Question : SPONSORING OF OFFICIALS OF NORTH EAST STATES FOR TRAINING



(a) whether the Government had provided any assistance for training of officials of North- East States; and

(b) if so, the details thereof along with the places/ institutes identified for this purpose

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION (SHRI MANI SHANKAR AIYAR)

(a)&(b) The Ministry has sponsored training programmes for officials of the State Governments of the North Eastern Region in various fields under the Ministry of DONER`s scheme of Capacity Building and Technical Assistance. Reputed institutes like the Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata, the National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD). Noida. and the Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI).Hyderabad have been engaged to impart training in various fields such as General Management Programme,Disaster Management, Development Strategies in the Social Sector, Project Evaluation & Management,Customer-Oriented Public Services,and Micro-finance Management. During 2007-08 and 2008-09, Rs 76.25 lakh and Rs 107,77 lakh respectively were sanctioned to these Institutes for training officials of the State Governments of the North Eastern Region.