Revised Estimates: Rs.53,370cr for 2019-20
A total of 548 of projects are at various stages of implementation in the North Eastern Region, Dr Jitendra Singh, Minister of State for the Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER) told the Rajya Sabha on 19 Mar 2020.
In the financial year 2019-20, Rs.53,370 crore has been provided under Revised Estimates which is being used for infrastructure and socio and economic development of the region.
The normative allocation criterion takes care of poorest and most backward amongst North Eastern States and allocates more funds to that State.
Giving update on DoNER in a written reply, he said two major schemes are being implemented in the region by North Eastern Council (NEC).
The State Component of outlay of NEC under “Schemes of NEC” is divided between NER States based on normative allocation percentage decided based on area, population, human development index, road density, percentage of census villages electrified, number of hospital beds per 1,000 persons, percentage of households having safe drinking water and completion rate of projects.
The Government accords very high priority to holistic development of North Eastern Region, Dr Singh assured.
All the central Ministries and Departments are mandated to spend 10% of their gross budgetary allocation on Central Sector and Centrally Sponsored Schemes in the North Eastern States, he informed. fiinews.com
