Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region

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The Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region is a Government of India ministry, established in September 2001, which functions as the nodal Department of the Central Government to deal with matters related to the socio-economic development of the eight States of Northeast India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim.[1] It acts as a facilitator between the Central Ministries/ Departments and the State Governments of the North Eastern Region in the economic development including removal of infrastructural bottlenecks, provision of basic minimum services, creating an environment for private investment and to remove impediments to lasting peace and security in the North Eastern Region.

The current Minister of Development of North Eastern Region is Jyotiraditya Scindia.[2]

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Template:Sidebar with collapsible lists The Department of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) was created in 2001 and was accorded the status of a full-fledged ministry in May 2004. The ministry is mainly concerned with the creation of infrastructure for economic development of North-Eastern region.

Main activities/functions of the DoNER.

  • Non Lapsible Central Pool of Resources (NLCPR)[3] Coordination with the Central Ministries and the State Governments of the NE states.
  • Capacity Building
  • Advocacy and Publicity
  • International Cooperation
  • Enterprises of the Department

Organisations

The ministry has following organisations functioning under it:[4]

Cabinet Ministers

Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency
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bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Arun Shourie cropped.jpg Arun Shourie
(born 1941)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh
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1 September
2001
29 January
2003
Template:Ayd Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee III rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Atal Bihari Vajpayee
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:C. P. Thakur PIB 2004 (cropped).jpg C. P. Thakur
(born 1931)
MP for Patna
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29 January
2003
22 May
2004
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bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:P. R. Kyndiah (cropped).jpg Paty Ripple Kyndiah
(1928Template:Ndash2015)
MP for Shillong
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23 May
2004
24 October
2006
Template:Ayd Indian National Congress Manmohan I rowspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Manmohan Singh
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Mani Shankar Aiyar addressing the Press Conference on 4th NE Business Summit (cropped).jpg Mani Shankar Aiyar
(born 1941)
MP for Mayiladuthurai
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24 October
2006
22 May
2009
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bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:B. K. Handique (cropped).png Bijoy Krishna Handique
(1934Template:Ndash2015)
MP for Jorhat
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28 May
2009
12 July
2011
Template:Ayd Manmohan II
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Paban Singh Ghatowar at the 2013 Horasis Global India Business Meeting crop.jpg Paban Singh Ghatowar
(born 1950)
MP for Dibrugarh
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(Minister of State, I/C)
12 July
2011
26 May
2014
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(born 1950)
MP for Ghaziabad
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(Minister of State, I/C)
26 May
2014
9 November
2014
Template:Ayd Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I rowspan="5" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Narendra Modi
rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Jitendra Singh.jpg Jitendra Singh
(born 1956)
MP for Udhampur
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(Minister of State, I/C)
9 November
2014
30 May
2019
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31 May
2019
7 July
2021
Modi II
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:G.Kishan Reddy.jpg G. Kishan Reddy
(born 1964)
MP for Secunderabad
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7 July
2021
9 June
2024
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bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Shri Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia (cropped).jpg Jyotiraditya Scindia
(born 1971)
MP for Guna
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10 June
2024
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Ministers of State

Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency
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(1944Template:Ndash2014)
MP for Dum Dum
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29 January
2003
22 May
2004
Template:Ayd Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee III bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Atal Bihari Vajpayee
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:B. L. Verma with PM Modi 2021 (cropped).jpg B. L. Verma
(born 1961)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh
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7 July
2021
9 June
2024
Template:Ayd Bharatiya Janata Party Modi II rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Narendra Modi
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Sukanta Majumdar - Kolkata 2022-08-04 0400.jpg Sukanta Majumdar
(born 1979)
MP for Balurghat
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10 June
2024
Incumbent Template:Ayd Modi III

Northeast India connectivity projects

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Commerce with South and East Asian nations accounts for almost 45% of India's foreign trade.[5][6] Myanmar and ASEAN nations are part of India's Look East policy.[7][8][9] India is part of ASEAN+6, Asia Cooperation Dialogue, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Asian Clearing Union, Asian Development Bank, Bangladesh Bhutan India Nepal Initiative, BIMSTEC, East Asia Summit, Mekong-Ganga Cooperation, SAARC, South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Asian Highway Network and the Trans-Asian Railway network.[10][11]

Major initiatives covered are Transport between India and Bangladesh, Bangladesh–India border, India-Myanmar barrier, Bhutan–India border, McMahon Line, etc.

