The North Eastern Council has been conducting assessment of the various socio-economic challenges and infrastructural constraints being faced in the North Eastern Region, from time to time. Major ones are Perspective Transport Plan for Development of North Eastern Region which became the basis for the Special Accelerated Road Development Programme for North East (SARDP-NE), Feasibility Study on Comprehensive Power Transmission and Distribution in North East which formed the basis for Comprehensive Scheme for Transmission and Distribution in NE States, the North Eastern Region Vision-2020 Document, Feasibility Study Report on Poverty Eradication in NER, Comprehensive Tourism Master Plan for North Eastern Region, Health Workforce Development Plan for NER and Study on Air Connectivity in NER.
Since its inception the North Eastern Council has invested over Rs.12756 crore for development of the North Eastern Region in sectors such as transport and communication for roads & bridges, bus & truck terminus, airport and air connectivity; power generation and transmission; irrigation and water management; education, community infrastructure and sports; medical and health; agriculture and allied activities; industries; tourism; science and technology; and livelihood.
Physical achievement of the North Eastern Council includes construction of 10949 km. of roads of Inter-State nature and roads of economic importance. 11 Inter-State Bus Terminus and 3 Inter-State Truck Terminus in the North Eastern States. The North Eastern Council also funded 60 percent of the project costs for upgradation of twelve airports through Airport Authority of India, namely, Guwahati, Silchar, Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Lilabari, Tezpur, Umroi, Lengpui, Dimapur, Imphal, Agartala and Tezu airports.
Besides, the North Eastern Council is instrumental in establishment/funding of several important institutions in the North Eastern Region that include North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Ltd., (NEEPCO), North Eastern Handicraft and Handlooms Development Corporation Ltd., (NEHHDC), North Eastern Regional Institute of Water and Land Management (NERIWALM), Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Cane and Bamboo Technology Centre (CBTC).
A livelihood project, the North Eastern Region Community Resource Management Project (NERCORMP) was initially funded jointly with International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and subsequently continued with domestic funding. The project covers eleven Districts in four States, namely, Dima Haso and Karbi Anglong in Assam; Senapati, Ukhrul, Chandel and Churachandpur in Manipur; West Khasi Hills and West Garo Hills in Meghalaya; and Changlang, Longding and Tirap in Arunachal Pradesh.
The number of projects sanctioned and the amount of funds released by the North Eastern Council during 2012-13 to 2014-15, State-wise, are given below:
Sl. No.
|
State
|
No. of projects sanctioned
(2012-13 to 2014-15)
|
Amount released
(2012-13 to 2014-15)
(Rs. in crore)
|
1.
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
49
|
97.44
|
2.
|
Assam
|
30
|
64.51
|
3.
|
Manipur
|
44
|
163.08
|
4.
|
Meghalaya
|
26
|
63.93
|
5.
|
Mizoram
|
27
|
95.06
|
6.
|
Nagaland
|
42
|
256.58
|
7.
|
Sikkim
|
18
|
67.08
|
8.
|
Tripura
|
09
|
19.68
|
Total
|
245
|
827.36
|
This was stated by the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for 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 by Shri B. K. Hariprasad in the Rajya Sabha today.
Courtesy:pib.nic.in
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