North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme (NESIDS)

21-Jul-2022: Projects under North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme (NESIDS)

Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (MDoNER) has sanctioned 145 projects worth Rs.3,392.99 crore for the North Eastern States under North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme (NESIDS), out of which completion certificates of 02 projects worth Rs.50.90 crore have been received from the State Governments, as on 20.07.2022.

The following three projects costing more than Rs.100 crore have been sanctioned under NESIDS:

(Rs. in crore)

S. No.	Project	Date of Sanction	Cost
1.	Upgradation of 132 KV Surjamaninagar Sub-Station into 400 KV in Tripura	07-10-2019	120.88
2.	Construction of Double Lane Road from Lanka to Umrangso via Diyungmukh, Haflong Tinali and Panimur, Assam	04-05-2021	227.17
3.	Alternate Gravity Water Supply Scheme of Aizawl, Mizoram	04-12-2018	114.20

Under the Non-Lapsable Central Pool of Resources (NLCPR) scheme, out of 1,642 sanctioned projects worth Rs.17,470.99 crore, 1,278 projects worth Rs.10,919.76 crore have been completed by 20.07.2022. The completion of the project is impacted by various factors including working season, locations of the projects' sites, local conditions, etc. which vary from project to project.

Since 2017 till date, North Eastern Council (NEC), which is a statutory regional planning body under the administrative control of Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, has entered into eight Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) amounting to around Rs.13.28 crore in the sectors of Agriculture, Culture, Education, Science & Technology and tourism.

21-Jul-2022: Projects under North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme (NESIDS)

The following three projects costing more than Rs.100 crore have been sanctioned under NESIDS:

(Rs. in crore)

S. No.	Project	Date of Sanction	Cost
1.	Upgradation of 132 KV Surjamaninagar Sub-Station into 400 KV in Tripura	07-10-2019	120.88
2.	Construction of Double Lane Road from Lanka to Umrangso via Diyungmukh, Haflong Tinali and Panimur, Assam	04-05-2021	227.17
3.	Alternate Gravity Water Supply Scheme of Aizawl, Mizoram	04-12-2018	114.20

24-Mar-2022: Status of projects under NESIDS

The selection of projects under North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme (NESIDS) for sanction and funding is based on prioritization duly done by the respective State Government. On receipt thereafter at the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, these are considered for sanction under NESIDS, based on recommendation of the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC). Consequently funds get released for the projects selected/sanctioned as per the extant guidelines and requisite formalities, inter alia utilization of previous installment etc. After its coming into existence since 15.12.2017, the sanction of project under NESIDS started in financial year 2018-19. Since then 112 projects worth Rs.2589.14 crore have been sanctioned in the North Eastern States under NESIDS as on 21.03.2022, which are at various stages of Implementation.

The Utilization Certificates in respect of funds released by the Ministry under NESIDS are required to be submitted by the State Governments concerned within twelve months of the closure of the financial year in which the funds are released. Funds amounting to Rs.1514.48 crore have been released under NESIDS by 21.03.2022. Against this, utilisation certificate of Rs.657.26 crore would be due by 31.03.2022, out of which utilisation certificates of Rs.588.54 crore (89.54%) have been received by 21.03.2022 from the State Governments concerned.

3-Feb-2022: North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme

Under the North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme (NESIDS), financial assistance is provided for projects of physical infrastructure relating to water supply, power, connectivity to promote tourism; and for projects of social sector for creation of infrastructure for primary and secondary education and health. So far, 110 projects worth Rs.2563.14 crore have been sanctioned in the North Eastern States under NESIDS, which are at various stages of implementation.

Presently all the projects under NESIDS are ongoing and the period of completion will vary from project to project. For timely implementation of projects, various steps for strengthening monitoring mechanism have been undertaken by the Ministry, which inter-alia, include payment through Public Financial Management System(PFMS); Geo-tagging of project sites; monitoring of physical progress through geo-tagged photographs; release of funds linked to physical and financial progress and inspection of major projects by Technical Wing of the Ministry on sample basis; monitoring of projects by Chief Nodal Officers/Nodal Officers for effective implementation etc.

16-Dec-2021: List of projects sanctioned under NESIDS

During the last two financial years i.e. 2019-20 and 2020-21, 54 projects worth Rs.1320.49 crore have been sanctioned under North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme (NESIDS), which is a 100% Central funded Central Sector Scheme. The state-wise details of projects sanctioned are as under:

S. No.	State	Sanctioned projects
		Number of projects	Cost (Rs. crore)
1.	Arunachal Pradesh	7	182.89
2.	Assam	13	397.85
3.	Manipur	5	111.06
4.	Meghalaya	3	59.16
5.	Mizoram	4	61.35
6.	Nagaland	13	233.68
7.	Sikkim	2	46.45
8.	Tripura	7	228.05
	Total	54	1320.49

For timely completion of the projects, various steps for strengthening monitoring mechanism have been undertaken by Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region. These inter-alia, include payment through Public Financial Management System(PFMS); Geo-tagging of project sites; monitoring of physical progress through geo-tagged photographs; ‘just in time‘ release of funds linked to physical and financial progress and inspection of major projects by Technical Wing of the Ministry.

Under the NESIDS funds are allocated to States on the basis of Normative Allocation in the beginning of the Financial Year. Projects that enhance tourism through physical infrastructure projects relating to water supply, power and connectivity; and projects to upgrade social infrastructure for primary and secondary education and health are covered. Candidate projects under these identified sectors are required to be duly prioritized by the State Governments with the approval of the competent authority, before being considered for sanction and eventual funding under NESIDS.

13-Dec-2021: North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme

Under the North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme (NESIDS), financial assistance is provided to enhance tourism through physical infrastructure projects relating to water supply, power and connectivity; and to upgrade social infrastructure for primary and secondary education and health. So far, 110 projects worth Rs.2563.14 crore have been sanctioned in the North Eastern States under NESIDS and are at various stages of implementation.

15-Dec-2017: Cabinet approves introduction of new Scheme, NESIDS till March 2020

The Union Cabinet has approved the continuation of the existing Non Lapsable Central Pool of Resources (NLCPR) scheme with funding pattern of 90:10 till March, 2020 with an outlay of Rs.5300.00 crore. It would enable completion of ongoing projects.

The Union Cabinet also approved the introduction of new Central Sector Scheme of “North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme” (NESIDS) from 2017-18 with 100% funding from the Central Government to fill up the gaps in creation of infrastructure in specified sectors till March, 2020.

Features of NESIDS: The new scheme will broadly cover creation of infrastructure under following sectors:-

Physical infrastructure relating to water supply, power, connectivity and specially the projects promoting tourism;
Infrastructure of social sectors of education and health.

Benefits of NESIDS: The assets to be created under the new scheme of NESIDS will not only strengthen health care and education facilities in the region but will also encourage tourism thereby the employment opportunities for local youth. The scheme will act as a catalyst in overall development of the region in the years to come.