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Government of IndiaMinistry of Development of North Eastern Region

New DelhiWebsite : www.mdoner.gov.in

ARUNACHAL PRADESH MIZORAM

ASSAM NAGALAND

MANIPUR SIKKIM

MEGHALAYA TRIPURA

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MINISTRY OF DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGIONGOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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ANNUAL REPORT 2016-17ANNUAL REPORT 2016-17

CONTENTS

Acronyms / Abbreviations i-v

1. Overview 1-12

1.1 Co-ordination with Central Ministries and Departments 3

1.1.1 Earmarking of Union Budget by Central Ministries / Departments

for North Eastern Region 3-4

1.1.2 Monitoring Expenditure by Central Ministries / Departments

and Central Resource Pool for the North East (NLCPR) 4-5

1.1.3 Other Co-ordination Activities 6-8

1.2 Schemes and Initiatives of Ministry of DoNER 8-12

2. Bridging Social and Physical Infrastructure Gaps in NER 13-23

2.1 Non-Lapsable Central Pool of Resources Scheme – State 15-17

2.2 Non-Lapsable Central Pool of Resources – Central Scheme 18-19

2.3 Social and Infrastructure Development Fund 19-20

2.4 North East Road Sector Development Scheme 21

2.4.1 Asian Development Bank (ADB) assisted projects

North Eastern States Roads Investment Programme (NESRIP) 21-22

2.4.2 North Eastern Road Sector Development Scheme

(NERSDS-Programme Component) 23

3. Institutions under Ministry of DoNER 25-39

3.1 North Eastern Council (NEC) 27-30

3.2 North Eastern Region Community Resource Management

Project (NERCORMP) 30-33

3.3 North Eastern Handicrafts and Handlooms Development

Corporation Ltd. (NEHHDC) 33-37

3.4 North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation Limited

(NERAMAC) 38-39

4. Livelihood, Entrepreneurship, Capacity Building, Advocacy & Publicity 41-55

4.1 North East Rural Livelihood Project (NERLP) 43

4.1.1 Introduction 43

4.1.2 Achievements as on December, 2016 43-44

4.1.3 Community Mobilization and Institution Building 44

4.1.4 Economic Empowerment 44-45

4.1.5 Livelihood Cluster Initiatives 45

4.1.6 Community Development Plan 45

4.1.7 Partnership Development 45

4.1.8 Marketing Support and Infrastructure 45

4.1.9 Priority Works for the current year 2016-17 45-46

4.2 CCA-NER Plan 2 46-48

4.3 North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Ltd. (NEDFi) 48-49

4.4 Capacity Building and Publicity Scheme 49

4.4.1 Capacity Building and Technical Assistance 49-51

4.4.2 Advocacy and Publicity Scheme 51-55

5. Information, Communication and Technology Activities 57-67

6. Vigilance, Official Language and Staff Welfare 69-73

Annexures 75-104

Graphical/Statistical Analysis 105-112

Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region

ACA Additional Central Assistance

ADC Autonomous District Council

ADB Asian Development Bank

AEP Act East Policy

ASEAN Association of South East Asian Nations

BRICS Brazil Russia India China & South Africa

BRPSE Board for Reconstruction of Public Sector Enterprises

BTC Bodoland Territorial Council

BPR Business Process Re-engineering

CB&TA Capacity Building and Technical Assistance

CCA-NER Climate Change Adaption North Eastern Region

CDGs Community Development Groups

CDPs Community Development Programmes

CFC Common Facility Centre

CERC Central Electricity Regulatory Commission

CCEA Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs

CED NER Centre for Development of North Eastern Region

CFC Common Facility Centre

CIHSR Christian Institute of Health Sciences and Research

CPIOs Central Public Information Officers

CPLT Centre for Practical Livelihood Training

CPM Cachar Paper Mill

CPSEs Central Public Sector Enterprises

ACRONYMS/ABBREVIATIONS

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80 Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region

CSA Centre for Sustainable Agriculture

CSC Construction Supervision Consultants

CSR Corporate Social Responsibility

CSS Centrally Sponsored Scheme

CSO Central Statistical Organization

CSPs Community Service Providers

CVC Central Vigilance Commission

DGCA Director General of Civil Aviation

DHATC Dima Hasao Autonomous Territorial Council

DHH Directorate of Handlooms and Handicrafts

DPR Detailed Project Report

DoNER Development of North Eastern Region

DPE Department of Public Enterprises

EAP Externally Aided Projects

EFC Expenditure Finance Committee

EPA Entry Point Activities

EPCH Export Promotion Council for Handlooms

FSS Freight Subsidy Scheme

GBS Gross Budgetary Support

GoI Government of India

G2G Government –to- Government

G2C Government – to – Customer

HPCL Hindustan Paper Corporation Limited

HH Household

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IPR Information and Public Relation

IMC Inter Ministerial Committee

ICCOA International Competence Centre on Organic Agriculture

ICCR Indian Council for Cultural Relations

ICIMOD International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development

ICT Information and Communication Technology

IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development

IGNCA Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts

IITF India International Trade Fair

IT Information Technology

ITES IT Enabled Services

ITPO India Trade Promotion Organization

IMT India-Myanmar-Thailand

KAATC Karbi Anglong Autonomous Territorial Council

KMMTTP Kaladan Multi Model Transit Transport Project

MoS Memorandum of Settlement

MoEFCC Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

MoRTH Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

MHRD Ministry of Human Resource Development

MSDE Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

MSME Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

NAFCC National Adaptation Fund on Climate Change

NCOG National Centre of Geo Informatics

NEC North Eastern Council

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NEDFi North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Ltd.

NEHHDC North Eastern Handicrafts and Handlooms Development Corporation Ltd.

NELPS North East Livelihood Promotion Society

NERAMAC North Eastern Regional Agricultural Manufacturing Corporation

NERCORMP North Eastern Region Community Resource Management Project

NERCRMS North Eastern Region Community Resource Management Society

NERLP North East Rural Livelihood Generation Project

NEEPCO North Eastern Electricity Power Corporation Limited

NESAC North Eastern Space Application Centre

NERSDS North East Road Sector Development Scheme

NER North Eastern Region

NER-ARLRC North Eastern Region Advanced Rural Livelihood Resource Centre

NERTPS North Eastern Region Textile Promotion Scheme

NESRIP North Eastern States Roads Investment Programme

NEIIPP North Eastern Industrial Investment Promotion Policy

NHIDCL National Highway Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited

NLCPR Non Lapsable Central Pool of Resources

NTL NEDFi Trustee Ltd.

OL Official Language

PFMS Public Financial Management System

PIP Project Implementation Plan

PoP Package of Practices

PITEX Punjab International Trade Expo

PMU Project Management Unit

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PPP Public Private Partnership

PMC Project Management Consultant

QR Quick Resource

RGIIM Rajiv Gandhi Indian Institute of Management

RSC Remote Sensing Centre

SAPCC State Action Plan on Climate Change

SCSP Scheduled Castes Sub Plan

STSP Scheduled Tribes Sub Plan

SESTA Seven Sisters Development Assistance

SEBI Security Exchange Board of India

SIDF Social and Infrastructure Development Fund

SHG Self Help Group

SIAL Salon International de l’alimentation,

SLEC State Level Empowered Committee

UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

UC Utilization Certificate

UPI Unified Payments Interface

VCF Venture Capital Fund

WTM World Travel Market

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11111OVERVIEW



The Department of Development of NorthEastern Region (DoNER) set up in 2001coordinates the development efforts in the NEregion. It was converted into a Ministry in2004. The North Eastern Council, Shillong,set up in 1971 is under the administrativecontrol of Ministry of DoNER. It is the onlyMinistry which has a territorial jurisdiction.

Ministry of Development of North EasternRegion implements, through StateGovernments and some Central Ministries,Schemes of Non-Lapsable Central Pool ofResources (NLCPR) and funds for SpecialPackages are provided. North Eastern Council(NEC) is a statutory Regional Planning Body.It also provides financial assistance for a varietyof projects including infrastructure projects likeconstruction of roads, improving airconnectivity etc. through State Governments.

The Ministry aims to give focused attention toaddress the special needs of the region. Itcoordinates with various Ministries/Departments primarily concerned withdevelopment activities in NER. However,respective Ministries/Departments will remainresponsible for implementation of programmesin their respective fields.

1.1 Coordination with Central Ministriesand Departments

1.1.1 Earmarking of Union Budget by CentralMinistries/Departments for NorthEastern Region

In October 1996, the Central Governmentannounced “New initiatives for the North

Eastern Region”, which included a numberof measures for the development of NorthEastern Region. One of these was the policydecision to earmark at least 10% of PlanBudgets of the Central Ministries/Departmentsfor the development of NE States. Accordingly,it was decided that Central Ministries/Departments, unless specifically exempted,will set apart 10% of their Plan GrossBudgetary Support (GBS) for the North EasternRegion (NER) to ensure a quantum jump inbudgetary resource flows to the region and tofill the backlog and gaps in basic minimumservice and infrastructure. Subsequently,allocation of funds for the North Eastern Regionis being done annually on lump sum basis bythe non-exempted Central Ministries/Departments at the BE/RE stage under MajorHeads 2552 (for revenue expenditure), 4552(for capital expenditure) and 6552 (for loanexpenditure) expended under their respectivefunctional schemes. These schemes may eitherbe in the form of direct intervention by theMinistries/Departments or through theirinstitutions/agencies or may even through theconcerned State Governments.

In order to bring about significantsimplification and transparency in presentationof the information regarding Ministry/Department-wise budget allocation for theNorth East, the Central Government in 2014-15 introduced a separate statement, namelyStatement 23 of Expenditure Budget Vol. I, inthe Union Budget. With this, the BE allocationof the current year and BE and RE allocation

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for the previous year by non-exemptedMinistries/Departments is readily accessiblewith the help of Statement 23 available onMinistry of Finance website http://www.finmin.nic.in . In the Budget 2017-18,several changes were introduced, eg. thedistinction between Plan and Non-Plan hasbeen done away with, adoption of revenue/capital classification, merger of RailwayBudget with Union Budget, besides,earmarking for North Eastern Region has beenreflected through Statement 11 of the UnionBudget, Expenditure Profile. As per theStatement 11, a total of Rs. 32180.08 crorewas allocated by 55 Central Ministries/Departments for NE Region during 2016-17(RE), including the Ministry of Developmentof North Eastern Region, but excluding theallocation by the Ministry of Railways of Rs.5050 crore for the region under the RailBudget 2016-17. Similarly, for the current

Financial Year 2017-18, the total budgetaryallocation for the NE Region by non-exemptedMinistries/Departments is Rs. 43,244.64 crores(refer Annexure-I for Ministry-wise allocation).

1.1.2. Monitoring expenditure by CentralMinistries/Departments and CentralResource Pool for the North East(NLCPR)

The Ministry of Development of North EasternRegion, being the nodal department, ismandated with the job of coordinating withvarious Ministries/Departments primarilyconcerned with development and welfareactivities in the region and to monitor theirexpenditure under 10% GBS as surrenderedamounts are transferred to the NLCPR (pool),notionally maintained by Ministry of Finance,however, it is a subject matter of M/DoNERas per AoBR. This exercise is being undertakenon annual basis and the allocation and actual

Table 1: Annual Expenditure relative to the earmarked allocationby non-exempted Ministries/Departments

(Rs. in Crore)

Financial Year Total Earmarked Expenditure of Expenditure asfunds at RE stage earmarked funds percent of

earmarked funds

2013-14 25947.16 23170.63# 89.30

2014-15 27359.17 24483.92# 89.49

2015-16 29669.22 31294.75# 105.48

2016-17 32180.08 21277.57 $ 66.12

# expenditure figures are provisional subject to final vetting by MoF and expenditure exclusive of Ministryof Railways outlay in NE Region.

$ figures reflected in PFMS as on 01.02.2017 under release to NE States


The Ministry-wise details of expenditure(provisional) during last three years are givenat Annexure-II. To strengthen the monitoringof 10% GBS expenditure in NER by Non-Exempt Ministries in the running year, thePFMS under Ministry of Finance was requestedto create add on utility on their website forgeneration of NER release reports State-wise,

Schemewise and Ministry-wise. PFMS has nowcreated the add-on feature and it is nowpossible to monitor releases State-wise,Scheme-wise on real time basis. As againstRE allocation of Rs.32180.08 crore during2016-17, an amount of Rs.21277.57 crore hasalready been released to NER by CentralMinistries / Departments till 01.02.2017 as perPFMS data. Based on this, Ministries who haveso far released less than two third of themandated 10% GBS in the NER have beenrequested to expedite the releases and flagissues with State Government, if any.Sectorally, both major infrastructure and socialsector grouping of Ministries have seen aquantum jump in both budgetary allocationas well as expenditure during 2014-15 and2015-16 in NER ( refer Annexure-III).

In 1997-98 when it was found that actualexpenditure of Ministries/Departments for NERis less than the mandatory ceiling of 10%, theGovernment took the decision to create a“Central Resource Pool” into which theunutilized portion of the 10% earmarked GBSwill accrue at the end of the financial year. Since1998-99, the annual surrendered amounts outof the earmarked outlays of all non-exemptedCentral Ministries/Departments for NER are beingaccounted as accruals to this Pool and the annualexpenditure of the Ministry under the Non-Lapsable Central Pool of Resources Scheme arebeing accounted as withdrawals from the Pool.The creation of NLCPR thus precedes theformation of the Ministry. The Resource Pool isa notional pool, maintained on a proforma basisby the Ministry of Finance. The Ministry ofDoNER monitors Ministry-wise expenditure/surrendered amounts for the purpose of

expenditure figures by respective Ministries/Departments are collected, compiled andforwarded annually to Ministry of Finance forvetting. The expenditure figures (provisional)until 2015-16 against RE earmarked for theRegion have already been forwarded toMinistry of Finance for vetting. The annualexpenditure relative to the earmarkedallocation during the last three years is givenin the Table 1. There has been a sharp rise inPlan expenditure by Central Ministries in NERby 35% from Rs. 23170 crores in 2013-14 toRs. 31294 crores (provisional) in 2015-16. In2015-16, non-exempt Ministries made a totalexpenditure of Rs.31294.75 crores againstrevised allocation of Rs.29669.22 crores orabout 105% of the total allocation for NER.Further, eight (8) ministries have provisionallyexceeded the mandatory expenditure.


ascertaining the accrual to the NLCPR Pool inconsultation with Ministry of Finance. The sizeof the cumulative pool is arrived at by addingsurrendered amounts by non-exempt Ministriesannually against the EAP and local/event specificadjusted RE allocation and deducting the amountspent under the NLCPR scheme of M/DoNER,so as to constantly track the net accumulation inthe NLCPR Pool.

Expenditure figures until 2015-16 have beenforwarded to Ministry of Finance forfinalization.

1.1.3 Other Coordination Activities

Coordinating role of the Ministry of Developmentof North Eastern Region emanates frommonitoring development projects for socio-economic development of the region. TheMinistry coordinates with various CentralMinistries/Departments in respect of thedevelopment and welfare schemes/programmesimplemented by them in the North EasternRegion. Besides, calling the progress ofexpenditure out of the earmarked outlay for NER,a set of Ministries/Departments has been assignedto senior officers of the Ministry for regular and

continuous interactions with respectiveMinistries/Departments. In addition to the routineinteractions, the Ministry also convened sectoralreview meetings with key Ministries such asRailways, Road Transport & Highways, CivilAviation, Power, Environment, Forest & ClimateChange, Tourism etc. for effectiveimplementation of schemes and time-boundcompletion of major infrastructure projects.DoNER is represented in Inter-Ministerial Groupsof major Ministries such as MoRTH, Railways,MSME, Home, etc. and is also consulted atpolicy formation and project implementationstage through EFC, Cabinet note circulation.

In order to fast track the development schemes /programmes in NER, a greater synergy is requiredamongst the Central Ministries who areimplementing own schemes. To achieve the bestlevel of synergy and review issues involved inthe implementation of Schemes/Programs incross cutting areas, Ministry of DoNER hasconstituted several Inter-Ministerial Committees(IMC). Currently there are four IMCs -Road sector,Civil Aviation sector, Livelihood Programmes andTourism sector. Meetings of the IMCs are heldregularly. The constitution of the Committees isat Annexure-IV.

Highlights of Initiatives undertaken by some Ministries in NER during 2016-17

Ministry of Railways

Badarpur-Kumarghat-Agartala-Gaugeconversions of 227 km long sectioncompleted

Aruanchal-Jiribam-50 km long Gaugeconversions commissioned on27.05.2016 by Hon’ble PM by flaggingoff passenger train.

