Parliament Question: Funds Allocated and Released to the North Eastern States

Government of India Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region LOK SABHA Unstarred Question No. 6062 To be answered on Wednesday, April 1, 2026/Chaitra 11, 1948 (Saka) QUESTION Funds Allocated and Released to the North Eastern States

6062. Prof. Sougata Ray:

Will the Minister of DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION be pleased

to state:

(a) the details of total funds allocated and released to the North Eastern States under schemes of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DONER) during the last five years;

(b) whether the Government has conducted any assessment regarding the impact of development programmes implemented in the North Eastern Region on employment generation and economic growth and if so, the details thereof;

(c) the details of infrastructure projects sanctioned under the North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme (NESIDS), State-wise; and

(d) whether the Government has reviewed the progress and effectiveness of projects implemented by the North Eastern Council and if so, the details thereof? ANSWER The Minister of State of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region [Dr. Sukanta Majumdar]

(a) The details of total funds allocated and released to the North Eastern States under schemes of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DONER)

during the last five years are as under: (Rs. in crores) Revised Estimates Expenditure 2021-22 2624.36 2624.05 2022-23 2715.17 1076.04 2023-24 5849.40 1944.91 2024-25 3966.00 3416.55 2025-26 4445.00 4182.63* * Up to 26th March 2026(b) In 2025, Third Party Evaluation of all the Schemes implemented by Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (MDoNER) was carried out by IIM Shillong.

Further, periodic assessments and evaluation studies have confirmed that interventions made under various schemes of MDoNER have contributed significantly to employment generation and economic growth in the North Eastern Region. Infrastructure projects like roads, bridges, and power supply have created direct and indirect jobs, while livelihood and skill development initiatives have also contributed to enhanced employability among youth and women, fostering entrepreneurship and self- employment opportunities.

(c) The North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme (NESIDS) was approved as a new Central Sector Scheme in 2017-18 and restructured into two components viz. NESIDS (Roads) and NESIDS (Other Than Roads Infrastructure) in 2022-23. The State-wise details of projects sanctioned under NESID Scheme are as

under:

S. State NESIDS OTRI NESIDS Roads Total No No of Sanction No of Sanctione No of Sanctione Projects ed Cost Project d Cost Project d Cost (Rs. in s (Rs. in s (Rs. in crore) crore) crore) Arunachal 1 Pradesh 19 580.96 22 681.15 41 1262.11 2 Assam 30 1347.33 18 1317.83 48 2665.16 3 Manipur 21 549.12 9 254.70 30 803.82 4 Meghalaya 12 506.89 6 223.32 18 730.21 5 Mizoram 22 499.92 8 303.02 30 802.94 6 Nagaland 13 251.83 16 462.88 29 714.71 7 Sikkim 6 221.68 5 264.01 11 485.69 8 Tripura 16 548.56 9 358.15 25 906.71 Total 139 4506.29 93 3865.06 232 8371.35

(d) The Government has regularly reviewed the progress and effectiveness of projects implemented by the North Eastern Council. Starting from October 2025, inspections of all the 271 projects have been conducted by NEC/ MDoNER officials and third-party inspection teams i.e., Field Technical Support Units (FTSUs), Project quality Management (PQM), Third Party Technical Inspection (TPTI). Physical inspections of the projects coupled with weekly reviews at the highest level in the Ministry, have resulted in a marked improvement in timely implementation/closure of the projects.

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