Parliament Question: Enterprises under NEVF

Government of India Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4364 To be answered on Thursday, April 2, 2026/ 12 Chaitra, 1948 (Saka) QUESTION Enterprises under NEVF 4364 # Shri Shambhu Sharan Patel:

Shri Rajib Bhattacharjee:

Shri Brij Lal:

Smt. Darshana Singh:

Will the Minister of Development of North Eastern Region be pleased to state:

(a) the State-wise details of startups and enterprises funded under the North East Venture Fund (NEVF) during the last three years;

(b) the details of funds sanctioned and disbursed there under during the said period;

(c) the sector-wise distribution of enterprises supported under the Fund; and

(d) the number of jobs created by such enterprises in the North Eastern Region? ANSWER The Minister of State of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region [Dr. Sukanta Majumdar]

(a) The details of number of startups and enterprises funded under NEVF during the last three years, State-wise is as under:

Sl. No. State Number of Startups funded Total FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25 FY 2025-26

1. Arunachal Pradesh 1 0 0 1

2. Assam 10 1 3 14

3. Manipur 1 1 1 3

4. Nagaland 2 1 0 3 14 3 4 21(b) Under NEVF during the period of FY 2023-24 to FY 2025-26, a total of Rs. 11.52 crore has been sanctioned and Rs. 16.76 crore has been disbursed to various startups during the last three years, which includes residual undisbursed approved amount into startups from prior years.

(c) During the last three years, the distribution of enterprises/startups supported under the fund, sector wise are tabulated:

S. No. Sector Number of enterprise/startups 1 Food Products 4 2 E-Commerce 3 3 Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure 1 4 Agriculture & Allied activities 1 5 Biotechnology 1 6 Aerospace &Defense 1 7 Tourism & Hospitality 1 8 Media & Entertainment 1 9 Construction & Engineering 1 10 Health Care Technology 1 11 Others 6 Total 21

(d) The number of direct and indirect jobs generated by enterprise supported through the fund in the North Eastern Region is approximately 10,000. *****