Ministry of MSME

Special Scheme for growth of MSMEs inNER approved. The scheme componentinclude: setting up of new & modernizingnew and existing mini technologycentres, industrial states; capacitybuilding of officers and various activitiessuch as research studies, strengthening


Katakhal-Bhairabi (84 kms) – Gaugeconversion has been commissioned on27.05.2016.

Laying of the foundation stone of theproposed Imphal railway station, and thecommencement of work for the longestrail tunnel in India. The longest railwaytunnel in India (11.55 km) will come upon the Jiribam–Tupul–Imphal new broadgauge railway line.

Laying of the foundation stone for theAgartala–Akhaura broad gauge line. The15.06 kilometre line between India’sAgartala and Bangladesh’s Akhaura ispart of the Trans-Asian Railway Network.DoNER Ministry provided an amount ofRs. 580 crores to Ministry of Railwaysfor Agartala-Akhaura Rail project.

Ministry of Tourism

The Ministry of Tourism organized the“5th International Tourism Mart-2016” atImphal, Manipur from 23rdto 25thNovember, 2016 in association with theNorth Eastern States and West Bengal.Buyer and Media delegates from aroundthe world and from different regions ofthe country participated in the Mart andengaged in one-to-one meetings withsellers from the North East Region. TheMart provided the opportunity to thetourism product suppliers from theregion to reach out to international anddomestic buyers, with the objective ofpromoting tourism in the region.

of institutes etc. These can be speciallydesigned projects formulated by StateGovernments or other organizations fordevelopment and promotion ofenterprises in the areas of honey,bamboo, organic products etc. ITmodules for ease of doing business formicro and small enterprises working inNER can also be developed.

Ministry of Commerce & Industry

New investment in NE Region wereadversely affected by the suspension ofNEIIPP, 2007. The suspension has beenrevoked and policy was also proposed tobe modified. Vide a recent Cabinetdecision, and subsequent gazettenotification dated 24.11.2016, the NEIIPP2007 has been modified.

The main features are as under:

(i) Capital Investment subsidy has been cappedto 5 cr for manufacturing unit and 3 cr toservice unit. Earlier there was no cap.

(ii) Interest subvention on working capital loanwas provided earlier. Under the revisedpolicy no interest subvention on loan onworking capital will be provided. Interestsubsidy of 3 % on term loan upto 10 Crfrom 5-10 years will be provided on thecondition that subsidized interest do notfall below the PLR.

(iii) Registration of industrial units suspendedfrom 01.12.2014 has been restored afternotification to the effect. Unit registeredbefore 01.12.2014 NEIIPP 2007 provisionwill continue. For units registering laterrevised policy will be applicable.


1.2 Schemes and Initiatives of Ministry ofDoNER

Development of Social and PhysicalInfrastructure

The scheme of Non-Lapsable Central Pool ofResources (NLCPR) provides gap funding forcreation of infrastructure in the States of NorthEastern Region (NER) including Sikkim. Duringrecent years, focus of the Ministry of DoNERhas been on early completion of projects byreleasing maximum funds for ongoingprojects.

Under NLCPR-Central - a Central Sector Planscheme under which projects of UnionMinistries/Departments - which exceed 10%GBS expenditure in a year -pertaining tosubjects listed in the Union and ConcurrentLists are being funded. Under NLCPR-Central,the Agartala-Akaura Rail link and project forprotection of Majuli island from erosion havebeen undertaken during the year.

NERSDS programme component is a newCentral Sector Scheme for Inter-State orphanroads. NEC, as a regional planning body, is

mandated to undertake projects that benefittwo or more States excepting Sikkim. In thislight, the newly launched North East RoadSector Development Scheme for up- gradationof critical, but neglected, inter-state roads isnow being implemented by NEC, for whichadditional budget provision of Rs 150 croreswas provided to NEC in 2016-17.

The North Eastern Council (NEC) consistingof Governors and Chief Ministers of all 8 Statesunder chairmanship of MoS (IC), DoNERfunctions as the Regional Planning Body forthe North Eastern Region. During 2016-17,Hon’ble Prime Minister attended the65th Plenary Session of North Eastern Council(NEC) held in Shillong on 27thMay, 2016. Onthis occasion, the Prime Minister highlightedvarious initiatives for developing NER to bringthe North Eastern Region at par with the otherdeveloped regions of the country. He urgedthe need to reorient and upgrade the NorthEastern Council and developing it as a State-of-art resource centre for the North EasternStates with the necessary resources, knowledgeand skills. The resource centre may enablethe states and the implementing agencies to

(iv) Subsidy will be through DBT .

Recently, vide Cabinet decision andsubsequent Gazette notification, TransportSubsidy, 1971/Freight Subsidy (FSS, 2013)has been closed. Units registered prior todate of notification of closure of thescheme would be eligible for benefitsunder FSS, 2013. Units registered before22.01.2013 will be eligible for benefitunder TSS, 1971.


properly plan and execute projects, promoteresearch and innovations and provide strategicpolicy vision for the region. He furtherenvisaged that NEC should look into thedeveloping specialised domain expertise eitherby itself or through an agency model to assiststates and central ministries in theirdevelopment, planning and problem solvingneeds. Also, NEC may consider focusing onissues in emerging areas of livelihood,entrepreneurship, venture funds, start-ups andskill development. A film titled “North EastFast Tracked @ 2 years” covering majorachievements commissioned by the Ministrywas screened before the gathering.

As a step towards linking the NEC withinstitutes of excellence to make it as a state-of-art resource centre, ‘Dr. APJ Abdul KalamCenter for Policy Research and Analysis’ wasformally launched in October 2016 at the RajivGandhi Indian Institute of Management(RGIIM), Shillong. The Centre will providestrategic policy support on livelihood, Act EastPolicy, Biodiversity, Organic Food Basket,Bamboo Mission and Horticulture. An MoUwas also signed between Ministry of DoNERand the Centre for Development of NorthEastern Region (CEDNER), RGIIM, Shillong forthe purpose of skill gap analysis in NER,reviewing the integrated Tourism Master Planfor NER prepared by TCS for NEC; preparingthe approach paper for industrial corridor,North East Civil Aviation Corporation andBPOs in NER.

There are two CPSEs under DoNER. Theobjective of the NORTH EASTERNHANDICRAFTS AND HANDLOOMS

DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LTD.(NEHHDC), a CPSE under M/DoNER is todevelop and promote Handicrafts andHandlooms and allied products of the NorthEastern Region and the development of artisansand weavers. During the year, NEHHDCundertook several promotional activitiesincluding extension of its Purabshree outletnetwork. In the MoU for 2016-17 withNEHHDC, there has been a focus on achievingprescribed parameters that will lead to its breakeven by March, 2018.

NORTH EASTERN REGIONALAGRICULTURAL MARKETINGCORPORATION (NERAMAC) has beenoperating mainly in food processing andtrading in Agricultural produce. The revivalplan of NERAMAC is underway and initiativeshave been taken for enhancing its scopethrough e-auctions, aggregator function,organic certification, marketing andpromotional activities etc.

Livelihoods, Entrepreneurship, CapacityBuilding, Advocacy and Publicity

Ministry of DoNER is implementing WorldBank assisted North East Rural LivelihoodProject (NERLP) in the four States namelyMizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura for aperiod of 5 years (extended upto March, 2019)with a total project cost of Rs.683.2 crorewherein GoI’s contribution is 10%. Theobjective of the project is to improve rurallivelihoods, especially that of women,unemployed youth and the mostdisadvantaged in the four participating NorthEast States. It is envisaged to increase theincome of the targeted people by 30% by the


end of the project. As per original projecttargets, the formation of Self Help Groups(SHGs) has been achieved in three States-Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim. In Tripuraalso SHG formation targets are achieved intwo districts already and formation process isgoing on in the 3 new districts. The formationof SHGs and SHG Federations will becompleted in all districts by end of thisfinancial year. The project has taken up severallivelihood clusters for fast-tracking promotionof livelihoods. During the year, the project hassanctioned 96 community development plans(CDPs) and total 206 up to 31st December2016. The project has been restructured witha new fifth component of Livelihood & ValueChain Development. Under this component,the project has already initiated a few

livelihood clusters on piggery, goatery, dairy,ginger, vegetables, fishery, handloom, etc.

The North Eastern Region CommunityResourceManagement Project (NERCORMP)is a joint livelihood project of North Eastern

Some glimpses of Hon’ble Prime Minister of India interactingwith beneficiaries promoted ny NEDFi under its CSR initiativeat Shillong on 27th May, 2016.


Two schemes, viz. Advocacy & Publicity andTechnical Assistance & Capacity Building havenow been merged and re-named as CapacityBuilding & Publicity. The Advocacy &Publicity scheme aims to showcase theinherent economic, social and cultural strengthof the North Eastern Region and to popularizethe NE region as a business, tourist &educational hub. It aims to publicise throughactive media campaign in print, audio visualmedia, thereby, generating interest in investorsand tourist towards accelerating developmentin the region. During 2016-17, financialassistance has been extended to variousGovernment/NGO agencies for organizingtrade expos, craft bazar, trade fair, tribalfestivals, sports events etc., to showcase thehandloom & handicrafts, talents and uniquecultural strength of NE region in variousplatforms. Several seminars, workshops,

business summits were also held includingconference on Development of Bamboo forNorth Eastern Region and India-Myanmar-Thailand Friendship Car Rally. The BambooSummit was held on September 27-28, 2016in New Delhi where Bamboo strategy for NERand role of DoNER were discussed.

Innovative Practices

Two-pronged strategy has been taken up forquicker processing of proposals under NLCPRScheme. One, as a part of Business ProcessRe-engineering (BPR), the guidelines havebeen revised which incentivize fastercompletion of the projects taken up under thescheme. Second, the entire process startingfrom conceptualization of the project tillcompletion of the project has been automatedthrough web-based applications andmonitoring through IT tools. The Ministry isnow making ‘Just in Time’ releases underNLCPR scheme, with a token amount of Rs.10 lakhs released with the sanction order andthe regular installments after work order isissued. DoNER Project Portal has beenlaunched for online submission of documents.It will fast track the information disseminationand the follow-up action relating to executionof the projects ultimately leading to properfund utilization and timely completion of theprojects.

The Ministry of Development of North EasternRegion has adopted e-office from Sep. 6,2016. All the officers and the concerned staffwere regularly trained in the implementationof e-office in the month of July, 2016. The e-office platform would not only digitize the

Council (NEC), Ministry of DoNER,Government of India and International Fundfor Agricultural Development (IFAD) runningunder North Eastern Region CommunityResource Management Society (NERCRMS) (Aregistered Society under North EasternCouncil). The objective of NERCORMP is toimprove the livelihoods of vulnerable groupsin a sustainable manner through improvedmanagement of their resource base in a waythat contributes to preservation and restorationof the environment.

Ministry of DoNER provides interest free loanto North East Development FinanceCorporation Ltd (NEDFi) to catalyse industrialgrowth and nurture entrepreneurship in theNorth East Region.


entire office correspondence and file notings,but also ensure an audit trail of all entries andcorrespondence, thus providing anunprecedented level of accountability. ThisMinistry has adopted G2G and G2C e-Portal,which has been designed, developed andcustomized by National Informatics Centre,for submission, surveillance and follows upof development projects relating to Northeastfalling under the category of Non-LapsableCentral Pool of Resources (NLCPR). As a wayforward, this Ministry is in the process ofreleasing Mobile App for public at large andstakeholders. The App will facilitate inlocating NLCPR projects by Sector, state &district, Quick Response (QR) code, PIN code,etc. Whatsapp Group has been established forseeking inputs from developmentalprofessionals in the region and within theMinistry for effective and speedycommunication.

DoNER has embarked upon the agenda ofusing Geo Spatial, Remote Sensing and GIStechnologies as decision support systems forplanning. The Ministry has taken up the task

of mapping the entire North Eastern Region(NER) with the help of National Centre of GeoInformatics (NCOG), Ministry of Electronicsand Information Technology and North EasternSpace Application Centre (NESAC), which isa space application unit of North EasternCouncil. The purpose of using spaceapplication in mapping is to aggregate alldevelopment related data about NER in oneplace and to be able to use it as map basedinformation and inputs to strategise, plan,implement and monitor various developmentalschemes and projects in the area.

The Statistical Cell in the Ministry iscollecting, compiling and analyzing data onpopulation, distribution of ethnic group in NERboth age-wise and sex-wise. The data is alsoto be collected on land holding pattern,literacy levels, type of occupation and meansof livelihood, health status and also migrationfrom NER for effective liaising with concernedDepartments for this purpose the present JAGlevel post of the ISS has been replaced by SAGlevel post.


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The Government has emphasized expeditiousand time bound completion of criticalinfrastructure of NER, viz. road, rail, inlandwater transport, power, airports and airconnectivity, telecom connectivity and socialinfrastructure. Ministry of Development ofNorth Eastern Region implements PlanSchemes of Non Lapsable Central Pool ofResources (NLCPR), the schemes of the NorthEastern Council (NEC) including NERSDSprogramme component, the Special Packagefor the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC),Special Package for Dima Hasao TerritorialCouncil (DHTC) and Special Package forEconomic Development of KarbiAnglongAutonomous Territorial Council (KAATC) underState Plan Assistance, basically forinfrastructure development in the Region.Besides, NESRIP, the EAP component ofNERSDS is being implemented under ADBfunded NESRIP Scheme.

2.1 Non Lapsable Central Pool of Resources- State (NLCPR-State) Scheme

The scheme of Non-Lapsable Central Pool ofResources (NLCPR) provides gap funding forcreation of infrastructure in the States of NorthEastern Region (NER) including Sikkim. Thescheme has been operational since 1998 andthe projects are sanctioned under the schemeas per guidelines. The funding pattern underthe scheme is 90:10 wherein contribution ofMinistry of DoNER is 90% of the approvedcost of the project and that of the State is 10%.

BRIDGING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL INFRASTREUCTURE GAPS IN THE NORTH EASTERN REGION

In pursuance of the Government initiative ofMaximum Governance with MinimumGovernment, the Scheme Guidelines havebeen revised in April, 2016 to make theprocess of retention and sanction of projectstransparent. The new provisions in theGuidelines also empower the StateGovernments, discourage parking of funds andensure timely completion of projects. Thesalient features of Revised Guidelines are asunder:-

Constitution of State Level EmpoweredCommittee (SLEC) in each State to prioritizeand recommend projects for retention/sanction.

Delegation of power of vetting the DPRs,techon-economically, to State LevelEmpowered Committee (SLEC).

Value of Projects to be retained not toexceed three times normative allocationminus value of retained projects.

No fresh sanction normally be issued ifunspent balance of a State is more than 3times of the normative allocation of theState.

Number of instalments for release of fundsfor sanctioned projects reduced to two.Now, the funds to be released in twoinstalments of 40% and 60%.

To ensure just-on-time release of funds,initially a token amount of Rs.10 l a k h


to be released and balance amount of firstinstalment to be released after receipt ofletter of award of the contract.

There is a Committee headed by Secretary,DONER to administer NLCPR funded schemes.Committee’s recommendations are submitted tothe Hon’ble Minister, Ministry of DoNER forapproval. Total amount of projects to be retainedin a year depends on the budget allocation ofthat year. Funds are distributed equitably amongstStates on the basis of weightage attached whichare derived on certain parameters e.g. Area,Population, Human Development Index, Roaddensity, Percentage of census etc.

SI. No Name of State Percentage (%)

1 Arunachal Pradesh 13.06

2 Assam 27.78

3 Manipur 9.98

4 Meghalaya 10.76

5 Mizoram 10.42

6 Nagaland 10.18

7 Sikkim 6.54

8 Tripura 11.28

Total 100.00SI. No Characteristics Weights attached

1 Area 25%

2 Population (census 2011) 25%

3 Human Development Index 15% (in inverse proportion)

4 Road density per 1000 sq. km 7% (in inverse proportion)

5 Percentage of census villages 6% (in inverse proportion)

Electrified

6 Number of Hospital beds 6% (in inverse proportion)

(Allopathy) per 1000 persons

7 Percentage of households 6% (in inverse proportion)

having safe drinking water

8 Completion rate of NLCPR 10%

projects

The present percentage worked out as percriterion adopted for equitable allocation offunds under NLCPR Scheme is as follows:-

Percentage of Normative allocation

Since inception and till 2016-17 (as on31.01.2017), a total number of 1576 projectsof different sectors with approved cost ofRs.14532.02 crore were taken up for fundingunder NLCPR scheme, out of which 942


projects of Rs. 6311.41 crore were completedand 634 projects costing Rs. 8220.61 croreare ongoing and are at different stages ofexecution.

