The Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) has sanctioned a total of 145 projects worth Rs.3392.99 crore for the North Eastern Region under the North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme (NESIDS) to fill gaps in certain sectors, since its inception in 2017-18.
This information was given by Union Minister for Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region G. Kishan Reddy in a written reply in Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
The Ministry sanctioned total 11 projects worth Rs 312.97 crore for Tripura.
The Ministry has taken a number of initiatives to ensure the completion of the ongoing projects. The release of funds for the projects is linked to physical and financial progress of the work. Ministry releases funds under its schemes through Public Finance Management System (PFMS) to ensure ‘just in time’ release. Further, State Governments of NER have also been instructed to implement Expenditure-Advance-Transfer (EAT) modules of PFMS for tracking of funds released under the schemes. In addition, Ministry conducts regular review meetings with State Governments at the senior level and undertakes field visits for monitoring the progress. Ministry has designated Nodal Officers and Chief Nodal Officers for each NER State for better coordination with State Governments and to facilitate execution and follow-up of the projects in respective States.
All the North Eastern States are eligible for sanction of projects to the extent of their normative allocations as applicable under NESIDS.
