MINISTER OF STATE FOR PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS & PLANNING (SHRI RAJEEV SHUKLA)
(a) to (d): Financial Assistance provided to the states, known as Central Assistance to the
States (as grant) include Normal Central Assistance(NCA), Additional Central
Assistance(ACA) for programmes and projects, Special Plan Assistance(SPA), etc. In
addition to this, loans are also part of the States’ resources. All these are part of the States’
annual plans and are used for the development programmes and projects. Central Assistance
to the States and loans/borrowings are the main source for development programmes of the
North Eastern States (including Manipur), which are reflected in the Annual Plans approved
by the Planning Commission. In addition, every ministry (other than exempted ministries) are
to spend at least 10% of their plan budget for the North Eastern Region (NER). North Eastern
Council (NEC) and Non Lapsable Central Pool of Resources (NLCPR) are other windows of
funding from the M/o DoNER.
Information on projects sanctioned under various schemes, project costs, their
progress (financial and physical) and executing agencies engaged for projects is not compiled
centrally. Details are available with the respective States and Ministries.
A Statement indicating the Approved Plan outlays and expenditure during the last
five years for the North Eastern States, flow from central ministries, NEC, NLCPR during the
11th Plan is annexed.
(e) : It is a recognised fact that costs of projects vary depending on the location, terrain
and connectivity. Project costs in the NER, particularly in the hilly terrain and in the remote
locations including Manipur, are higher in comparison to similar projects outside NER.