During the current financial year 2016-17, anannual budgetary allocation of Rs. 695.00crore has been made under the scheme, outof which an amount of Rs. 558.24 crore hasalready been released to different StateGovernments of NER Region up to31.01.2017.

INITIATIVES DURING THE YEAR

(a) The States have been brought on board toplay crucial role in selection of projects tobe funded under NLCPR Scheme by wayof constituting State Level EmpoweredCommittees (SLECs) under the revisedGuidelines.

(b) As per provisions of the RevisedGuidelines, each of North Eastern Statesholds their SLEC Meetings andrecommends the projects for retention/sanction.

(c) A major portion of fund was earmarkedand utilized for the ongoing projects fortheir early completion.

(d) To take stock of the implementation of theScheme in the N E Region, Minister-in-charge of DoNER held review meetings atGuwahati and Imphal.

(e) Officers of the Ministry Camped at the StateHead quarters to expedite documents andfor resolution of issues across the table.

OUTCOMES DURING THE YEAR

(a) State Level Empowered Committees wereconstituted in each of the North EasternStates. Each of these Committees of therespective States held their meetings andrecommended the projects for retention/sanction.

(b) Taking prompt action on the SLECrecommendations, the Inter-MinisterialNLCPR Committee met six times in thecurrent financial year (upto 31.01.2017)and cleared their projects of retention/sanction. During 2016-17 (till31.01.2017), 58 projects costingRs.941.23 crores have been retained, outof which 19 projects costing Rs.231.79crore have been recommended forsanction subject to submission ofmandatory certificates+ by the StateGovernments.

(c) The fund utilization recorded a remarkablejump with 78% expenditure of funds byend of December, 2016 against the normaltarget of 67%.

(d) Around 90% of the funds were releasedagainst the ongoing projects.

(e) The State Governments reported thephysical completion of 76projects.

(f) The amount of pending utilizationcertificates came down to Rs.205.90 crore31.01.2017.


2.2 Non Lapsable Central Pool of Resources- Central (NLCPR-Central) Scheme:

NLCPR-Central scheme was formulated withthe objective of enhancing effective andoptimal utilisation of funds in the NLCPR Pooltowards development of the North EasternStates. It is a Central Sector Plan scheme underwhich projects of Union Ministries/Departments pertaining to subjects listed inthe Union and Concurrent Lists are beingfunded.

The Scheme became operational from theyear 2012-13. Expenditure incurred underNLCPR-Central will be debited to the NLCPRPool. The budgetary allocation under NLCPR-Central Budget head is Rs.200.00 crore in F.Y.2016-17. Due to budgetary constraints,initially one project could be taken up viz.Tuirial Hydro Electric Power (60MW) inMizoram being implemented by North EasternElectricity Power Corporation Ltd. (NEEPCO).The project was approved at Rs. 913.63 crorewith Rs.300 crore being provided underNLCPR-Central by Ministry of Developmentof North Eastern Region. Ministry ofDevelopment of North Eastern Region hasgiven financial assistance to the tune of Rs.300crore to the Ministry of Power. All works ofthis project are in advance stage of completionand the project is scheduled for commissioningby October, 2016. Government of Mizoramhas signed Power Purchase Agreement for theentire power at CERC determined traffic.

During 2015-16, the following projects havebeen approved under this Scheme:-

i) Upgradation of the Sports venue of SouthAsian Games at Guwahati and Shillong.An amount of Rs.4.87 crores wastransferred to Ministry of Youth Affairs &Sports.

ii) Conversion of Meter Gauge (MG) to BroadGauge (BG) from Panchgram Station toinside Cachar Paper Mills (CPM) premisesHPCL at an estimated cost of Rs.19.227crore. Rs. 15.04 crore has been transferredas first instalment of the project.

iii) Akhaura - Agartala Rail link: Ministry of

Construction of Tribal Boys Hostel near Fazl Ali College,Mokokchung Town


Development of North Eastern Region hasalready transferred Rs. 120.00 crore toMinistry of Railways as part of itscommitment to provide funds for the Indianside of the project, at a total cost of Rs.580.00 crore, over three years starting from2016- 2017· Ministry of External Affairs isproviding funds for Bangladesh side. Thelikely completion date is March, 2019

During 2016-17 the following project havebeen approved till 15.01.2017 under thisScheme:

Project proposal for Protection of Majuli Islandfrom Flood and Erosion of River Brahmputra-Proposing Projects for funding under NLCPR-Central:

The Central Monitoring Committee of NLCPR-Central in its meeting held on 15.12.2016 underthe Chairmanship of Secretary, DoNER hasaccorded its ‘In–principle’ approval to fund Rs.207.00 crore to Ministry of Water Resources,River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation for100% funding by Ministry of DoNER under NonLapsable Central Pool of Resources -Central(NLCPR-Central) Scheme.

Majuli, the world’s largest river island located inBrahmaputra river in Assam, is the nerve centreof Vaishnavite Cultural Heritage Centre in Assam.Thousands of tourists and devotees visit Majuli

due to its unique natural beauty and culturalmooring. The area of the island was 709 sq-kmduring 1949 which at present has reduced to524 sq-km as per census 2011 due to flood anderosion. Ministry of DONER has sanctionedRs.207 crores in December 2016 for protectionof Majuli island from erosion.

2.3 Social and Infrastructure DevelopmentFund (SIDF)

The Union Finance Minister in his budgetspeech for 2008-09 announced to set apart asum of Rs. 500 Cr (subsequently enhancedto Rs.586.20 crore) for North Eastern Region(NER), especially for Arunachal Pradesh andother border areas facing special problems thatcannot be tackled through normal schemes.Though the Budget of DoNER reflects anindicative provision for this purpose, theamount does not have any additionality in theGBS of the Ministry as the indicative provisionis debitable from the Public Accounts.

Under this Scheme, so far 40 number of projectsat a total amount Rs. 581.70 Cr. have beenidentified by Inter-Ministerial Committee, inconsultation with the State Governments, out ofwhich Rs. 366.11 crore have been released sofar. An allocation of Rs.170.00 crore was madeat BE stages in 2016-17. The year-wise break-up of releases are given below:

(Rs. in Crore)

Financial 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17Year

Amount 17.42 0.00 106.97 75.17 73.77 41.5751 49.88 1.32Releasedas on20.01.2017


1. Construction of Multi storied parking at Civil SecretariatItanagar inPapum Pare District. 15.00

2. Construction of Multi storied parking at Ganga Market Itanagar inPapum Pare district. 15.00

3. Modernisation of Power Distribution System throughundergroundcabling at Tawang Township. 20.00

4. Modernisation of Power Distribution System through undergroundcabling at Mechukha Township in West Siang district. 15.00

5. Anti-Erosionwork along Menchangriver to protect Khinmey, Bomdir,Paighar, Dharamkang, Yuibu village inTawang district 20.00

6. Construction of road from Jang BRO road to Mukto Bridge point onleft bank of Tawang Chu River. 08.00

7. Construction of School Building at Higher Secondary School Kalaktang,West Kameng district. 06.00

8. Construction of District Hospital in Longding district 20.00

9. Improvement Chura- Sugnu Road(Km 0.00 Km 26.00) 48.90

10. Construction of Bridge across Tuilak River in between Tuilakjang Villageand G. Bualjang Vill- 45.00 span 6.96

11. Augmentation of Water Supply Scheme at Kangsang landits surroundingareas (O.BOOMLD) 6.67

12. Augmentation of water supply scheme at Kasom Khullen Sub- DivisionalHead (0.16 MLD) 07.00

13. Construction of 404.00 mtr. Span Sakyong Pentong suspended BridgeoverRingyand Khola in North Sikkim (Dzongu). 8.70

14. Construction of Hanam Chhantu Handloom and Handicrafts ResidentialTraining Centre at Gengpuii, Mizoram under SIDF 1.99

Total 199.22

Sl. Name of the Project AmountNo. (Rs. in Crore)

Details of Approved projects under scheme of Social and Infrastructure Development Fund during2016-17 are as under:


2.4 North Eastern Road Sector DevelopmentScheme (NERSDS-EAP Component)

2.4.1 Asian Development Bank (ADB) assistedProject: North Eastern States RoadsInvestment Programme (NESRIP)

The NESRIP project was approved by CabinetCommittee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on 19th

May 2011 with a budget of Rs. 1353.83 crore.The scheme envisaged construction/upgradation of 433.225 km of roads in sixStates of Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya,Mizoram, Sikkim and Tripura. The ADB isproviding loan assistance of upto US $ 200million under its Multi-tranche FinancingFacility (MFF).

S. Agency Amount Share (%) Share (%)No. (Rs. Crore) Tranche-I Tranche-II

1 M/o DoNER (GOI) 378.34 24.9 14.2

2 State Govts. 67.46 6.8 6.1

3 ADB Loan 908.01 68.3 79.7

Total 1353.81 100 100

The Tranche-I became effective from October,2012 at the cost of Rs.339.592 crore, underwhich, the following roads were taken up. The

physical and financial progress as on20thFebruary, 2017 is given below:

State Length (Km.) Approved Cost Financial release Physical Progress

Assam 74.7 182.2 96.16 62.88%

Meghalaya 93.4 196.82 92.84 49.74%

Sikkim 30.2 95.39 33.16 39.91%

Total 197.3 474.41 222.16

MDoNER is the Executing Agency, responsiblefor overall coordination with ADB,implementing State Governments andmonitoring the progress of the project. Formonitoring, a National Level SteeringCommittee chaired by Secretary, DoNERsupported by Project Management Unit (PMU)at GoI level and a State Level SteeringCommittee and Project Implementation Units(PIUs) in each project State have beenestablished. The PMU supervises the work ofProject Management Consultant (PMC) whilePIUs supervises the work of ConstructionSupervision Consultants (CSC). The followingtable gives the financial break-up (share) ofthe project:


Few photographs from each of the project States are given below:

Tranche 1 road SK-01 in the state of Sikkim. Tranche 2 project MN-06 in the state of Manipur.

Tranche 1 road MLN-1 in the state of Meghalaya.

Tranche 2 road AS-02 in the state of Assam. Tranche 2 project TR-02 in the state of Tripura.


2.4.2 North Eastern Road Sector DevelopmentScheme (NERSDS- ProgrammeComponent)

NERSDS is a new Central Sector Schemecovering the following categories of roads:

(i) Inter-State roads previously built by NECand other agencies which are of vitalconnectivity for one State, but of littleimportance for the other States and henceremained neglected.

(ii) Roads in socio-politically neglectedpockets of NER.

(iii) Roads required from security or strategicview-point not covered in otherprogrammes; and

(iv) Roads necessary for market access foragriculture produce and roads of economicimportance on gap filling approach.

NEC, as a regional planning body, is mandatedto undertake projects that benefit two or more

States excepting Sikkim. In this light, the newlylaunched North East Road Sector DevelopmentScheme for upgradation of critical, butneglected, inter-state roads is now beingimplemented by NEC. Additional budgetprovision of Rs 150 crores has already beenprovided to NEC from the BE available in2016-17.The following projects have beentaken up for implementation through theNational Highway Infrastructure DevelopmentCorporation Ltd. (NHIDCL):

(i) Upgradation of Doimukh to Harmuti Road(16 Kms) in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam,

(ii) Up-gradation of Tura-Mankachar Road(2.10 Km) in Assam,

(iii) Up-gradation of Saiphai-Bhagabazar Road(16.50 Kms) in Mizoram (replacementof Kawnpui-Bairabi Road), and

(iv) Rehabilitation of Wokha-Merapani-Golaghat Road (66.90 Kms) in Nagalandand Assam.

State Length (Km.) Approved Cost Financial release Physical Progress

Assam 62.9 292.58 39.06 7.94%

Manipur 97.925 277.01 93.07 32%

Mizoram 55.0 167.90 31.33 14.91%

Tripura 20.3 69.16 13.62 15.56%

Total 236.125 806.65 399.24

The Tranche-II became effective from May,2014 at the cost of Rs.568.408 crore.The

physical and financial progress as on20thFebruary, 2017 is given below:



INSTITUTIONS UNDER

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INSTITUTIONS UNDER MINISTRY OF DONER

3.1 NORTH EASTERN COUNCIL(NEC)

Introduction

The North Eastern Council (NEC) was set upunder the NEC Act 1971 which functions asthe Regional Planning Body for the NorthEastern Region. NEC extends financialassistance to States and Institutions in the NorthEastern Region in different sectors, which interalia include Agriculture and allied sectors,Power and Water Resources, Industries &Minerals, Transport & Communication,Medical Health Sectors, Human ResourcesDevelopment, Science Technology, Tourismetc. Since its inception, NEC has focused onimproving connectivity of the region whichhas been a major bottleneck for alldevelopmental activities. In its endeavour, theCouncil has contributed immensely towardsthe improvement of the inter-state connectivityin the region. Even, the Perspective Plan 2011prepared at the initiative of NEC has beentaken into consideration for the developmentof road infrastructure in the Region by theMinistry of Road Transport and Highways.

The total allocation for NEC (Plan Scheme)under BE 2016-17 is Rs. 800.00 crores.Sectoral Allocation for Annual Plan 2016-17is at Annexure-V. During 2016-17 (as on31st December, 2016), an amount of Rs.609.71 crore (74.27% of budget) releasedunder NEC schemes and there are 118 newprojects and 23 numbers of projectscompleted. State-wise list with summary isgiven at Annexure-VI.

65th Plenary Session of the NorthEastern Council 2016, at Shillong:

The Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri NarendraModi presided over the 65th Plenary Sessionof NEC on 27th May, 2016. All the six Hon’bleGovernors and seven Hon’ble Chief Ministersattended the Plenary. Adressing the NECPlenary, the Hon’ble PM announced as below:

“There is a need to reorient and upgradethe North Eastern Council. You may like toconsider developing the North EasternCouncil as a State-of-the-art resource centrefor the North Eastern States with thenecessary resources, knowledge and skills.The resource centre may enable the statesand the implementing agencies to properlyplan and execute projects, promote researchand innovations and provide strategic policyvision for the region. The North EasternCouncil may look into developing aspecialised domain expertise either by itselfor through an agency model to assist statesand central ministries in their development,planning as also problem solving needs. Thiswill enable the imbibing of good governanceand best practices in the region. The NECshould also consider focusing on issues inemerging areas of livelihood,entrepreneurship, venture funds, start-upsand skill development. All this will help ingenerating jobs.”

As a follow up of Hon’ble PM’s announcementsin the 65th Plenary of NEC, ‘Dr. APJ Abdul KalamCenter for Policy Research and Analysis’ was


formally launched in October 2016 at the RajivGandhi Indian Institute of Management (RGIIM),Shillong for linking the NEC with institutes ofexcellence to make it as a state-of-art resourcecentre. The Centre will provide strategic policysupport on livelihood, Act East Policy,Biodiversity, Organic Food Basket, BambooMission and Horticulture. Further, an MoU wasalso signed between Ministry of DoNER and theCentre for Development of North Eastern Region

(CEDNER), RGIIM, Shillong for the purpose ofskill gap analysis in NER, reviewing the integratedTourism Master Plan for NER prepared by TCSfor NEC; preparing the approach paper forindustrial corridor, North East Civil AviationCorporation and BPOs in NER.

The action taken on the decisions taken onthe various Agenda in the 65th NEC Meetingis enclosed as Annexure – VII.

Highlights of other major achievementsduring the year 2016:

A Memorandum of Understanding forcultural exchange between North-EasternStates and the World was signed betweenIndian Council for Cultural Relations(ICCR) and North Eastern Council (NEC)on the 18t h July, 2016 in the NECConference Hall. This is to promote rich

cultural heritage of the people in the NorthEast Region, working together in the fieldsof arts and culture by increasing thenumber of activities, pooling in ofresources fostering India’s external culturalrelations.

A tripartite MoU has been signed betweenRajiv Gandhi Indian Institute ofManagement (RGIIM), Shillong, Ministry


of DoNER and North Eastern Council onthe 15th October, 2016 to set up thecentre which will serve as an expertfacilitation point for the NE States for policymaking, strategic planning and effectiveimplementation of various developmentalschemes.

NEC has launched e-office on23rd December, 2016 for enhancedtransparency, increased accountability,assured data security and data integrity.

An MoU signed between Ministry ofDoNER and CEDNER, RGIIM, Shillong forthe purpose of skill gap analysis in NER.

Monitoring of Road Projects under NECby use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)funded through NESAC.

The NEC approved formation of the NorthEastern Tourism Development Council ona Public Private Partnership (PPP) modeto particularly promote regional tourpackages. This is being actively pursuedto encourage regional tourist circuits in theNER in the future including collaborationsacross the border with Myanmar andThailand.

