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East in Sep and Oct Articles. Overview of some Developmental perspectives pertaining to NE Here)
Indias North East Development: Issues and Perspectives
1. Introduction
2. Basic Deficits
3. Development Initiatives
4. NEC
5. NLCPR
6. MoDONER
7. Development of trade and exports
8. International Funds for NER
9. Critical Areas Development under 12th FYP Development of trade and exports
10. Special Package for North-East Region During Twelfth Plan
11. Vision 2020
12. LEP
1. Introduction:
Though the potential of NER is more, the development is much less compare to the rest of the
region.
The GoI took special care in addressing the other Autonomy, Insurgency, Extremists issues through
its development initiatives.
Developments got more progress after Administrative powers are envisaged under Schedule six and
Part IX and Part IXA of the constitution in NER.
2. Basic Deficits of NER:
The High-Level Commission appointed by the then Prime Minister in its report submitted in 1997
(India, 1997) has stated that there are four basic deficits confronting the North East:
1. Basic needs deficit;
2. Infrastructure deficit;
3. Resource deficit; and
4. Two-way deficit of understanding with the rest of the country.
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3. Development Initiatives:
GoI with supplementary development efforts of states in NER made several initiatives. They are:
1. North Eastern Council(NEC)
2. Non-Lapsable central pool of Resources(NLCPR)
3.Hill Area Development Program(HADP)
4. Border Area Development Program(BADP)
5. Special Central Assistance (SCA)
6. Special Plan Assistance(SPA)
7. Backward Region Grant Fund (BRGF)
8. Setting up of Min of Development of North East Region (MoDONER)
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World Bank
Natural Resources, Water & Environment Nexus for Development and Growth
The objective of the study is to develop a vision for the development and management of
water and related natural resource/environmental issues in the Northeast for sustainable
and equitable growth.
North East Region Livelihoods Project (NERLP)
The Ministry have initiated discussions with the World Bank on the feasibility of a
North-East Region Livelihoods Project (NERLP). The project proposal is based on the
IFAD assisted NER Community Resource Management Project (NERCRMP) which
has been successfully implemented in two district each of Meghalaya, Assam and
Manipur.
A Preliminary Project Report for NERLP was prepared by the Ministry in consultation
with the Planning Commission and referred to the World Bank through DEA. The World
Bank has since agreed to develop and assist in implementation of the proposed project.
The World Bank has fielded a Mission in December, 2006 to carry out a preliminary
assessment and develop the project.
9. Critical Areas Development under 12th FYP:
1. EastWest Corridor (670 KM in Assam) by NHAI.
2. All stretches of SARDP-NE connecting State Capitals/District Headquarters,
(including NH-39 and NH-53 in Manipur, NH-31A in Sikkim).
3. Strategic border roads,
Roads
4. Trans-Arunachal Highway along with identified district connectivity.
5. Roads connecting Kaladan Multi-modal Transit Transport Project,
6. Important bridges include DholaSadia over Brahmaputra and all other crucial
bridges on the major road projects.
7. Four-lane highway from Tizit in the north to Dimapur via TuliJalukieKhelma
(proposed by the State Government for survey in investigation and DPR preparation,
and so on).
1. Broad Gauge (line conversion)connecting GuwahatiDibrugharTinsukia,
Rangia Murkongselek Bridge (rail-cum-road) across Brahmaputra at Bogibeel.
2. BG route from New Moinaguri to Jogighopa.
3. BG route from LumdingSilchar and KumarghatAgartalaSamboom.
Railways
4. New lines: AgartalaAkhura, TeteliaByrnihat Shillong, HarmutiItanagar,
SilcharJiribam Imphal (Tupul).
Major works for upgradation of airports are:
Guwahati, Dibrugarh, Silchar, Agartala, Shillong, Imphal and Dimapur; and
Airways
New airports at Itanagar, Ceithu (Kohima), Pakyong (Gangtok). In addition, there
are smaller airports, ALGs to be upgraded in Arunachal Pradesh.
