Centre has increased budget for NE by 162%, Union HM Amit Shah at NEC Plenary meeting
First Published: 19th January, 2024 18:18 IST
Shah informed that the Modi government has allocated Rs. 4800 crores for the year 2022-23 to 2025-26 for the Northeast and there is an increase of about 162 percent in
Union Home Minister Amit Shah today said that the Centre led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has increased its budget for the Northeast by about 162 percent.
Addressing the 71st Plenary Session of the Northeast Council in Shillong today Shah informed that the Modi government has allocated Rs. 4800 crores for the year 2022-23 to 2025-26 for the Northeast and there is an increase of about 162 percent in the budget. He said that the 10 percent Gross Budgetary Support Scheme has greatly benefited the development of the Northeast.
An allocation of Rs. 1500 crore has been made in PM-DevINE (Prime Minister’s Development Initiative for North Eastern Region) for 2022-23 and Rs. 6600 crores for 2025-26.
An Inter-ministerial task force has been formed for agriculture, 8 ropeways have been taken up under the National Ropeway Development Programme, and the budget of the DoNER Ministry has increased by 153 per cent.
Along with this, 32 projects worth Rs. 1713 crore have been approved under the Special Infrastructure Development Plan of Northeast. Among the achievements of North Eastern Development Finance Corporation, schemes worth Rs. 5490 crores have been approved from January 2023 to December 2023.
Affirming that the Centre always considers Northeast to be an integral part of the nation, Home Minister Shah said that if these 10 years for the Northeast are compared with the 75 years after the country’s independence, then this decade will definitely be considered as the Golden period for the entire region.
Act East, Act Fast and Act First- are the three aspects which according to Shah, the government is working holistically on for optimum results.
The Union Home Minister said that the Modi government has also taken many steps in the last 10 years to establish peace and stability in the Northeast.
In a post on X after the conclusion of the Plenary Session, Union HM Amit Shah said,
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