NEC, as a regional planning body, ismandated to undertake projects that benefittwo or more States excepting Sikkim. Inthis light, the newly launched North EastRoad Sector Development Scheme for up-gradation of critical, but neglected, inter-state roads is now being implemented byNEC state. Additional budget provision ofRs 150 crores has already been providedto NEC from the BE available in 2016-17.

NEC is operating an umbrella schemeunder the Industries Sector “Scheme forpromotion of Industries & Trade in NER”for providing assistance to StateGovernments in industrializationparticularly gap funding/convergence withCentral Ministries Schemes. For instance,assistance for power supply, water,approach road and internal roads has beenprovided to Luangmual Industrial GrowthCentre, Aizawl, Mizoram where anApparel and Garment ManufacturingCentre was set up by the Ministry of Textilesunder NERTPS Scheme but could not bestarted for want of these components whichare not supported under the CentralScheme.

List of completed projects

Assam - Establishment of CommunityOphthalmology and School of Optometryand Ophthalmic Asstt. Technology at SriSankardeva Nethralaya, Guwahati.

Manipur-(i) Strengthening and continuousproduction of Basic Seed in the BreederSeed Potato Farm, Mao at SenapatiDistrict, Manipur. (ii) Project proposal ofrural WSS at Laphok Tamenglong dist. (iii)Construction of Boundary Wallsurrounding the newly acquired land atImphal Airport.

Meghalaya-Agia-Medhipara-Phulbari-Turaroad in Meghalaya.

Mizoram- (i) Hill Terrace Construction atDegraded Jhum Land under MaraAutonomous District Council in Mizoram.(ii) Strengthening & Improvement of CSSDin District Hospitals (5 nos.), Mizoram. (iii)


Mizoram Infrastructure information andmonitoring system (Mizoram Remotesensing application centre)

Nagaland- (i) Upgradation of 66/33/11KVChumukedima Sub-Station from 10KWA to30MVA, Nagaland. (ii) Rain WaterHarvesting Project at Riphyim Village Wokhadist. in Nagaland. (iii) Constn. Of ThemezeMI project Cheichama village, Kohima dist.(iv) Anti -Erosion works on Chathe River forprotection of Chris-tian Institute of HealthSciences and Research (CIHSR) complex at4 th Mile, Dimapur dist. (v) Construction ofthe Margaret Shishak School of MusicBuilding at Patkai Christian College,Chumukedima, Nagaland.

Sikkim- (i) Strengthening of DistributionSystem of Pakyong Water supply schemein East Sikkim. (ii) Construction of Stormwater disposal for Jorethang Bazar. (iii)River training works along Rani Kholabelow Adampool Rumtek.

3.2 North Eastern Region CommunityResource Management Project(NERCORMP)

The North Eastern Region Community

Resource Management Project (NERCORMP)is a joint livelihood project of North EasternCouncil (NEC), Ministry of DoNER,Government of India and International Fundfor Agricultural Development (IFAD ) runningunder North Eastern Region CommunityResource Management Society (NERCRMS) (A registered Society under North EasternCouncil). The objective of NERCORMP is toimprove the livelihoods of vulnerable groupsin a sustainable manner through improvedmanagement of their resource base in a waythat contributes to preservation and restorationof the environment. One of the main objectivesof the project is to become a DEVELOPMENTALINSTITUTION and, at the same time, come upwith a TRUE DEVELOPMENTAL MODEL that isevolved from the grass root. It also aimed atestablishing a sense of stakeholdership/ownership by the communities. Participation ofthe communities was the mantra that wasfollowed since the very inception of the project.

Following are the Grass root levelinstitutions promoted underNERCORMP:

a) The Self Help Groups (SHG) which are

Bishnupur Nungba Road in Manipur


Name of Work:- Improvement/Construction of road fromBhawanipur NH31 to Manas National Park via Sarupeta-Saudarvitha-Anandabazar road under NEC’s 11th Five YearPlan Programme including construction of RCC Br. No. 27/1,PACKAGE NO. : G-11th -6

SEPPA-CHAYANGTAJO ROAD (83.54 Km) in ArunachalPradesh

predominantly women groups engaged inIncome Generating Activities (IGAs), microcredit and social activities through whichthey try to help their families and thesociety as well, and also in turn they gainrespect amongst the village communities.The SHGs are further organised intofederations.

b ) Natural Resource Management Groups(NaRMG) are the village/ communitydevelopmental planning and implementingbodies with 50% membership eachconsisting of both men and women fromeach house-hold.

c ) Gender equity is the unique componentof this programme. This institution hasinstilled a sense of solidarity in the village,resulting in many developmental activitiesbenefitting the whole village. They havebeen able to construct infrastructural assetslike roads, water reservoirs, communityhalls, etc.

The project which is unique in nature issuccessfully achieving the following :

Promoting a more sensitive and people-centric approach in the mattersof development intervention.

Enhancing capabilities of localcommunities to manage their resourcesand institutions at grass root level.

Increasing income and transformeconomic conditions of communities.

Sensitizing and promote regeneration ofnatural resources.

Increasing effective participation of women


in local institutions and to involve themmore and more in the decision makingprocess of the community.

Enhancing savings and establish microcredit institutions.

Increasing access to basic services/infrastructure facilities.

Establishing linkages with Government linedepartments and banks.

Becoming a Developmental Model andTrendsetter in the North East.

Promoting biodiversity preservation andconservation.

Weaning people away from dependencysyndrome and establish them in theirrespective economic spheres.

During the phase I, NECORMP facilitated thecommunity to organise themselves into SHGsand NaRMGs to undertake developmentinitiatives in convergence with Governmentprogrammes. They have been capacity builtin various relevant areas and motivated to ownthe development process to achieve the goalsthey set. Over the years NERCORMP withparticipation of the Community improvisedseveral methods and processes to achievepoverty alleviation, food security, better health& sanitation, rural infrastructure development,community led biodiversity conservation,collective marketing, etc. These hard earnedlessons have not been shared with other likeminded institutions or organisations of the NEregion. Further, NERCORMP in partnershipwith ICIMOD and IFAD frequently conducts

workshops and trainings and for such things,hiring of venues and accommodation exhaustsubstantial resources. The proposed NorthEastern Region Advanced Rural LivelihoodResource Centre (NER-ARLRC) will not onlymake things convenient for NERCORMP butwill also cut the cost of capacity building.Therefore it is proposed that through NER-ARLRC a platform is created where the lessonslearnt, knowledge and experiences are sharedwith rural communities who are working atthe grassroots level for development.

The overall objective of establishingthe ”North Eastern Region AdvancedRural Livelihood Resource Centre” ( NER-ARLRC) is to impart and organise training torural communities, development workers,Community leaders and Govt. Officialsthrough experience sharing programmes/workshop to be conducted both at regionaland local level with emphasis on Communityled Development Process. The North EasternRegion Advanced Rural Livelihood ResourceCentre (NER-ARLRC) will focus on livelihoodimprovement in the North Eastern Regionthrough training programmes, field orientationexposure programme, capacity building of therural communities of North Eastern Region andother stakeholders. The guiding principle forthe capacity building process shall be throughexperience sharing and community tocommunity learning process guided bydevelopment practitioners. The trainingprocess primarily would involve a mix of class-room learning and learning on site. It wouldalso cater to other development practitionersviz. NGOs, Govt. line departments and otherexternally aided projects involved in livelihood


improvement in the NE region. The NorthEastern Region Advanced Rural LivelihoodResource Centre (NER-ARLRC) shallendeavour to institutionalise practitioner –oriented knowledge base for livelihoodpromotion. It would document traditionalknowledge of the community andsystematically create a curriculum based onit. Every programme organised by the NorthEastern Region Advanced Rural LivelihoodResource Centre (NER-ARLRC) shall aim toexplicit the tacit knowledge of developmentpractitioners, community, lead farmers andmaking it available in the form of handy andpractical knowledge for creating large numberof sustainable livelihood options. The Trainingprogrammes at the North Eastern RegionAdvanced Rural Livelihood Resource Centre(NER-ARLRC) shall be conducted in a preferred

The training programmes to be conducted byNER-ARLRC shall be in short modules of 7 to15 days including field trainings. It will adoptparticipatory learning process with dueemphasis on field-based exercises and postprogram follow-up assignments and also it willcharge a nominal fee to cover only the cost ofthe programmes/ workshops in order to be selfsufficient. The North Eastern Region AdvancedRural Livelihood Resource Centre (NER-ARLRC) will be implemented and managedby NERCRMS as part of its initiative ofCommunity Institution Building (CIB).

3.3 NORTH EASTERN HANDICRAFTS ANDHANDLOOMS DEVELOPMENTCORPORATION LTD. (NEHHDC)

The North Eastern Handicrafts and HandloomsDevelopment Corporation Ltd. (NEHHDC)was established in the year 1977 at Shillong,Meghalaya as a Central Public SectorUndertaking 100% owned by the Governmentof India. The objective of the Corporation isto develop and promote Handicrafts andHandlooms and allied products of the NorthEastern Region and the development of artisansand weavers through the following measures:

1) Training artisans and weavers byconducting of Awareness Seminars andWorkshops, Design & TechnicalDevelopment Workshops, IntegratedDesign & Technical Development Projectsand Capacity Building Programme &Technical Training Programme in craftsclusters.

2) Marketing support through procurement ofHandicrafts and Handlooms products

NERAMAC-NERCORMP jointly participated at SIAL 2016,Paris from October 16-20, 20160

language of the participants. The trainings, asa principle, shall adopt adult learning processgiving emphasis on experience sharing androle play etc.


directly from the artisans, weavers, SelfHelp Groups at clusters and selling thesame through its Purbashree Emporiumslocated in Kolkata, Guwahati, Shillong &New Delhi and also through its SalesPromotion Office at Bangalore andChennai and through conduct of variousexhibitions and marketing events all overthe country.

3) Direct sale by the artisans and weaversthrough the North East Trade Expos, CraftsBazaars and the exhibitions held in variousparts of the Country.

4) Development of infrastructure in theHandicrafts and Handlooms sector in theNorth Eastern Region. The Corporation hasa Common Facility Centre (CFC) forprocessing Bamboo. The CFC providesprocessed bamboo raw material to theartisans for production of various bamboobased handicrafts items.

5) Setting up of Raw Material Bank for Caneand Cane accessories, a HandicraftMuseum and Handicrafts Design Bank.

6) Setting up of a Handloom Production Unitto strengthen the Common Facility Centreand also to provide training facility to thetribal women weavers.

The Corporation achieved a gross turnover ofRs. 904.00 Lac (Prov.) during the period of 1st

April, 2016 to 31st December 2016. Theinitiatives and achievements during the periodof 1st April 2016 to 31st December 2016 areas under -

Conducted and participated in 44 craftsbazaars, exhibitions and other marketing

events providing direct selling facilities to900 artisans and weavers from NorthEastern Region in various towns and citiesof the country.

Organized seven Training Programmes of15 (fifteen) days duration at clusters inNorth Eastern States benefiting 105Artisans/Weavers of the Region.

Participated in the Handloom Exhibitionwith participation of thirty artisans/weaversat Handloom Haat, Janpath, New Delhifrom 1st-14th December, 2016 showcasinga wide variety of Handlooms of the NorthEastern Region.

Participated in the BRICS Trade Fair atPragati Maidan, New Delhi from 12th -14th

October, 2016 and put up an expositionof the handicrafts and handlooms of theN.E. Region.

Participated in the India International SkillDevelopment Summit and Exhibition, 21st-22nd November, 2016 at The Grand Hotel,New Delhi.

Participated by in the North East Festivalat IGNCA, Janpath, New Delhi from 4th –6th November, 2016 with activeparticipation of artisans and weavers fromthe N.E. Region.

Participated in the Seminar/conference onDevelopment of Bamboo in NER at TheAshoka, New Delhi from 27th -28th

September, 2016.

Participated in the IITF at Pragati Maidan,New Delhi from 14-27 November, 2016,participated in the IHGF(s), NOIDA from14th-18th October, 2016.


Participated in the Sangai Festival, Imphal,Manipur during 21st-30th November, 2016.

Participated in the Horn Bill Festival ofNagaland at Kohima from 1st-10th

December, 2016

Participated in the PITEX Exhibition 2016at Amritsar from 8th-12th December, 2016

Participated in the 8th Himalayan Expo2016 at Gangtok, Sikkim during 16th -25th

December, 2016.

Participated in the Indian Handicrafts andGifts Fair, organised by Export PromotionCouncil for Handloom (EPCH) at NOIDAduring 14th-18th October, 2016.

MoU signed between NEHHDC andExport Promotion Council for Handicrafts(EPCH) on 24.10.2016 to providehandholding assistance to the handicraftsentrepreneurs in NER States in executingthe business orders, establishingcommunication channel and facilitatingexport and marketing of handicraftproducts.

Cashless payments through UnifiedPayments Interface (UPI) was recentlylaunched at Purbashree stall at Dilli Haat,INA on 28 Nov, 2016.

Union Minister of State for Textiles (IC) &Hon’ble MoS (IC), DoNER jointlyinaugurated an Exhibition-cum-Sale ofHandicraft and Handloom products fromthe North Eastern States of India in NewDelhi on May 30, 2016. The project,which comes under the North-East RegionTextile Promotion Scheme (NERTPS), will

develop entrepreneurship through variouscapacity building measures and also trainthe people to work efficiently on high-endgarment machines. Each Apparel andGarment Making Centre set up under theinitiative is estimated to generate directemployment for 1,200 people. It will helpdevelop an ecosystem that will triggerfurther investments and employment. TheCentres in Tripura and Nagaland havealready been inaugurated, while work isin progress in the remaining six states.

Hon’ble MoS (IC), DoNER, Dr. JitendraSingh inaugurated the Purbashree stall atDilli Haat, INA on May 16, 2016. Later,the Union Minister of Textiles Smt SmritiIrani and Dr. Jitendra Singh formallylaunched the United Payments Interface(UPI) cashless payments at Purbashree stallat Dilli Haat, INA on Nov.28, 2016.

The Secretary, Ministry of Textiles, Smt.Rashmi Verma inaugurated the PurbashreeEmporium in New Delhi on June 2, 2016.In order to give a boost to the developmentand promotion of North-East handicraftsand handlooms products, North EasternHandicrafts and Handlooms DevelopmentCorporation Ltd (NEHHDC) has set up its‘Purbashree Emporium’ in the HandloomHaat, New Delhi showcasing a widevariety of ethnic and exquisite handloomsproducts which are eco-friendly andbiodegradable.

Hon’ble MoS (IC), DoNER, Dr. JitendraSingh inaugurated the “Northeast Textile& Craft Shopping Mela” on Dec.3, 2016,which was jointly organised by the Ministryof DoNER and the Ministry of Textiles. He


also confirmed the availability of cashlesstransaction facility and QR (QuickResponse) cash transaction provision atsome of the stalls.

The Revival Plan of NEHHDC was cleared bythe BRPSE and approved by the CabinetCommittee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on the21st February, 2013. The implementation ofthe Revival Plan started from 1st April, 2014and is currently under progress in theCorporation. Sales, profit/loss etc., estimatedunder the Revival Plan as on December, 2011had to be recast by the Corporation. Theprogress of revival plan is regularly monitoredboth in the meetings of the Board and by thisMinistry. As per the projections made by theCorporation, the Revival Plan will be

completed by 31st March, 2018, by which theCorporation will achieve its break-even point.The Department of Public Enterprises (DPE)has set a system of rating of CPSE’s based onconsolidated MoU scores whereby they arerated as Excellent, Very Good, Fair and Poordepending on their rating values which rangesfrom equal to or more than 0 to 90 and lessthan or equal to 30 and up to 100. The averageparameters committed to as per MoU arepegged as VERY GOOD for NEHHDC, as perthe review meeting with DPE. The revival planis contingent on these standards beingachieved. In the MoU for 2016-17 withNEHHDC, there has been a focus on achievingparameters that will lead to its break even byMarch, 2018.


The future strategies to improve performanceof the Corporation are as under:

i. To improve the Showroom Sales of theCorporation.

ii. Online marketing of Handicrafts andHandloom products through thenew shopping web portal (www.nehhdc.in)launched in December, 2014.

iii. To maximize sales of the Corporation byopening up new sales outlets.

iv. To put more thrust on Institutional Sales.

v. Development of new products and designsand Product LineStandardization.

vi. Development of clusters for increasedsupply of products to meetdemands.

vii. More tie-ups & collaborations forexpansion of retail bases with StateCorporations.

viii. Sale of Furniture and accessories to variousBuilders/Govt. departments/Hotels &Resorts etc.


ix. To organize more Exhibitions/CraftsBazaars / Expos etc.

