meghalaya 567.72
5 Mizoram 352.91
6 Nagaland 640.45
7 Sikkim 467.67
8 Tripura 555.95
Total 5535.54
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) The funds under NESIDS are available till March 31, 2020 and the completion period for such projects are to be framed accordingly States have been requested to ensure completion of ongoing projects under NLCPR with this time frame.

(e) The monitoring of the funds allocated is done through submission of utilization certificates and reviews done in the State and the Ministry from time to time.

(f) Under this scheme there is no provision of giving funds to Non- Governmental Organizations (NGOs).