IWT development in the Brahmaputra and Barak National Waterway.
Inland Waterways
Power
1. Long-term health of power sector seriously undermined (losses `70,000 crore per
year). However, aggregate technical and commercial (AT&C) losses are slowly
coming down. State Governments must push distribution reform.
2. Hydropower development seriously hindered by forest and environment
Agriculture and
Allied Sectors
Water
Management/Flood
Moderation
Education/Skill
Development/Health
Textile
10. Special Package for North-East Region During Twelfth Plan for tourism:
The Min of Tourism extends financial assistance to the State Governments/Union Territory
Administrations including the States of the North Eastern Region, for tourism related projects which
are identified every year in consultation and interaction with them under the following schemes.
1. Product Infrastructure Development of Destinations/Circuits
2. Assistance to Large Revenue Generating Projects
3. Information Technology
4. Fairs/Festival and Events
Specifically, media campaigns are launched to promote the entire NER.
The Min of Tourism provides complimentary space to the North Eastern States in India pavilions set
up at major international travel fairs & exhibitions.
Further, In relaxation of CCS (LTC) Rules 1988, the GoI has decided to permit Government
servants to travel by air to NER on LTC as follows:(i) Group A and Group B Central Government employees will be entitled to
travel by Air
from their place of posting or nearest airport to a city in the NER or nearest airport.
(ii) Other categories of employees will be entitled to travel by air to a city in the NER from
Guwahati or Kolkata.
(iii) All Central Government employees will be allowed conversion of one block of Home
Town LTC into LTC for destinations in NER.
11. VISION 2020:
Released in 2008, On implementation of the document 17 thematic Working Groups were
constituted comprising various Ministries, state governments of NER and sectoral experts.
Salient Features of the VISION 2020 Document Follow:
1. Improve Indices of development of the region to catch up with the rest of the region.
2. Structural transformation of economies of NE states by effecting significant changes in
development strategies to achieve higher growth rates of GSDP to equal to national averages.
3. Poverty eradication based on participatory planning and with private sector participation for
growth.
4. Maximizing self-Governance by building capacity of the people, Institutions and
traditional/Local institutions to enable participation in growth process.
5. Harnessing available local resources for development.
6. Strengthening of infrastructure.
7. Expand Trade and commerce.
8. Effective governance for establishment and harmony.
12. Look East Policy on NER:
promoting industrial development and investment in the Northeast and projecting the region as
a\ potential driver of the LEP.
With the growing realization of the urgency of the development of the Northeast and its strategic
importance to further advance the objectives of the Look East policy, India has adopted a threepronged approach of offering incentives, developing infrastructure, and marketing the asset.
Thailand: Important sectors identified for Thai investment are agro-business and food
processing industries, energy, communications, and tourism. Indias Northeast is very rich in these
resource and, therefore, offers huge potential for local industrial development and economic
growth.
Agro-based and food processing sectors have been identified as one of the most important areas
of Thai investment as the region offers immense opportunities in terms of raw-material for these
industries and also in terms of an extremely large market to the Thai Small and Medium
Enterprises (SMEs), which are engaged in these industries.
Connecting china with Thailand through road via NE
China: Promotion of Border Trade at Nathu La Pass in Sikkim.
Bangladesh: Bus Service from Kolkata to Agartala via Dhaka; Access to Chittagong Port; Proper
implementation of Water Transit and Trade(WTT)
Myanmar: Implementation of Kadalan Multimodal Transit project; Regular trade status both
the sides; Expanding Indo-Myanmar trade agreement; Banking systems with foreign
exchange in borders; Construction of roads in Rhi-Tidim, Rhi-Falam.
(In the article I avoided numbers, Data = Less useful in the last Minutes)
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(In case of any Wrong data, infos are deeply regretted. Correction and return intimation are welcomed.
Name: Marudavanan.S
References:
1. Vision 2020 Document/ MoDONER.
2. pib.nic.in.
3. 12th FYP.