An outlay of Rs. 2.00 crore has been madefor meeting the Working Capital requirementsof the Corporation in BE 2016-17.

3.4 NORTH EASTERN REGIONALAGRICULTURAL MARKETINGCORPORATION LIMITED, GUWAHATI(NERAMAC)

North Eastern Regional Agricultural MarketingCorporation Limited (NERAMAC), a CentralPSU was set up by an executive order andincorporated in March 1982, under theCompanies Act 1956 as a Government of IndiaEnterprise. The Corporation has been operatingmainly in food processing and trading inAgricultural produce.

It has been procuring items like ginger,turmeric, pineapple, orange, apple, kiwi,cashew nut etc. directly from farmers and alsothrough farmer’s society clusters for marketingthem in terminal markets like Siliguri, Kolkata,Delhi etc. These procurements have helpedthe farmers obtain remunerative price fortheirproduce. It had also introduced marketingof ginger and orange on consignment basiswhere these items are picked from farm gateand arrange its grading, packing, washing,transportation and marketing at terminalmarkets. This frees the farmers from all hasslesassociated with marketing on one side and onthe other the farmers get actual market pricefor their produces. Auction Centre at Sikkimfor large cardamom has been established. Thiscentre provides facilities for farmers to auctiontheir produce and get optimum price for their

produce. On the establishment of e-auctioncenters with a centralized e-auction system,infrastructure of the centre at Guwahati hasbeen completed and training for operating thesoftware has also been given. NERAMAC withC-DAC is now moving further to organizeawareness workshops about the online e-auction center and registration of dealers &farmers in Sikkim and in other NE states.

NERAMAC has initiated GI registration foranother ten ethnic crops of the North East.Earlier it has done GI Registration of crops likeTezpur Litchi & Karbianglong ginger(Assam),Kachai Lemon (Manipur), Mizo Chilli(Mizoram),Tree Tomato (Nagaland), MemangNarang & Khasi Mandarin Orange(Meghalaya), Queen Pineapple (Tripura), LargeCardamom (Sikkim), Arunachal Orange(Arunachal Pradesh). NERAMAC facilitates inmarketing of processed fruit products. It hadearlier set up an organically certified gingerprocessing unit at EPIP, Byrnihat in Meghalayato process ginger on pilot basis. Another unitof cashew processing is coming up in Assamto help the cashew grower’s in processing &marketing cashew. It assists processing unitsaugment their capacity thus promoting foodprocessing. NERAMAC also buys processedproducts of FSSAI registered units to marketthem through its outlets thus supporting inmarketing their products.It participates inexhibitions and fairs where the products ofmicro & small scale food processing units areexhibited and sold thus supporting these unitsmarket their products by hand holding.Duringthe year, M/s NERAMAC participated in thefollowing events:


(i) SIAL PARIS, 2016 from October 16-20,2016 jointly with NERCORMP

(ii) Indian International Trade Fair 2016 atPragati Maidan, New Delhi

(iii) B2B Summit held at Yangon & Mandley,Myanmar in November, 2016 held duringIndia-Myanmar-Thailand(IMT) Car Rally

(iv) Assam International Agri-Horti Show 2017from 6th to 9th January, 2017 atKhanapara, Guwahati

NERAMAC was actively associated with theOrganic Farming Scheme and has completeda good number of Organic Adaption &certification program in different states of theCountry. It has also initiated setting up a NEOrganic outlet at Dilli Haat to market theorganic produce of different states of northeast. Besides, it is also interested to keeporganic seeds & planting materials in the stallso as to promote organic under NE – Organicbrand for north eastern region. Also, a proposalhas been approved to provide assistance tofarmers in getting remunerative prices of theiragri-horticulture produce in the NE Region.This proposal would enable procurement andtransportation of identified agri- horticultureproduce, including spices, medicinal andaromatic plant products, by Central PSU likeNERAMAC/State agencies from the farm gateto the terminal markets by charging notexceeding 10% as operational expenses tobenefit the farmers with remunerative pricesfor their produce. A new scheme is beingprepared and after it is sanctioned at theCompetent level, adequate provision wouldbe made in budget allocation for NEC.

NERAMAC has been posting losses for the lastthree financial years and has, therefore, beendeclared a sick company. But keeping thelarger interests of the farming community inthe North East Region, it has been decided torevive it. For this purpose, the Ministryrequested NEDFi to undertake a Techno-Economic Viability study of NERAMAC. Astudy was conducted by NEDFi and the reportis submitted proposing for revival. Theproposal is underway for revival of NERAMACto play an effective role in assisting the Agro-horticulture farming community in the NER.The Ministry has been making all out effortsto enable NERAMAC to perform its prescribedmandate. In the FY 2015-16, an amount of Rs2 crore has been released to NERAMAC.NERAMAC has utilized this fund to bolster itsbusiness activities in terms of procurement oflarge cardamom, black pepper, hill grass andsome organic vegetables from farmers ofvarious States at remunerative prices. Similarly,in the financial year 2016-17 also, the Ministryhas already proposed for release of Rs. 2 crore.This would enable NERAMAC for taking upmore business activities.

NERAMAC have received Best Stall Award in Horti India2017 at Horticulture Technology Park, Greater Noida from 9th

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4.1 North East Rural Livelihood Project(NERLP)

4.1.1. Introduction:

NERLP is a World Bank funded project beingimplemented in 11 districts of Mizoram,Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura covering 62Blocks and 1645 villages. The project becameeffective from March, 2012 for a period of 5years (extended upto March, 2019) with a totalproject cost of Rs.683.2 crore wherein GoI’scontribution is 10%. The objective of theproject is “to improve rural livelihoods,especiallythat of women, unemployed youthand the most disadvantaged in the fourparticipating North East States”. It is envisagedto increase the income of the targeted peopleby 30% by the end of the project. As theproject progress, a new component namely;“Promoting Livelihood Models and ValueChains” focusing on comprehensive andcoordinated interventions along specific valuechains was added to improve the pace ofproject implementation, utilize additionalexchange rate gains accrued to the project andto better achieve Project DevelopmentObjectives.

4.1.2. Achievements as on December 2016are:

a) About 2.80 lakh rural households (HH)have been covered, against the target of 3

lakh rural HHs. Technical supports arebeing provided to further improve thelivelihoods of the beneficiaries.

b) Project has formed 24,139 SHGs as againstthe target of 28,000.

c) Out of 24,139 SHGs, already formed,19,787 SHGs have received eitherrevolving fund or Livelihood fund(community investment fund-CIF) from theProject. 22 livelihood clusters have beenformed which will benefit 10000 farmersdirectly.

d) Two lakh SHG members have availed loanfor various livelihood activities which hasincreased income in the range of 20%-25%(as against the target of at least 30%). Theincome will go higher than 30% by theend of the Project.

e) 206 Community Development Plans(CDPs) have been executed.

f) 5000 youths have been trained and 2114have been given placement.

g) Various initiatives are being taken up toimprove the farm technology in differentproduction clusters of Livestock,Horticulture, Handloom& Handicrafts.

h) Work has also started for value chaindevelopment on few production lines.


However, the progress of financial linkage/bankcredit to the SHGs has been slow as only 300SHGs have received bank credit as against thetarget of 8400 SHGs. Some of the reasons being:

(i) Poor network of bank branches;

(ii) Shortage of manpower in banks;

(iii) Lack of confidence of bankers on SHGs.

Following steps have been taken up foraddressing bottlenecks:

(a) Bank credit- For creating bank linkage withSHG members, two pronged strategieshave been adopted:

(i) Enhance the creditability of SHGs throughgood financial management practices,gainful investments and businessdevelopment

(i) Increase understanding of bankers and thefunctional dynamics of the SHGs.

(b) Fast-tracking of livelihoods-

(i) Provide on farm training, develop Packageof Practices(PoP) and improve farmtechnology;

(ii) provide technical support to potentialclusters (farm & non-farm);

(iii) set up of primary processing units andother value additions for higher returns;

(iv) Develop complete value chains on fewproduction lines;

(c) Producers Group & ProducesOrganisation:- To provide support to PGsand POsto help the much neededaggregations of the products and facilitateprocessing and other value addition formarket linkage.

(d) Initiatives for branding, packaging andmarketing.

4.1.3. Community Mobilization & InstitutionBuilding:

Major activity Project target Upto March, 2016 Upto Dec., 2016

Village covered 1645 1641 1681

SHG Formation 26000 20824 23731

SHG Federation 1200 727 950

CDG Formation 1645 1508 1400

PO Formation 275 4 4

4.1.4 Economic Empowerment

An SHG having 10-15 members primarily fromsame socio-economic background are given

the first revolving fund of Rs.20,000 andlivelihood funds of Rs.80,000in two tranches.The progress is given below:


Seed fund Project target UptoMarch, 2016 UptoDec, 2016

Revolving Fund 26000 16690 19630

Livelihood Tranche-I 26000 12046 16347

Livelihood Tranche-II 26000 10178 13687

CDPs 1645 110 188

Youth Training 20000 2907 4977

4.1.5. Livelihood Cluster Initiatives:

The project has taken up several livelihoodclusters for fast-tracking promotion oflivelihoods. Piggery, Goatery, Dairy,Handloom & Horticulture being the majorlivelihood cluster taken up.

4.1.6. Community Development Plan:

During the year, the project has sanctioned96 community development plans (CDPs) andtotal 206 up to December 2016. CDPs arevillage development plans with focus onnatural resources management and promotionof livelihoods.

4.1.7. Partnership Development:

Four new technical partners have beenengaged; Reach India Trust for providing TOTsto Block staffs, SESTA or fishery cluster inTripura, Centre for Sustainable Agriculture(CSA), Ahmedabad, for vegetables clusters inTripura and Sikkim, Assets-Heifer India for highaltitude goatery and coffee.

4.1.8. Marketing Support Infrastructure:

Works have been initiated to construct 6collection centres in 2 districts and 13 market

sheds- road-side as well as at prime locationin 5 districts of the project.

4.1.9. Priority Works for the current year2016-17

o Providing Bank linkage to about 11000SHGs

o Completion of Institution Building

o Livelihood interventions to all majoractivities though partnership and valuechain development

o Provide CIF such as revolving fund,livelihood funds etc. to all eligible SHGs

o Implement 600 CDPs

o Create market infra-structure such asmarket sheds. Collection centres andstorage including Mini cold storage.

o Organize vocational trainings to SHGmembers for creating new livelihoodopportunities

o Skill training & placement to about 8000unemployed youths.


As against the Annual Work Plan for FY 2016-17, Rs.220 crore was submitted, out of whichRs.150 crore only was given at BE stage

(additional Rs.24 crore at RE). MDoNER hasalready released Rs.150 crore in December,2016.

Handloom Cluster, Lunglei CDG Meeting, Tuensang Piggery Feed Mill, Peren

4.2 CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION –NORTH EASTERN REGION (CCA-NER)PHASE 2

CCA-NER is a bilateral project between theGovernment of India and the FederalGovernment of Germany. DeutscheGesellschaftfür Internationale Zusammenarbeit(GIZ) GmbH is mandated by the GermanFederal Ministry for Economic Cooperationand Development (BMZ) to implement thetechnical cooperation in partnership with theIndian Ministry of Development of NorthEastern Region (MoDoNER), the leadexecuting agency at national level.

In Phase-1 (2012-15), CCA-NER covered threestates of Meghalaya, Nagaland and Sikkim andbrought in several technical interventions insectors like Eri Silk, Rice Breeding and springshed development etc. Considering therelevance of activities, the CCA-NER phase-2has taken up two more new states of Mizoramand Arunachal Pradesh in addition to the

Phase-1 states making it a total of five states.

The CCA-NER Phase- 2 is being implementedunder the broader framework of the Indo-German Environment Programme – RuralAreas (IGEP-RA) in 5 North Eastern states –Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim andArunachal Pradesh. The objective of theproject in Phase 2 is “In the North-EasternRegion of India access of 7,000 ruralhouseholds to food has improved on the basisof resource-saving and climate resilientagricultural practices”.

Some of the success stories of CCA-NER -2 are:

1. SAPCC Implementation

GIZ CCA NER facilitated prioritization ofsectoral strategies enumerated in the StateAction Plans on Climate Change (SAPCC)leading to development of concept notes andDPRs for accessing funds from the National


Adaptation Fund on Climate Change (NAFCC)which have been endorsed by MOEFCC. Someof the initiatives under this Programme are:

a. Proposal from Meghalaya on “Spring-sheddevelopment works for rejuvenation ofsprings for climate resilient developmentin water stressed areas of Meghalaya” for23 crore INR was endorsed by MOEFCCin 2016.

b. Proposal from Mizoram on “Sustainableagriculture development throughexpansion, enhancement and modellingin the state of Mizoram” for 11 crore INRwas endorsed by MOEFCC in 2016.

c. Proposal from Nagaland on “Gene poolConservation of IndigenousRiceVarietiesunderTraditional IntegratedRotational Farming System(Jhumoptimisation) for PromotingLivelihood and Food Security as ClimateChange Adaptation Strategy in Nagaland”was endorsed in January 2017.

2. Eri Silk value chain

Enhance capacities of rural population ofMeghalaya to optimally benefit from positiveimpacts of climate change on Eri Silk by

bringing in German private buyer Seidentraumto develop a PPP.

Mr. Andreas Moeller, founder of Flying 8Looms was brought to Meghalaya to trainweavers in using the Flying 8 looms as wellas train local carpenters for constructing thelooms locally with locally available material.

3. Bamboo value chain

INBAR carried out a study on the bamboovalue chain and recommended various stepsto leverage on this natural resource hugelyavailable in the NER. The study has identifiedsectorial issues which plague the growth ofbamboo in the region. INBAR hasrecommended for “Enhanced sustainableinclusive economic growth and adaptioncapacities to climate change throughsmallholder-based and women and youthfocused innovative bamboo solutions”.Bamboo value chain development will becarried out in Mizoram and ArunachalPradesh.

4. Organic Fruits value chain

Scoping study carried out by SENSE, SouthAfrica, with a Dutch Consultant to survey andidentify the potential of Organic fruitmarketing. This will be taken for value chaindevelopment of organic horticulture producethrough probable PPP.

5. Honey Bee value chain

Scoping study carried out by Indian consultantsalong with a bee keeping expert to look intothe feasibility of implementation measures forhoney bee value chain development incooperation with the Sikkim Khadi Board.


6. ICCOA scoping study

The study was commissioned to theInternational Competence Centre on OrganicAgriculture to give an overview about thecurrent status of organic produce in NER plusselected markets especially the EU andGerman markets.

4.3 NORTH EASTERN DEVELOPMENTFINANCE CORPORATION LTD. (NEDFi)

NEDFi is mandated to catalyst industrialgrowth and nurture entrepreneurship in theNorth East Region by extending financialservices with the objective of overall industrialdevelopment of North Eastern Region, moreparticularly of MSME and micro-financesectors by raising its own resources in additionto loans received from GoI. It focuses primarilyon nurturing entrepreneurship skills of the firstgeneration entrepreneurs of the Region.

The Corporation has taken various initiativestowards promotion & development of MSME& Micro finance sectors by identifyingpotential local entrepreneurs and providefinance on easy terms at concessional rate ofinterest at 8% p.a.NEDFi has been executingseveral prestigious consultancy assignments inthe fields of Evaluation & Third PartyMonitoring of Infrastructure Projects, ImpactAssessment Studies etc.

Since the beginning of the Tenth Five Year Plan,MDoNER has been providing Interest free loanto NEDFi, payable at the end of 15th year fromthe date of receipt. In this regard, MoU is beingsigned every year between NEDFi&MDoNER.The loan received has been utilized for

achieving its objectives for which it wassanctioned.

Review of performance is done by the CMDon a monthly basis; Board of Directors (BoD)on a quarterly basis and by MDoNER on ahalf-yearly basis.

Venture Capital Fund (VCF)

In line with the Govt. of India priorities,MDoNER has initiated creation of VentureCapital Fund for NER with NEDFi to providecapital for start-ups in the NE region and toattract investors. For this initiative, a fund sizeof Rs. 100 crore has been set up (Rs. 45 crorefrom MDoNER, Rs. 30 crore from NEDFi andRs. 25 crore to be raised by NEDFi). MDoNERhas initiated this Venture Fund to giveconfidence to the third parties to come onboard for investing in the NE Regionparticularly in sectors like tourism, agri&horticulture, pharmaceutical, power and HRemployment, keeping in view the rich naturalresources of NER. This Venture Fund invitescompanies/third parties to come and leveragethe huge untapped potential that NER isendowed with. Accordingly, NEDFi hasworked out the modalities for implementationof the scheme and the MoU has been signedwith MDoNER on 12.8.2016. Two wholly-owned subsidiary companies viz. NEDFiTrustee Ltd. and NEDFi Venture Capital Ltd.have been set up to operationalise the venturefund. The focus of the fund will be on earlyand growth-stage investments, mostly in thefields of IT & ITES, food processing, healthcare,tourism, retail and aggregation of services. Anadditional incentive of Venture Capital Fund


will be provided to youngster who wishes toset up a “Start-Up “entrepreneurship in theNortheast Region.

