Question : ALLOCATION AND UTILISATION OF FUNDS



(a) the details of the funds allocated and utilised for developmental works in North-Eastern (NE) States during the last three years;

(b) the details of the projects currently being carried out in NE States, State and project-wise;

(c) whether any complaint has been received against the State Government(s) regarding carrying out the projects and if so, the details thereof, State-wise;

(d) the details of projects undertaken and sanctioned for development and generation of employment in the region; and

(e) the expenditure likely to be incurred during the current financial year in this regard?

Answer given by the minister



The Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North-Eastern Region (Dr.Jitendra Singh)

(a) The details of the fund allocated and utilised for deve- lopmental works in North-Eastern (NE) States during the last three years are as under:-

 
(Rs. in crores) YEAR BUDGET REVISED UTILISATION ESTIMATES ESTIMATES
2012-13 1905 1727.08 1640.69 2013-14 2006 1806 1781.09 2014-15 2306 1800 1694.80
 (b) the details of the projects currently being carried out in NE States, State and project-wise are as follows:- 
 
ADB assisted NESRIP Project State Road No. Contract No. Name of road Length (Km.) AS-37 C AS-CW1 Barpeta to 58.5 Kalitakuchi AS-11 AS-CW1 Bilaspara to 16.2 Fakiragram (NH-31) AS-02 AS-CW2 Tamulpur 43.0 to Paneri AS-03 AS-CW2 Paneri to 18.6 Udalguri Assam AS-02-03 Major bridges, 1.3 5 nos. {4nos. on Tamulpur to Paneri (AS -02) and 1 no. on Paneri to Udalguri (AS -03)} Megh- MLN-1 ML-CW1 Garobada to 93.4 alaya Dalu (NH 51) Sikkim SK-01 SK-CW1 Meli (from km 9.5 17.10) to Nayabazar SK-02 SK-CW1 Nayabazar to 19.7 Namchi Manipur MN-06 MN-CW1 Tupul (NH 53) 52.2 to Bishnupur MN-06 MN-CW2 Thoubal to 41.1 KasomKhullen Mizoram MZ-02 MZ-CW2 Serchhip to 55.0 Buarpui Tripura TR-02 TR-CW1 Udaipur(NH44) 20.3 to Melaghar Total length in Kms. 428.70
 
 
NLCPR Projects (State-wise) SI. State No. of projects No. of completed No. of ongoing No. Sanctioned Projects projects
1 Arunachal 204 84 120 Pradesh 2 Assam 435 211 224 3 Manipur 167 81 86 4 Meghalaya 100 40 60 5 Mizoram 140 77 63 6 Nagaland 160 87 73 7 Sikkim 234 179 55 8 Tripura 114 4 50 Sub Total 1554 823 731 BTC Package 63 41 22 KAATC Package 6 0 6 Grand Total 1623 864 759
 The Projects currently being carried out in NE States UNDER SIDF is as under:- 
 
SI. Name of No. of No. the State Projects
1 Arunachal 03 Pradesh 2 Assam 08 3 Manipur 02 4 Meghalaya 02 5 Mizoram Nil 6 Nagaland 04 7 Sikkim 05 8 Tripura 01
 State-Wise Information on on-going projects under NEC 
 
SI. STATE No. of Approved Cost No. Projects (Rs. In Crore)
1 Arunachal 125 794.31 Pradesh 2 Assam 81 784.57 3 Manipur 93 693.49 4 Meghalaya 72 645.07 5 Mizoram 62 699.08 6 Nagaland 92 840.44 7 Sikkim 54 337.75 8 Tripura 33 11.35 9 Other agencies 95 1401.31 Total (States & 707 6607.38 Other Agencies)
 # North East Rural Livelihood Project (NERLP) is being impleme- nted in two districts each of Sikkim, Nagaland, Tripura and Mizoram. 

(c) No, Sir.

(d) All projects mentioned in part (b) above are sanctioned for development and providing employment in the region. In addition, Rs. 45.81 lakh has been sanctioned in 2014-15 for generation of employment (Skill Development) in the project states under NERLP.

(e) Rs. 2334.50 crore has been provided in BE 2015-16 and it is likely to be fully utilised during the current financial year. Besides, a sum of Rs. 170 crore has been earmarked under SIDF in F.Y.-2015-16 by the Ministry of Finance which is also likely to be utilised fully in the current financial year.