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NE Governors, CMs disapprove Centre's decision to stop new schemes
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SME Times News Bureau | 11 Jul, 2018
Governors and Chief Ministers of the northeastern states have expressed
their disapproval of the Central government's decision to put on hold
new schemes funded through the North Eastern Council (NEC).
The
Union Finance Ministry, through its Expenditure Finance Committee had
last year decided to stop projects under Non-Lapsable Central Pool of
Resources, following which the Union Cabinet gave its approval on March
28 this year to introduce a new scheme called "Northeast Special
Infrastructure Development Schemes" in its place.
"All Governors
and Chief Ministers have expressed their concern as to why last year's
sanctions for projects were stopped or kept in abeyance," NEC Secretary
Ram Muivah told journalists on the concluding day of the Council plenary
meet here.
The plenary meeting, considered to be the highest
decision making authority, chaired by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh,
who is also the ex-officio Chairman of NEC was attended by Governors
and Chief Ministers of the northeastern states besides Union Development
of North Eastern Region minister Jitendra Singh.
Chief Ministers
Lal Thanhawla (Mizoram), Neiphiu Rio (Nagaland), Conrad K. Sangma
(Meghalaya), and Pema Khandu (Arunachal Pradesh) had appealed to Rajnath
Singh to review the decision to put on hold developmental projects
sanctioned by the NEC to meet the development needs of the region.
Under
the new scheme, the Centre, through the Ministry of DoNER, has assured
to fund 100 per cent for projects, not like the earlier funding pattern
of 90:10 - 90 per cent by the Centre and 10 per cent by the respective
states.
However, the NEC members aren't happy with NESID) on the
ground that the Centre would earmarked only around Rs 1,600 crore,
whereas for projects sanctioned under NLCPR on 90:10 funding, the total
amount would come to almost Rs 40,000 crore.
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