4.4. CAPACITY BUILDING & PUBLICITYSCHEME

Two schemes, viz. Advocacy & Publicity andTechnical Assistance & Capacity Buildinghave now been merged and re-named asCapacity Building & Publicity. The Scheme ofCapacity Building & Publicity has beenallocated Rs. 73.00 crore (Rs. 72.00 crore +Re 1.00 crore for information Technology) inBE 2016-17.

4.4.1 Capacity Building and TechnicalAssistance (CB & TA)

A major development requirement for NorthEast Region is strengthening of its humanresources, particularly youth, so as to makethem skilled and employable. Ministry ofDoNER has been implementing a programmefor people of the North Eastern Region foracquiring skills and competencies through itsCapacity Building and Technical AssistanceSchemes. The basic objective of the planscheme was to provide skills and competenciesfor self-employment and employability andalso assist in providing any other specializedinputs required for Human ResourceDevelopment in sectors are critical for thedevelopment of the region. Training of mid-level functionaries of Govt. of North EasternStates in the interest of good governanceformed the other component.

An enhanced allocation of Rs.55.00 crore, outof Rs.73.00 crore for sub-head Livelihood,

Skill and Capacity Building was allocated inthe BE of FY 2016-17 for CB&TA Scheme andat RE stage no additional fund was allocated .In line with this, Expression of Interest waspublished in national / regional news papers,226 proposals for conducting skilldevelopment programme of unemployedyouth for North Eastern Region under CB&TAscheme were received in response to theadvertisement. Short listing of these proposalswas undertaken in consultation with Ministryof Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.

A meeting was held between the MoS (I/C),Skill Development and Entrepreneurship andMinister of State (I/C), Ministry of Developmentof North Eastern Region on 16th May, 2016to discuss skill development activities in NorthEastern Region and Pradhan Mantri KaushalVikas Yojana. It was, inter alia, decided thatan Inter-Ministerial Committee comprisingrepresentatives from Ministry of DoNER andMinistry of Skill development andEntrepreneurship would be constituted.Subsequently, a decision has been taken thatskilling schemes of various Ministries,including Ministry of DoNER are to betransferred to Ministry of Skill Developmentand Entrepreneurship along with necessarybudgetary allocation. All 269 project proposalsreceived for funding under the “CapacityBuilding” (skilling scheme) component of theCapacity Building & Technical Assistancescheme of the Ministry of DoNER have alreadybeen transferred to Ministry of SkillDevelopment and Entrepreneurship (MSDE).MDoNER is a part of the Committee that willreview and approve the proposals made underthis scheme. The component of Technical


Assistance aimed at building capacities of in-service officials would continue to be handledby this Ministry.

An amount of Rs. 25.00 Cr. (as on31st December, 2016) has been transferred toMinistry of Skill Development andEntrepreneurship as Capacity Buildingcomponent (Skill Development) of CB & TAscheme. An amount of Rs.2.79 Cr. has beenre-appropriated from CB & TA Scheme for

S.No. Name of Institute Amount Amount No. of personssanctioned released sponsored

1. State Institute of Capacity `̀̀̀̀ 2,59,25,000/- `̀̀̀̀ 1,06,32,532 615Building, Sikkim

2. Mizoram Youth `̀̀̀̀ 2,48,00,000/- `̀̀̀̀ 62,75,000 400Commission, Aizawl

3. Central Institute of `̀̀̀̀ 1,63,15,147/- `̀̀̀̀ 39,92,156 315Plastic Engineering and

Technology,

4. National Institute of Payment of `̀̀̀̀ 12,36,000 80Fashion Technology, Service Tax

Kolkata

5. Central Institute of `̀̀̀̀ 72,00,000/- `̀̀̀̀ 19,16,979 90Plastic Engineeringand Technology,

Chennai

6. Indian Plywood `̀̀̀̀ 32,00,000 `̀̀̀̀ 24,00,000 -Industries Research

& Training

7. Indo German `̀̀̀̀ 77,40,000 `̀̀̀̀ 6233825 150Tool Room,Ahmedabad,

(F.No.10/15/2014-CB&TA)

Total `̀̀̀̀ 3,26,86,492/-

salary. An amount of Rs. 3,26,86,492/- hasbeen utilized under the scheme forimplementing the programme of skills trainingand development of competencies in diversesectors. During the year 2016-17, twoSanctioning Committee meetings were heldon 27.10.2016 and 08.12.2016 forconsideration of proposals received under CB& TA Scheme. The name of the agencies,amount sanctioned, released and number ofpersons to be trained by them are as follows:


8. Directorate of `̀̀̀̀ 22,05,000 150Industries & Commerce,

Govt. of Nagaland

9. Public Health Foundationof India `̀̀̀̀ 3,00,96,550/- -

10. Mizoram Youth `̀̀̀̀ 1,32,60,000/- 1500Commission,

Government of Mizoram

11. Adyar Cancer Institurte ¹ 8,60,000/- 09(W.I.A.), Regional CancerCentre, Adyar, Chennai

Likely to be concurred by IFD & approved by Secretary, DoNER during this FY 2016-17.

12. Ashok Institute of ¹ 35,04,540/- 180Hospitality & Tourism

Management

13. Nagaland Tool Room ¹ 26,05,000/- 200and Training Centre,

Dimapur

14. CIPET, Bhubaneswar ¹ 48,00,000/- 315

Total ¹ 13,16,01,697 ¹ 4,35,96,032/- 4004

S.No. Name of Institute Amount Amount No. of personssanctioned released sponsored

From the academic session 2016-17, one seateach for cancer super-specialization in DM(Oncology) and MCh (Oncology) has beenintroduced in Dr. B. Borooah Cancer Institute,Guwahati. These courses will be conductedunder the aegis of Department of AtomicEnergy, Government of India, through TataMemorial Cancer Centre, Mumbai which is aconstituent institute of Homi Bhabha NationalInstitute. This was announced by Dr Jitendra

Singh on Feb. 11, 2016. From February thisyear, DoNER Ministry has begun sponsoringshort-term cancer medicine and cancer surgerytraining for doctors from all the eight States ofthe region in country’s reputed CancerInstitutes.

4.4.2. Advocacy & Publicity Scheme

The Advocacy & Publicity scheme aims to


showcase the inherent economic, social andcultural strength of the North Eastern Regionand to popularize the NE region as abusiness, tourist & educational hub. Itaims to publicise through active mediacampaign in print, audio visual media,thereby, generating interest in investors andtourist towards accelerating development inthe region. Financial assistance is given toCentral/State/Autonomous Organizations/Public Enterprise/Public Trust/NGOs etc. fororganizing/undertaking various activities/events which includes:

Seminars, Workshops, Exhibitions,

North East Business Summits, Trade Expos,

Buyer-Seller Meets in diverse areas suchas trade & investment, tourism, handlooms& handicrafts, agriculture etc.,

Evaluations/impact studies/assessments,

Media Campaigns,

Any other activity considered appropriate.

Proposals received from eligible organizationsfor above mentioned activities are consideredas per Guidelines of the scheme by ScreeningCommittee chaired by Joint Secretary (A&P).

During 2016-17, financial assistance has beenextended to various Government/NGOagencies for organizing trade expos, craftbazar, trade fair, tribal festivals, sports eventsetc., to showcase the handloom & handicrafts,talents and unique cultural strength of NEregion in various platforms. Several seminars,workshops, business summits were also heldincluding conference on Development ofBamboo for North Eastern Region and India-

Myanmar-Thailand Friendship Car Rally.

Some of the fresh initiatives/achievements byMinistry under this scheme are:

i. Financial support to M/o I&B towards ArunPrabha Channel which is exclusively forNE region.

ii. Financial support to Children Film Societyof India of M/o I&B for d u b b i n gpopular children movies/sitcoms into NEregional languages / dialects and toproduce to new movies / TV serial for NEregion.

iii. Participation in Swachh Bharat Pakhwada

iv. Development of film titled “North East FastTracked @ 2 years” which was presentedbefore the Hon’ble PM and otherdignitaries in the 65th Plenary of NEC atShillong.

v. Senior officials of North Eastern Council,Ministry of DoNER, Govt. of Ind iaparticipated at Stalls in the India Pavilionput up by the Ministry of Tourism atthe World Travel Market (WTM), London2016 during November 7-9, 2016. A total of 11 regional North East Ind iaCircuits were marketed. Several touroperators and tourists had visited theNEC stall and had shown keen interest inNorth East India tourism. This initiativewill help in the promotion of tourism inthe North Eastern Region.

Bamboo Summit

DoNER Ministry organised the BambooSummit on September 27-28, 2016 in NewDelhi where Bamboo strategy for NER and roleof DoNER were discussed. Other topics wereGoI Policy support and Vision for Bamboo


Development in NER, Role of Cultivation andHarvesting Methods, R&D in BambooProduction/Development, Best Practices,Upgradation and Innovative Uses of Bamboo,Skilling in Bamboo Craft and scope of Micro,Small and Medium Enterprises in BambooProducts manufacturing, ClusterDevelopment, etc. The Ministry has finalisedan Action Plan for Bamboo Development inthe NER and is coordinating with Ministry ofAgriculture and Ministry of Environment,Forest and Climate Change, as well as the NERstates to inter alia establish a regional bamboodevelopment body for NER as well as tofacilitate an effective value chain for bambooand bamboo by-products.

countries like Bangladesh, Myanmar, Bhutanand also Japan and Russia. The focus of theSummit were

Border trade with Bangladesh andSoutheast Asia.

Connectivity and inclusive developmentof the North East Region.

To explore possibilities of investmentopportunities in Tripura and theNortheastern state as a whole.

Opportunities of investments in Roads, Air,Inland waterways,Digital connectivity,Energy etc

Importance of people to peopleconnectivity.

Explore sectorial opportunities inNortheast.

North East-ASEAN Business Summit2016

The North East-ASEAN Business Summit wasorganised during April 7-9, 2016 at Imphal,

Connect North East 2016 -North EastConnectivity Summit

Connect North East 2016 -North EastConnectivity Summit was held in Agartala,Tripura under Make In India initiative of DIPPfrom 22-23 September, 2016 which wasattended by representatives from neighboring


Manipur with the focus on road connectivity,trade and tourism. The Ministry of DoNERsupported the Summit where Secretary,DoNER gave the keynote address. The Summitwas attended by participants from NorthEastern States, representatives from Nationaland Regional Institutions and concernedMinistries of the Government of India,Ambassadors of ASEAN countries andCommerce & Industry Minister of Bangladeshalong with his business delegation.

1st North East Investors’ Summit

The first ever North East Investors’ Summit forthe north eastern states which showcased theregion as a global destination for investmentsin textiles sector was held from 29-30 January,2017 at Shillong, Meghalaya. The Summitwas jointly hosted by MDoNER/NEC andMinistry of Textiles to focus on manufacturing

in textiles and allied sectors with the theme‘Exploring Opportunities in North East Region’for bringing in convergence of efforts of variouscentral ministries and states in the region toattract investments.8th East Himalayan Expo, Gangtok,Sikkim

MDoNER and ITPO as co-hosted the 8thedition of East Himalayan Expo at Gangtok,Sikkim, from December 16-25, 2016 atGuards Grounds, Sikkim with the activesupport of Govt. of Sikkim. The product profileof the event comprises of Organic sector,Horticulture, Household Goods. Food itemsincluding Processed food, Textiles, Handicraft,Leather Products, Electrical and Electronicitems, Jute products, textile, Good Living,Cosmetics, Herbal Products, Health & FitnessEquipments, IT Products, furniture, Tourism,Service sector etc.


India-Myanmar-Thailand (IMT) CarRally:

ICC, Kolkata has organized IMT Car Rally from13 Nov to 3rd Dec, 2016 which crossed theNE States and entered Myanmar from Morehand ended at Bangkok, Thailand.Representatives from DoNER, North Eastern

Agricultural Marketing Corporation(NERAMAC) and North Eastern Handicrafts &Handloom Development Corporation(NEHHDC) participated in B2B meeting ontourism, handloom & handicrafts and agri &allied business seminars held on 25th and 27th

Nov, 2016 in Mandalay and Yangonrespectively.



INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION AND

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INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY ACTIVITIES

Information, Communication and Technology

With the emphasis to improve productivity,quality , efficiency and transparency , variousICT activities have been taken up by theMinistry and implemented in association withNIC and necessary support from programmedivisions.

Ministry’s Portal

In order to provide easy access to theinformation by the Citizens’ , the Ministryhas developed and continuously updates itsofficial portal viz. http://mdoner.gov.in whichis the access point to know about the Ministryand other associated organizations. The

various important events and announcementsare regularly updated on the portal.

DoNER Project Portal

The ministry has also developed a G2G andG2C e-Portal i.e. https://nlcpr.mdoner.gov.in/for submission, surveillance and follow up ofprojects under the category of Non-LapsableCentral Pool of Resource (NLCPR). ThePlanning Department along with the executingdepartments of state Governments are nowable to receive and transmit documents inelectronic mode with a facility of systemgenerated alert messages (SMS & e-mail) tobring in transparency among stakeholders. Thissaves time in sending documents in physicalform over long distances and relocating them.It results in quicker approval for release offunds. It also helps in keeping surveillanceon financial, physical and visual progress fortimely completion of projects.

In order to maintain transparency, this ministryhas scanned physical files of more than 200ongoing NLCPR projects and put them onDoNER Project Portal for public to access. Inaddition, the documents uploaded by stategovernment are also immediately available onportal. The release of funds in several projectsin current fiscal year, has taken as minimumas 7 to 10 working days as compared to timetaken in earlier approval process. The DoNERProject Portal uses open source based ICTsolutions and Process re-engineering.


The highlights are :

A. Dashboard

– Quarterly Comparison of Release, funds

– Graphical view of sectoral status

– Open format Report in excel for Information Analysis

utilization, number of new projectssanctioned / completed along with theirtotal cost

B. Access to DoNER Project Portal – Theofficials of state Government can accessthe portal without login credentials.Officials need to register once by providing

name, email and mobile and thereafterOne Time Password (OTP) is being usedto authenticate for uploading files andgenerating utilisation certificate inprescribed format.


C. Alert Service at every Decision ChangePoint

D. User Role Based Access to Portal

E. Data Capture

– Online Submission by PlanningDepartment

• New Project proposal along with ConceptPaper

• Detailed Project Report

• Generate UC in prescribed format &upload signed UC

• Tender Advt. / Document

• Work Order / Plan

• Physical Progress

• Visual Progress / Photograph

• Inspection Report

– Post-sanction monitoring on financial,physical and visual progress for timelycompletion of project.


– Visuals Upload by Public

F. Information Dissemination

– Through Dashboard –

• Quarterly Progress on Funds released /utilised and Number of projects sanctioned/ completed

• Graphical Status of Sanctioned Projects(state wise)

• Status of DPR submission of selectedprojects

• Open Format Report

– Through Alert Service (e-Mail & SMS)

– Through Reporting module for ProjectManagement – It facilitates 14 types ofreports for progress monitoring andinformation dissemination

G. Document repository - to manage scanneddocuments, photographs, DPRs, etc. ofrespective projects.


e-Office – In order to improve the data security& integrity, e-Office application has beenimplemented in this Ministry where files arecreated, stored ,moved and signedelectronically. It facilitates paperlessenvironment and transforms existing manualprocess into electronic workflow basedgovernance . The scanning & digitization ofphysical files is underway to convert physicalfiles into electronic format. Digital SignatureCertificate and e-sign facilities have beenintegrated in the system. All the officers andthe concerned staff were trained in theimplementation of e-office in the month ofJuly, 2016.

Through it’s Knowledge Managementmodule, important documents , informationare created and shared through bulletin board.

Video Conferencing facility Videoconferencing facility has been regularly utilisedto monitor implementation of projects by stateGovernments, NEC etc .

Presence in Social Media

As the advent of social media has beentransforming the way information is createdand shared digitally , this Ministry is alsoactively using social media in order toenhance its outreach and interact with citizensin real time manner.


Twitter i.e. https://twitter.com/mdoner_India

Whats App – Due to growing popularity ,WhatsApp groups are created and provide aplatform for stakeholders who have interest inNorth East India for free flow of ideas andconstructive suggestions which shouldbecome guiding points for the Ministry.

