MINISTER OF STATE (I/C) IN THE MINISTRY OF DEVELOPMENT OF
NORTH EASTERN REGION (SHRI PABAN SINGH GHATOWAR)
(a) The Planning Commission is involved in the finalisation of the annual plans of the
States of North East. The size of each year’s plan is finalised based on the
available resources of the States (State’s own funds, borrowings and any other resources)
and the available Central Assistance in the particular year.
A statement indicating Annual Plan outlays / expenditure during 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11
and current year 2011-12, including Special Plan Assistance / Special Central Assistance (grant), to enable the state government to take up priority projects across the sectors
and to meet the resources gap in the Plan for North Eastern States is given at Annexure-I.
Grants-in-aid to the North East State governments are released under the Non Lapsable
Central Pool of Resources (NLCPR) Scheme by the Ministry of Development of North Eastern
Region. However, under the Scheme, State-wise allocations are not made. Details of
State-wise funds released for NLCPR projects during last three years and current year is
given at Annexure-II.
The total funds granted by the North Eastern Council to the North Eastern States during
each of the last three years and the current year is given at Annexure-III. Figures
regarding utilization of grants, State-wise for the last three years and the current
year, would be available with the State Governments.
In addition, the 52 non-exempted Central Ministries earmark 10% of their gross budgetary
support for the North East Region (NER). The Ministry of DoNER monitors utilisation of
expenditure by the above Ministries / Departments against lumpsump provision for the NER.
It does not monitor State-wise utilisation. The year wise allocation / expenditure under
earmarked funds for NER during 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11 and current year 2011-12 is
\summarized in the table below:
(Rs. In crores)
RE Expenditure RE Expenditure RE Expenditure BE
2008-09 2008-09 2009-10 2009-10 2010-11 2010-11 2011-12
14847.36 12733.74 16229.46 14692.68 21787.22 18569.84# 23321.78##
# Expenditure details awaited from four Ministries /Departments
## Excluding Railway Board
(b) Under the NLCPR Scheme, the projects for development of socio-economic infrastructure (Power, Roads & Bridges, Education, Health, Water Supply and Sanitation) are undertaken. State-wise details of number of ongoing projects under NLCPR Scheme and Special BTC package (as on 31.07.2011) are given in table below:
State Number of Projects underway Cost (Rs. in crore)
Arunachal Pradesh 101 1284.57
Assam 172 1372.40
Manipur 144 1149.11
Meghalaya 64 711.12
Mizoram 48 390.57
Nagaland 56 751.32
Sikkim 43 474.36
Tripura 59 703.69
Total NLCPR 687 6837.14
BTC Package 35 468.00
The North Eastern Council projects are infrastructural and social in nature (Transport &
Communication, Power, Medical & Health, Human Resources Development etc.). Projects of
NLCPR Scheme and of NEC are for development of socio-economic infrastructure which
directly and indirectly lead to generation of employment.
(c) & (d) The projects of NLCPR Scheme are sanctioned after the techno-economic
examination of proposal received from the State Governments which is a continuous process.
The sanction of projects by the NEC is a continuous process. The developmental projects
are sanctioned on the basis of the Priority Lists from the State Governments of the North
East Region as well as on the basis of the Five Year Plan Working Group recommendations
pertaining to the relevant sectors of the NEC and the techno-economic scrutiny of the
project proposals contained in the Priority Lists/ Five Year Plan Working Group reports
as per the extant procedures.
