Funds to North Eastern States

State-wise details of financial packages implemented by Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region are as under:

(Rs. In crore)
Sl. No.	Name of Package	Name of State		Year of sanction	Projects approved			Projects completed		Project ongoing			Total funds released so far		Funds released in last 2 years (2019-20 & 2020-21)
					No.	Amount		No.	Amount	No.	Amount
Special Packages for Assam
1	Bodo Territorial Council (BTC)	Assam		2003	65		749.64	51	570.19	14	179.45		714.51		3.85
2	Karbi Anglong Autonomous  Territorial Council (KAATC)	Assam		2011	25		235.88	2	6.26	23	229.62		153.91		57.12
3	Dima Hasao Autonomous Council (DHATC)	Assam		2012	11		170.82	0	0	11	170.82		110.96		38.27
4	Special Development Package (SDP) for BTC	Assam		2020	0		0	0	0	0	0		0		0
	Total (Spl. Packages)				101		1156.34	53	576.45	48	579.89		979.38		99.24
Other Packages
5	Special Infrastructure Development Fund(SIDF)		Arunachal Pradesh	2008	11		187.54	2	46.04	9	141.5	172.29		52.46
			Assam		8		103.51	5	85.19	3	18.32	96.67		0
			Manipur		6		124.92	4	109.62	2	15.3	123.88		10.41
			Meghalaya		2		18.84	2	18.84	0	0	18.19		0
			Mizoram		1		2	0	0	1	2	2.99		2
			Nagaland		4		68.08	4	68.08	0	0	66.96		0
			Sikkim		4		44.2	4	44.2	0	0	43.58		0
			Tripura		1		38.08	1	38.08	0	0	38.08		0
	Total (SIDF)				37		587.17	22	410.05	15	177.12	562.64		64.87
6	Assistance for Natural Calamity/Floods 2017	Arunachal Pradesh		2019	2		41.23	1	35	1	6.23	41.23		41.23
		Assam			4		101.52	0	0	4	101.52	101.52		101.52
		Manipur			19		26.73	0	0	19	26.73	26.73		26.73
		Meghalaya			0		0	0	0	0	0	0		0
		Mizoram			13		14.83	0	0	13	14.83	14.83		14.83
		Nagaland			7		13.52	0	0	7	13.52	13.52		13.52
		Sikkim			0		0	0	0	0	0	0		0
		Tripura			0		0	0	0	0	0	0		0
	Total (Natural Calamity)				45		197.83	1	35	44	162.83	197.83		197.83

 

 

          Scheme-wise details of amount sanctioned and released by Ministry of DoNER to North Eastern States and to central agencies for projects in North Eastern States during the last two years (2019-20 & 2020-21) are as under:

(Rs. In crore)
Sl. No	Scheme Name	Amount sanctioned/	Arunachal Pradesh	Assam	Manipur	Meghalaya	Mizoram	Nagaland	Sikkim	Tripura	Central Agencies	Total
		Amount released
1	Non Lapsable Central Pool of Resources (NLCPR) (State+ Central)	Amount sanctioned	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
		Amount released	55.4	143.6	64.7	13.9	96.3	97.3	64.8	40.4	341.6	918.0
2	North Eastern Special Infrastructure Development Scheme (NESIDS)	Amount sanctioned	182.9	397.9	111.1	59.2	61.4	233.7	46.5	228.1	0.0	1320.5
		Amount released	125.4	159.8	101.5	66.6	154.9	78.6	62.1	17.8	0.0	766.6
3	Hill Area Development Programme (HADP)	Amount sanctioned	0.0	0.0	90.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	90.0
		Amount released	0.0	0.0	38.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	38.4
4	Spl. Packages for Assam	Amount sanctioned	0.0	110.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	110.1
		Amount released	0.0	99.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	99.2
5	Special Infrastructure Development Fund(SIDF)	Amount sanctioned	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
		Amount released	52.5	0.0	10.4	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	63.9
6	North  East  Road Sector Development Scheme- Externally Aided  Projects [Earlier called – North Eastern States Roads Investment Programme (NESRIP)]	Amount sanctioned	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
		Amount released	0.0	228.4	129.9	35.6	126.9	0.0	67.8	17.0	0.0	605.6
7	Schemes of North Eastern Council (NEC)	Amount sanctioned	59.8	78.8	74.1	73.5	77.0	65.7	36.8	51.6	421.5	938.8
		Amount released	77.0	45.1	72.8	80.5	131.8	92.2	40.8	32.2	652.9	1225.2
8	North  East  Road Sector Development Scheme (NERSDS)	Amount sanctioned	85.8	50.8	147.3	241.8	123.6	541.5	95.8	0.0	66.1	1352.8
		Amount released	34.3	40.6	112.1	57.8	0.3	191.8	53.7	0.3	0.0	491.0
9	Assistance for Natural Calamity	Amount sanctioned	41.2	101.5	26.7	0.0	14.8	13.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	197.8
		Amount released	41.2	101.5	26.7	0.0	14.8	13.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	197.8
10	Releases to organisations of MDoNER (NERLP, NEDFi, NERAMAC & NEHHDC)	Amount sanctioned	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	100.1	100.1
		Amount released	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	112.6	112.6
	Total	Amount sanctioned	369.74	739.12	449.22	374.45	276.77	854.45	179.05	279.62	587.64	4110.06
		Amount released	385.79	818.29	556.50	254.39	526.03	473.41	289.21	107.68	1107.07	4518.37

 

Ministry of DoNER and NEC provides project based fundingto North Eastern States, details of which are given in part (b) above. No loans are provided by M/o DoNER or its organisations directly to any North Eastern States. However, loans are provided by North Eastern Development Finance Corporation (NEDFi) to the entities/individuals in North Eastern Region (NER). Details of loans disbursed by NEDFi during 2019-20 and 2020-21 are as follows:

(Rs in crore)

State/ Year	2019-20	2020-21
Arunachal Pradesh	7.95	17.10
Assam	168.19	196.46
Manipur	64.96	41.44
Meghalaya	17.27	18.78
Mizoram	18.60	9.37
Nagaland	10.61	9.49
Sikkim	12.86	9.61
Tripura	18.99	9.05
Total Disbursement	319.43	311.29

 

Note: The above loan amount includes soft loan to NEDFi from the MDoNER of Rs.30 crores each year in both the years

On an average,NEDFi charges normal interest rate of 8.5% to 12.5% per annum and concessional interest rate under soft loan from Ministry of DoNER is 7%to 9% per annum.

The Non-Lapsable Central Pool of Resources (NLCPR) Scheme has been discontinued since 15.12.2017 and has been replaced with the new scheme called North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme (NESIDS). However, NLCPR scheme is continuing for the limited purpose of meeting the committed liabilities of projects sanctioned till 2017.

This information was given by The Minister of Development of North Eastern Region, Shri G. Kishan Reddy in the Loksabha in a written reply today.