Mobile App

A Mobile APP i.e. ‘DoNER Project Portal’ isunder development and is expected to becompleted soon. The App will facilitate inlocating NLCPR projects by sector, state &district, Quick Response (QR) code, PIN code,etc. The project at a glance along with itslocation on google / bhuvan map can beviewed through App and enables public toshare and upload photographs of a projectalong with GPS coordinates for social audit.

Other Major Initiatives

Some other initiatives were also taken by the ITand other Divisions during the FY 2016-17:

(i) Application of Space Technology: TheMinistry actively co-ordinated with theNorth Eastern Space Application Agency(NESAC), which is a space application unitof North Eastern Council, for applicationof space technology in the projects/schemes funded by the Ministry/NEC. Thementioning of co-ordinates (latitude-longitude) in the sanctions was prescribedfor the Ministry’s projects. The projects onsetting up of Remote Sensing Centres (RSC)/Geo-Spatial Centres of NE States wereconsidered for funding through NEC. TheMinistry has taken up the task of mappingthe entire North Eastern Region (NER) withthe help of National Centre of GeoInformatics (NCOG), Ministry of Electronicsand Information Technology and NorthEastern Space Application Centre (NESAC).The purpose of using space application inmapping is to aggregate all developmentrelated data about NER in one place and tobe able to use it as map based informationand inputs to strategise, plan, implement andmonitor various developmental schemes andprojects in the area.


(ii) The Ministry is pursuing the digitalisationagenda in all earnest. In compliance tothe Cabinet decision dated February 24,2016 and directions of Secretary,Department of Investment and Public AssetManagement (DIPAM) to take immediatesteps to ensure cashless/digitaltransactions, the Ministry and NEC aremaking all transactions withoutinvolvement of cash. Ministry has alreadystarted e-payments through PFMS. As apart of awareness campaign, officers andstaff of this Ministry were sensitised toadopt digital means of transactions. PSUshave also been requested to conductworkshops/programmes highlighting thebenefit of digital mode of payments.

(iii) To strengthen the monitoring of 10% GBSexpenditure in NER by Non-ExemptMinistries in the running year, the PFMSunder Ministry of Finance was requestedto create add on utility on their websitefor generation of NER release reports State-wise, Scheme wise and Ministry-wise.PFMS has now created the add-on featureand it is now possible to monitor releasesState-wise, Scheme-wise on real timebasis.

(iv) Direct Benefit Transfer: In response to CabinetSecretariat’s directions with regard toimplementation of Direct Benefit Transferinitiative in respect of the schemes beingimplemented by this Ministry, a DBT Cellwas constituted in this Ministry on 7.6.2016along with a sub-cell at North EasternCouncil (NEC) on 23.6.2016. DBT Missionwere informed that out of the schemes beingimplemented by the Ministry, the followingthree schemes will be DBT on boarded inthe financial year 2016-17: -

(a) Schemes of NEC Chairman Sports Awardfor Excellence in National andInternational Sports meet.

(b) Schemes of NEC on Financial Support tothe students of NE Region.

(c ) Capacity Building and TechnicalAssistance.

Further, the scheme of North Eastern RuralLivelihood Project (NERLP) was alsoidentified as DBT applicable and isproposed on boarded by 30th September,2017.

(v) NGO- Portal : As per the direction of theNITI Aayog, the Ministry has inter-aliadecided that no financial grants to anyNGO/VOs will be disbursed withouthaving a system generated Unique ID fromthe NGO- DARPAN Portal of NITI Aayog.Also, communications have been sent tothe NGOs to whom grants were sanctionedin the past to sign up on NGO-DARPANPortal and obtain Unique ID afterfurnishing PAN and AADHAR details.

(vi) Swachh Bharat Pakhwara: Ministry ofDevelopment of North Eastern Regionorganized Swachhta Pakhwada during 27th

May to 9th June, 2016. With a view tomaximize the coverage and impact of theSwachh Bharat Pakhwada, many eventswere organized on the side lines of thePlenary Session of the North EasternCouncil held at Shillong on 27th May,2016. Hon’ble Prime Minister graced thePlenary Session and various otherprogrammes related to Swachh Bharatcampaign. On 27th May, 2016 morning,a marathon run was flagged off by the


Hon’ble Minister , DoNER at Shillong andthe winner were given awards by theHon’ble Prime Minister.

As part of the Swachhta Pakhwada, theMinistry organized a cleanliness drive at QutabInstitutional Area, Satsang Vihar Marg, NewDelhi-110067 in collaboration with AssamAssociation, Delhi. The event was attendedby a large number of officials of this Ministry,volunteers from Assam Association and peoplefrom various Bhawans of the North EasternStates located at Delhi.

Action Plan

Ministry of DoNER had prepared an ActionPlan emerging from the recommendations ofGroup of Secretaries under eight themes (i)Good Governance, Challenges andOpportunities ; (ii) Employment generationstrategies; (iii) Farmer–Centric Initiatives inAgriculture and Allied Sectors ; (iv) Educationand Health – Universal Access and Quality;(v) Innovative Budgeting and EffectiveImplementation (vi) Accelerated Growth withInclusion and Equity ; (vii) Swachch Bharat


66666and Ganga Rejuvenation – People’sInvolvement and Sustainability; and (viii)Energy efficiency and conservation. Manyaction points have already been completedwhile some are under various stages ofimplementation as part of the activities of theMinistry.

Actions points already completed by theMinistry include the following:

(i) Guidelines of NLCPR Scheme , A & PScheme , CB &TA Scheme revised;

(ii) Independent Quality Monitor fof NLCPRScheme has been completed withempanelment and engagement of ofIndependent Quality Monitors;

(iii) Towards survey of potential watershedsthrough space application, four WaterResources (Irrigation Commands) havebeen identified by NESAC in consultationwith CWC: (a) Borolia Irrigation project(Assam),(b) Champawati irrigationproject(Assam),(c)Dolaithabi BarrageProject(Manipur)(d)Thoubal MultipurposeProject(Manipur).

(iv) The Ministry has sanctioned a projectStrengthening of Human Resource andSystems Capacity For Public Health in theNorth Eastern Region under whichgovernment teachers of the North EastStates will be trained on health Issues bythe project implementing agency, PHFI.

(v) 50% projects have been GEO tagged anduploaded to App to identify the location.

(vi) DoNER has released fund to NEDFitowards Venture Capital MoU betweenNEDFi and MDoNER signed andaccordingly, two wholly owned subsidiarycompanies viz. (i) NEDFi Trustee Ltd. (NTL)and (ii) NEDFi Venture Capital Ltd (NVCL)have been incorporated under theCompanies Act, 2013 and the fund hasbeen registered with Security ExchangeBoard of India (SEBI) ;

(vii) The Public Financial Management System(PFMS) has already been implemented tomake electronic payment both Plan and Nonplan in PAO, DoNER w.e.f. 1st October,2015and PAO, NEC, Shillong, PFMS implementedw.e.f. 1st November, 2016. All payments aremade through PFMS.



VIGILANCE, OFFICIAL LANGUAGE

& STAFF WELFARE

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VIGILANCE, OFFICIAL LANGUAGE & STAFF WELFARE

Vigilance

Vigilance matters relating to the Ministry aswell as two Public Sector Undertakings, NEDFiand North Eastern Council (NEC) Secretariatare handled by Vigilance Division of theMinistry. The Division is headed by a JointSecretary, who is designated as Chief VigilanceOfficer (CVO) assisted by a Deputy Secretaryand an Assistant Section Officer. Vigilancerelated activities are carried out within theframework provided by the Department ofPersonnel & Training and Central VigilanceCommission.

The Vigilance Division functions as a linkbetween the Ministry and the Central VigilanceCommission and other Authorities in thematters pertaining to vigilance. The CVC andthe DOPT, in their effort to bring about agreater transparency in vigilanceadministration and speedy disposal of cases,have been suggesting several measuresthrough their administrative instructions.Various instructions received from them havebeen circulated amongst all CVOs / VOs ofthe organizations under the administrativecontrol of the Ministry for strict compliance.

Vigilance activities during 2016-17

The Vigilance Division monitors thedisciplinary cases and related matters of theorganizations under the Ministry throughperiodical returns prescribed by CVC and

DoP&T etc. Prompt and appropriate actionhas been taken on the fresh complaintsreceived in this Ministry. Appropriatenecessary action has also been taken forspeedy disposal of pending cases. Advice ofCVC was taken in those cases wherever it wasnecessary. Vigilance clearance certificateswere also issued in r/o the officers and officialsof this Ministry keeping in view of theguidelines.

Celebrations of Vigilance Awareness Week

In accordance with Circular No. 10/09/16-(i)dated 19.09.2016 received from the CentralVigilance Commission (CVC), VigilanceAwareness Week was observed in this Ministryand in the organizations under the Ministryfrom 31st October, 2016 to 5th November,2016. As per schedule, Vigilance AwarenessWeek began at 11:00 a.m. on 31.10.2016with a pledge administered by Secretary thatwas taken by all officers and staff of thisMinistry. During the week, banners were


displayed at different places in the Ministry tocreate vigilance awareness among thestaff. Various activities/programmes likeseminar, workshop, etc. were organised duringVigilance Awareness Week.

Preventive Vigilance Mechanism:

As per directions contained in CVC circularno. 03/09/13 dated 11.9.2013, various postshave been identified as sensitive in thisMinistry. To strengthen the preventivevigilance, a rotation policy among the officersand officials has been implemented. Toensure the transparency in the system, allobligatory/necessary informations have beenplaced in the public domain on the web siteof the Ministry. Instructions have been issuedand reiterated to ensure that unauthorizedpersons do not enter the building. Allmeasures are taken up to strengthen thepreventive vigilance mechanism in thisMinistry.

Official Language Policy

Hindi is the Official Language of the Union of

India. Hindi Division of the Ministry has thenodal responsibility for effectiveimplementation of the Official Language Policyof Government of India. There is an OfficialLanguage Implementation Committee in theMinistry under the Chairmanship of JointSecretary (Administration), which monitors theimplementation of Official Language in theMinistry as well as in the offices under itsadministrative control. As per the policy, fourquarterly meetings of the Committee wereorganized during the year 2016-17 andnecessary actions were taken on the decisions/recommendations made by the Committee.

In order to monitor the implementation ofOfficial Language Policy of the Union and toprovide necessary assistance in translationwork, there exist the posts of one DeputyDirector (OL), one Assistant Director (OL), oneSenior Translator and one Junior Translator inthe Ministry. However, the posts of DeputyDirector (OL) and Assistant Director (OL) arelying vacant for the past sometime.

During 2016-17, all the documents falling underSection 3(3) of the Official Language Act were

Members of Hindi Salahakar Samiti greeting HonourableMinister in the meeting held on 24.01.1017

Shri Naveen Verma, Secretary administering the pledge to allthe officers and staff of Ministry of Development of NorthEastern Region on the occasion of observance of VigilanceAwareness Week-2016.


issued bilingually. All the letters received in Hindiwere replied to in Hindi only. Besides, a HindiPakhwada was also organized in the Ministryduring 14-28th September, 2016 and variousHindi competitions were organized, in which anumber of officers/employees participated withutter zeal and enthusiasm.

The meeting of Hindi Salahkar Samiti (The listof the Hon’ble members is annexed at Annexure-VIII) was also convened on 24.01.2017 underthe chairmanship of Dr.Jitendra Singh, Hon’bleMinister of State (Independent Charge) of Ministryof Development of North Eastern Region andamong Hon’ble Members present in the meetingwere Shri Bhubaneswar Kalita, MP; Dr. BalwantShashtri, Shashtri Vipan Khajuria, Dr, RajendraSingh Chandel, Dr. Digvijai Singh and Dr. LaxmiNarayan Mittal. Secretary, DoNER requestedHon’ble members to suggest ways to furtherpromote the progressive use of Rajbhasha Hindiin the Ministry. Hon’ble members offered theirvaluable suggestions in this regard.

Inspection of the offices under the control ofthe Ministry namely North East DevelopmentFinance Corporation, Guwahati and NorthEastern Council, Shillong was also carried outby the officers of Hindi Division and the officeswere given necessary suggestions to ensuresmooth implementation of the OfficialLanguage Policy of the Union.

STAFF WELFARE

(i) Welfare of SCs/STs/OBCs/Minorities andPhysically Handicappedpersons:

This Ministry is fully committed to maintaininghighest standards of excellence andtransparency in addressing the grievances ofthe people belonging to these categories andtheir overall socio- economic empowermentby making provision of SCSP/STSP in itsbudget. SC/ST/OBC cell has been constitutedto look into the grievances of these categories.Ms. Mercy Epao, Director has been appointedas nodal officer of the ST/SC/OBC Cell.Meetings of the cell are held on quarterly basisand its minutes are sent to the concernedauthorities as required.

(ii) Welfare of Women:

Government of India enacted SexualHarassment of Women at Work Place(Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act,2013 that seeks to protect women from Sexualharassment at their place of work. The Actenvisages constitution of a Committee namely“Internal Complaints Committee” headed bya woman officer at a senior level from amongstthe employees. In accordance with thestipulated norms, this Ministry has constituteda Committee to look into the complaints ofsexual harassment at workplace.


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Sl. No. Ministry/Department Revised Expenditure ExpenditureEstimates (Rs. crore) as percent(Rs. crore) of RE (%)

1 Department of Agriculture and Cooperation 1004.34 869.84 86.61

2 Department of Agricultural Research and Education 265.00 265.00 100.00

3 Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairyingand Fisheries 184.58 185.99 100.76

4 Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy,Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) 75.00 32.28 43.04

5 Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals 117.50 117.50 100.00

6 Department of Fertilisers 0.90 0.00 0.00

7 Department of Pharmaceuticals 3.00 2.88 96.00

8 Ministry of Civil Aviation 0.00 32.00

9 Ministry of Coal 28.95 1.77 6.11

10 Department of Commerce 202.50 197.84 97.70

11 Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion 329.99 329.98 100.00

12 Department of Posts 43.00 28.92 67.26

13 Department of Telecommunications 365.00 60.44 16.56

14 Department of Electronics and Information Technology 214.00 220.59 103.08

15 Department of Consumer Affairs 22.60 29.99 132.70

16 Department of Food and Public Distribution 25.12 25.05 99.72

17 Ministry of Culture 147.00 129.99 88.43

A. Allocations to NER & Expenditure 2013-14#

ANNEX - II


18 Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region 1806.00 1704.09 94.35

19 Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation 1200.00 1152.95 96.08

20 Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change 148.92 139.52 93.69

21 Ministry of Food Processing Industries 55.00 37.63 68.42

22 Department of Health and Family Welfare 2316.50 2265.80 97.81

23 Department of Health Research 57.50 54.10 94.09

24 Department of AIDS Control 150.00 138.82 92.55

25 Department of Heavy Industry 158.50 158.50 100.00

26 Department of Public Enterprises 0.82 0.03 3.66

27 Ministry of Home Affairs 61.79 10.93 17.69

28 Police 101.31 607.25 599.40

29 Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation 146.00 129.03 88.38

30 Department of School Education and Literacy 4691.86 3705.74 78.98

31 Department of Higher Education 1429.90 1172.22 81.98

32 Ministry of Information and Broadcasting 74.00 70.04 94.65

33 Ministry of Labour and Employment 176.42 130.99 74.25

34 Law and Justice 95.00 95.00 100.00

35 Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises 260.09 193.76 74.50

36 Ministry of Mines 22.90 18.31 79.96



37 Ministry of Minority Affairs 303.03 296.98 98.00

38 Ministry of New and Renewable Energy 22.22 83.37 375.20

39 Ministry of Panchayati Raj 67.30 67.30 100.00

40 Ministry of Power 501.00 240.52 48.01

41 Ministry of Road Transport and Highways 3300.00 2966.10 89.88

42 Department of Rural Development 1957.52 1840.19 94.01

43 Department of Land Resources 470.82 468.44 99.49

44 Department of Biotechnology 130.00 125.31 96.39

45 Ministry of Shipping 48.00 44.69 93.10

46 Department of Social Justice and Empowerment 244.03 105.28 43.14

47 Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation 59.50 24.80 41.68

48 Ministry of Textiles 390.00 232.71 59.67

49 Ministry of Tourism 98.00 149.16 152.20

50 Ministry of Tribal Affairs 174.53 154.58 88.57

51 Department of Urban Development 150.00 124.82 83.21

52 Ministry of Water Resources 120.82 113.92 94.29

53 Ministry of Women and Child Development 1820.00 1710.44 93.98

54 Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports 109.40 107.25 98.03

Total 25947.16 23170.63 89.29

# figures are provisional subject to final vetting by Ministry of Finance.



B. Allocations to NER & Expenditure 2014-15#

1 Department of Agriculture and Cooperation 1112.00 765.22 68.81


3 Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying andFisheries 180.12 170.81 94.83

4 Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy,Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) 46.68 46.68 100.00


6 Department of Fertilisers 0.23 0.00 0.00

7 Department of Pharmaceuticals 4.00 3.91 97.75

8 Ministry of Civil Aviation 22.00 22.00 100.00


10 Department of Commerce 230.50 224.75 97.51
















24 Department of AIDS Control 130.00 129.98 99.98



27 Ministry of Home Affairs 50.00 122.73 245.46

28 Police 763.90 502.16 65.74






34 Law and Justice 98.73 93.6 94.80







39 Ministry of Panchayati Raj 340.00 340.00 100.00






45 Ministry of Shipping 40.00 40.00 100.00

46 Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 0.00 0.00


48 Department of Disability Affairs 35.94 23.53 65.47





53 Department of Urban Development 150.00 150.00 100.00

54 Ministry of Water Resources,River Development andGanga Rejuvenation 540.00 535.13 99.10





Total 27381.17 24483.92 89.41


C. Allocations to NER & Expenditure 2015-16#

1 Department of Agriculture, Cooperation andFarmers Welfare 922.24 610.9 66.24


3 Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries 147.13 110.49 75.10

4 Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH)90.0089.77 99.74


6 Department of Fertilisers 0.00 0 0.00

7 Department of Pharmaceuticals 21.00 21 100.00

8 Ministry of Civil Aviation 22.00 8.39 38.14


10 Department of Commerce 143.00 143 100.00










18 Ministry of Defence 29.80 -









27 Ministry of Home Affairs (all Grants) 700.00 812.11 116.02








33 Ministry of Law and Justice 80.66 65.66 81.40





38 Ministry of Panchayati Raj 22.00 22 100.00

39 Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas 1320.00 -






45 Ministry of Shipping 81.00 81 100.00

46 Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 100.00 90 90.00


48 Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities 54.00 38.33 70.98







53 Ministry of Urban Development 100.00 100 100.00

54 Ministry of Water Resources, River Developmentand Ganga Rejuvenation 213.60 943.75 441.83



Total 29669.22 31291.81 105.46




ANNEX - III

S.No. Sector RE Allocation Actual Expenditure %

1. Primary 2651.63 2199.84 82.96

2. Social 12577.94 11029.83 87.69

3. Industry 1485.12 1332.44 89.72

4. Infrastructure 6702.12 6329.95 94.45

5. Economic 1005.80 1006.62 100.08

Total 24422.61 21898.68 89.67

Sector-wise allocation and expenditure by non-exempt Ministries/Departments in 2014-15


S.No. Sector RE Allocation Actual Expenditure %

1 Primary 2029.40 2282.42 112.47

2 Social 11899.82 10665.99 89.63

3 Industry 2430.91 1037.98 42.70

4 Infrastructure 9296.61 13505.06 145.27

5 Economic 911.15 735.32 80.70

Total 26567.89 28226.77 106.24

Sector-wise allocation and expenditure by non-exempt Ministries/Departments in 2015-16


ANNEX - IVNo.6/6/2016-DoNER(Infra-CA)


Vigyan Bhawan Annexe,Maulana Azad Road, New Delhi – 110011

Dated 03rd March, 2016

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Sub:- Constitution of Inter-Ministerial Committee on Aviation Sector Schemes/Programmes in theNorth Eastern Region – Reg.

It has been decided to constitute an Inter-Ministerial Committee for greater synergy in ongoing effortsin development of Aviation sector in NER and review issues involved in implementation of Sector/Programmes.

2. The composition of the Committee is as follows:-

i Secretary, Ministry of DoNER Chairman

ii Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation orhis representative not below the rankof Joint Secretary Member

iii Chairman, Airports Authority of India Member

iv Secretary, North Eastern Council Member

v Adviser (Transport), NITI Aayog Member

vi Joint Secretary (NEC), DoNER Member

vii Economic Adviser, DoNER Member

viii Joint Secretary, (Infra), DoNER Convenor

3. The Committee would meet at least once in a quarter. The Committee may has its representatives fromState Governments to the meetings as and when necessary for which TA/DA would be borne byrespective State Governments.

Sd/-(S.R. Meena)

DirectorTo

Chairman and Members of the Committee (as per para 2 above)

Copy for kind information to:-The CEO, NITI Aayog, NITI Bhawan, Sansad Marg, New Delhi – 110001

CC: PSto MoS(I/C), DoNER


F.No. 9/1/2016-DoNER(Livelihood)Government of India

Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region

Vigyan Bhawan Annexe,Maulana Azad Road, New Delhi

Dated the 23rd March, 2016

Subject: Constitution of an Inter-Ministerial Committee under the chairmanship of Secretary, MDoNERon Livelihood in NER.

It has been decided to constitute an Inter-Ministerial Committee to create greater synergy in the ongoingLivelihood development programmes being implemented in NER and to review issues in the process ofimplementation of schemes/programmes.

2. The composition of the Committee is as follows:-

(i) Secretary, MDoNER Chairman

(ii) Secretary, D/o AC&FW Member

(iii) Secretary, D/o AHD&F Member

(iv) Secretary, M/o RD Member

(v) Secretary, M/o Food Processing Industries Member

(vi) Secretary, M/o EF&CC Member

(vii) Secretary, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Member

(viii) Secretary, M/o Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Member

(ix) Secretary, D/o Financial Services Member

(x) Joint Secretary (Livelihood), MDoNER Convenor

Members of other Ministries/Departments may not be restricted to Secretaries. It may be Secretary or officernot below the rank of Joint Secretary.

3. The Inter-Ministerial Committee will broadly look into the following:

(i) Mapping of livelihood opportunities in the North Eastern Region.

(ii) Creating synergies amongst various Ministries/Organisations/stakeholders.


(iii) Assessing the training needs and infrastructure gaps in capacity building of thestakeholders.

(iv) Resolving the issue of awareness gaps relating to various Government (both centre and State)schemes/programs of livelihood.

(v) Exploration of opportunities in non-traditional areas.

4. The IMC will meet once in a quarter.

Sd/-(Mercy Epao)

DirectorTel: 23022304

[email protected] To

1. The Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare,Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi.

2. The Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries,Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi

3. The Secretary, M/o Food Processing Industries, Panchsheel Bhawan, AugustKranti Marg, New Delhi – 110049

4. The Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development, Shram Shakti Bhawan, Rafi Marg, New Delhi.

5. The Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change, Indira ParyavaranBhawan, Jor Bagh, New Delhi – 110003.

6. The Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Poverty Alleviation, Nirman Bhawan, MaulanaAzad Road,New Delhi – 110011.

7. The Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, 2nd Floor, ShivajiStadium Annexe, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Marg, Near Connaught Place, New Delhi – 110001.

8. The Secretary, Department of Financial Services, Jeevandeep Building, 3rd Floor, Patel Chowk,Parliament Street, New Delhi.

Copy to:

1. PS to MoS(I/C), DoNER

2. PPS to Secretary, MDoNER.

3. PPS to Joint Secretary (Livelihood), MDoNER.


ANNEX - V

Sl. No Sectors Budget 2016-17

Rs. in crore %

1 Agriculture & Allied 178.82 22.35

2 Power & RRE 48.43 6.05

3 Water Development 27.54 3.44

4 Industries 17.75 2.22

5 Tourism 17.1 2.14

6 Transport & Communication 301.81 37.73

7 Medical & Health 28.42 3.55

8 Human Resource Development 136.92 17.11

9 Science And Technology 20.8 2.6

10 Information & Public Relations 14.6 1.83

11 Evaluation & Monitoring 7.81 0.98

Total 800.00 100.00

Sectoral Allocation of Plan Scheme for Annual Plan 2016-17 of NEC


ANNEX - VI

Number of new projects taken up and the projects completed by NEC during 2016-17(State-wise)

(as on 31st December, 2016)

(Rs. in Crore)

S. No Sector New Projects Taken up Completed Projects*

No. of Approved Release Number of ApprovedProjects Cost projects Cost

1 Arunachal Pradesh 11 37.33 12.44 0 0

2 Assam 8 64.61 21.99 3 97.04

3 Manipur 25 165.91 59.26 5 32.81

4 Meghalaya 5 19.26 8.13 2 90.78

5 Mizoram 11 74.40 25.70 3 9.72

6 Nagaland 20 95.47 29.45 6 22.64

7 Sikkim 4 24.29 7.98 4 13.81

8 Tripura 1 2.43 2.19 0 0.00

9 Other Agencies 33 97.23 32.56 0 0.00

Total 118 580.93 199.70 23 266.80

Note:* Completed projects were sanctioned in different period of time and not in 2016-17.


ANNEX - VII

Decisions taken on the Agenda in the 65th NEC meeting held in Shillongon the 26th and 27th May 2016

Agenda ContentNo

1 Confirmation of the proceedings of the 64th Plenary of NEC held on 9th& 10th April2015

Decision

Confirmed by the NE Council

2 Action Taken Report on the 64th Plenary

3 Report on NEC- Secretary , NEC

Discussed and endorsed by the NE Council

Discussed and endorsed by the NE Council

The Council resolved that the budget of NECshould be increased and request Governmentof India to increase the budget allocation ofNEC for 2016-17 as desired by all theMembers of the Council. With this comment,Council approved the Annual Plan of Rs. 800crore of NEC.

4 Approval of the Draft Annual Plan2016-17

5 Approval of the Amendment of the RevisedNEC General Guidelines

It was decided by the Council that some timemay be given to all the NE States to study theAmendment of the Revised NEC GeneralGuidelines and submit their opinion to NECfor further necessary action.

6 NE-Organic Capital of the Country The proposal was discussed and accepted bythe NE Council. Gist of the proposal:

The scheme is to be implemented through StateGovernments. The scheme envisaged to formcontiguous clusters of farmers mainly women


7 North Eastern Road Sector DevelopmentScheme (Upgradation and maintenance oforphaned roads, inter-State roads etc)

and landless villages which will be furtherorganized into States/ District level councilsfor value addition intervention, capacitybuilding, market development etc. Amountrequired is Rs. 500 crore for five years.

Proposal for taking up the NERDS Scheme wasdiscussed and accepted by the NE Council.

Gist of the proposal: NEC identified 47numbers of Inter State Orphan Roads for up-gradation and maintenance with projected costof Rs. 2385.00 crore. The list of roads is oldand required to be revised. State Governmentsto submit fresh list of roads for considerationunder NERSDS. Currently NERSDS is beingimplemented by NHIDCL in phases underMoRTH. The scheme which is with DoNER isproposed to be transferred to NEC along withbudget.

Proposal was discussed and accepted by theNE Council. Gist of the proposal:

The proposed marketing intervention schemeis to assist farmers in obtaining remunerativeprices for their produces by giving marketsupport to few identified cash crops of theregion. The scheme will require about Rs. 40crores. A body identified for intervention willget 10% margin of total sales. DoNER/NEC canadvance Rs. 10 crore as revolving fund to theidentified body.

Proposal was discussed and accepted by theNE Council.

8 Assistance for procurement of agri andhorticulture produces including medicinalplants to give remunerative price to farmersto be implemented by Central /StateAgencies.

9 Extension of runway at Umroi Airport,Shillong


Gist of the proposal: AAI submitted DPR forExtension of runway and allied works from6000 ft. to 7500 ft. at Shillong Airport for NECfunding for Rs. 181.80 crores to be funded byNEC and AAI on 60:40 basis.


Gist of the proposal: The Integrated TourismMaster Plan for NER recommended forconstitution of a Tourism Council. The samecan be named as North East TourismDevelopment Council (NETDC) and will beestablished in PPP mode. The Council will bechaired by a Private Sector Representative andprofessionally managed by a CEO from privatesector to be appointed. The Council will haverepresentatives from all NE States, Ministry ofTourism, Tour Operators of NER, Hoteliers etc.The Council can be a separate entity and couldbe incorporated as a Limited Company or aSection 25 Company.

It was decided to have a small survey and shortlisting of NGOs and then a decision be takenregarding financing through NGOs. However,Council has agreed for providing assistance tothe States in this regard.

Gist of the proposal: Setting up of SkillDevelopment/ Training Institute at Statecapitals, District Headquarters to address theever changing global scenario, marketrequirement etc to equip the unemployedyouth for better job opportunities is urgentlyrequired. World class Institutes needs to be

10 NE Tourism Development Council

11 Partial assistance to States/NGOs for settingup of an iconic skill centre/infrastructurefor NER youths in collaboration withNABARD 50%


set up on PP model. The tentative cost of settingup of Regional Institute of Skill Development,World Class Institute and Training Centre in91 districts of NER will require around Rs. 500crores.

Since AEP is MEAs programme it was decidedthat there is a need to take MEA into confidenceand then take a decision on the matter.

Gist of the proposal: The objective of the ActEast Secretariat will be to drive the Act EastPolicy to ensure that benefits of the sameaccrue to the States of the NER. This Secretariatwill be the repository and single reference pointfor people of the North East Region.

The proposal was discussed and Councilagreed in-principle. Proper methodology forselection of schools students should be workedout before NEC implements the programme.

Gist of the proposal: The proposal have twopartsThe fees of civilian children studying inAR Schools in the interiors of North East Statesbe supplemented through grants by the NECfor 2000 students. The financial support willbe from Class I to XII for the students whoseparents are below poverty line. It will be apilot project for three years from academic year2017-18 onwards and review thereafter. Thetotal expenditure for sponsoring 2000 childrenstudying in remote AR schools at the rate ofRs. 6000/- per student per year will amount toapprox Rs. 120.00 lakhs only. NEC to sponsor25 students (boarders) each in other 4 AssamRifles Schools having boarding facilities whichare located in Agartala, Mantripukhri, Jorhat

12 Act East Secretariat in NEC in Collaborationwith IIM, Shillong

13(A) Sponsoring of students belonging to the BPLcategory parents for studying in ARPS inthe North East


from class VI to XII and Dimapurupto classX.The total expenditure for sponsoring approx100 students (boarders) in the four AR BoardingSchools will be approx Rs.70.00 lakhs onlyper year at the rate of 70,000/- per year perchild.


Gist of the proposal: The agreed proposal isfor research based studies on some major issuesfaced by NER to be carried out by CNES &PR, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. Theissues are ranging from migration & internalconflict, role of PRIs & traditional institutions,disaster management, livelihoods developmentin conflict areas, development of border areas,Act East Policy, ethnicity, climate change etc.The proposals for 5 years at a cost of Rs. 4.2crore with provision for 4 qualified manpowerfor 5 years and other incidental expenses.

13 (B) Up-gradation on the Centre for North EastStudies and Policy Research in Jamia MilliaIslamia, New Delhi.


ANNEX - VIII

List of the Hon’ble members of Hindi Salahakar Samiti of theMinistry of Development of North Eastern Region

S. No. Name

Dr. Jitendra Singh, Hon’ble Minister of State (I/C), Ministry of Development ofNorth Eastern Region-Chairman

1. Shri Rameswar Teli, MP (Lok Sabha)

2. Shri Bishnu Pada Ray, MP (Lok Sabha)

3. Shri Bhubaneswar Kalita, MP (Rajya Sabha)

4. Shri Biswajit Daimary, MP (Rajya Sabha)

5. Shri Satyavrat Chaturvedi, MP (Rajya Sabha)

6. Shri Shrirang Aappa Barne, MP (Lok Sabha)

7. Shri R.K. Dwivedi, Representative of Kendriya Sachivalaya Hindi Parisad

8. Dr. Khirda Kumar Saikia, Representative of Akhil Bhartiya Hindi Sanstha Sangh

9. Dr. Balwant Shastri, Non-Official member

10. Shri Kuleshwar Sonkar, Non-Official member

11. Shastri Vipan Khajuria, Non-Official member

12. Dr. Rajendra Singh Chandel, Non-Official member

13. Smt. Sujaya Dey, Non-Official member

14. Dr. Digvijai Singh, Non-Official member

15. Dr. Laxmi Narayan Mittal, Non-Official member

16. Secretary, Deptt. of Official Language


17. Joint Secretary, Deptt. of Official Language

18. Secretary,Ministry of DoNER

19. Joint Secretaries in Ministry of DoNER

20. All Directors/Deputy Secretary in Ministry of DoNER

21. Secretary, North Eastern Council, Shillong

22. Managing Director, NEHHDC, Guwahati

23. Managing Director, NERAMAC, Guwahati

24. Chairman & Managing Director, NEDFi, Guwahati

25. Joint Secretary, (In-charge O.L.),Ministry of DoNER -Member Secretary

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