Bridges

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Roads

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International roads

NE has 5,000 km border with Nepal, Bhutan, China, Bangladesh and Myanmar while being isolated and connected to rest of India by 20 km narrow chicken-neck Siliguri Corridor.[12]

Strategic National Highways (NH)

13,500 km were NH out of total 3,76,819 km of road length in NE (March 2012).[12]

Other roads

  • North Eastern Council inter-state projects and roads:[29]
    • 47 new inter-state roads of 1,666 km costing Template:Indian rupee50,000 million ({{INRConvert/Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".|50000|6||USD|year=2017}}), of which 4 were taken within plan ending March 2017.[12]
    • 2014 to Dec 2017:[15][16]
      • Template:Indian rupee23,090 million ({{INRConvert/Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".|23090|6||USD|year=2017}}) projects executed,
      • Template:Indian rupee5,790 million ({{INRConvert/Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".|5790|6||USD|year=2017}}) to Template:Indian rupee9,690 million ({{INRConvert/Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".|9690|6||USD|year=2017}}) rise in the annual budget.
      • 56 to 138 increase in the number of projects, incl. Bramputra Study Centre established to research river ecosystem.
  • PMGSY roads in NE, including border village roads].[30] Relaxation to be given to the minimum 250 people habitation in case of villages within 50 km of border.[12]

Railway

Air

Airports development

NER Airports.[36] The Indian government upgraded 12 non-operational airports into operational airports in NE (May 2017, work started on 8 airports in 2014).[37][38] LGBIA Guwahati will operate as the inter-regional hub and Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport in Agartala, Dibrugarh Airport and Bir Tikendrajit International Airport in Imphal, will operate as intra-regional hubs by extending runways and apron, and by building terminal building and maintenance hangars at these airports.[38] Three new greenfield under-construction airports are Itanagar Holangi Airport, Pakyong Airport-Operationalized (Sikkim) and Chiethu Airport (Nagaland).[38]

Airports development phase-I (fy2016-17 to fy2019-20)

Airports Authority of India (AAI) will spend Template:Indian rupee25,000 million ({{INRConvert/Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".|25000|6||USD EUR|year=2017}}) between 2018 and 2020, including the following will be completed by 2019-20 (c. Dec 2017):[39][40]

Airports development phase-II (fy2018-19 to -)

The central government will invest a further Template:Indian rupee80,000 million ({{INRConvert/Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".|80000|6||USD EUR|year=2017}}) to develop more NR airports.[40] Several advanced landing ground heliports will be upgraded to dual army-civilian airports.[40] This likely includes the following:[42][37][38]

Flights

Among airports in Northeast India, the following were connected under UDAN:

UDAN flights

UDAN Phase-I flights started at Shillong Airport, Dimapur Airport, Bir Tikendrajit International Airport, Silchar Airport, Lengpui Aizawl Airport and Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport.[40]

UDAN Phase-II flights starting date–TBA

Other flights

2014–2017 NEC plan proposes to work towards starting the following flights:[12]

Waterways

International NE waterways

Inland National waterways in NE

Power

As of December 2017, Template:Indian rupee98,650 million ({{INRConvert/Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".|98650|6||USD EUR|year=2017}}) power transmission grid project approved in 2014 is being implemented of which 2,540 km lines already laid, and 16 hydro power projects of 5676 MW being implemented and additional 694 MW projects already implemented.[15][16]

Tourism

Projects include approval of Template:Indian rupee2,070 million ({{INRConvert/Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".|2070|6||USD EUR|year=2017}}) in 2016 to prevent erosion of world's largest riverine island of Majuli, development of Spiritual Circuit in Manipur, Tourist Circuit in Sikkim, Tribal Circuit in Nagaland and Umiam Lake in meghalaya (Dec 2017 update).[15][16]

Look-East Connectivity

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Seaport development

  • Sittwe Port, Myanmar's multimodel port being developed by India
  • Sabang Deepsea Port, jointly developed by India and Indonesia under strategic military and economic agreement, Indira Point, India's southernmost point, is close to Indonesia's Rondo Island and Aceh Province.

See also Extreme points of India

India-Myanmar-China Stilwell Road revival

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India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral Highway

India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral Highway, also known as the East-West Economic Corridor,[49] is a Script error: No such module "convert". from India to Vietnam highway under construction under India's Look East policy, that will connect Moreh, India with Mae Sot, Thailand via Myanmar.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". It is AH1 of Asian Highway Network. The road is expected to boost trade and commerce in the ASEAN–India Free Trade Area, as well as with the rest of Southeast Asia. India has also proposed extending the highway to Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.[50]

India and ASEAN have plans to extend this route to Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam as this connectivity will generate annually, an estimated US$70 billion in incremental GDP and 20 million in incremental aggregate employment by 2025, and India has offered US$1 billion line-of-credit for this project (c. Dec 2017).[51]

Imphal-Moreh-Mandalay national highway upgrade

Imphal-Moreh-Mandalay Highway currently exists. In May 2017, the Indian Ministry of Road Transport and Highway stated that it would spend an estimated Template:Indian rupee7,500 million ({{INRConvert/Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".|7500|6||USD|year=2017}}) to upgrade roads and highways in North East India in order to boost the region's connectivity with Myanmar and Bangladesh. Among these projects, the Ministry plans to widen the Script error: No such module "convert". Imphal-Moreh highway in Manipur which currently serves as an important trade route between India and Myanmar.[52] This would provide the Manipur's capital city of Imphal with direct access to the trilateral highway.[52]

Zokhawthar-Mandalay road strengthening

Mizoram-Kalemyo Highway is a road widening and strengthening project planned by India. In May 2017, the Indian Ministry of Road Transport also plans to construct a Script error: No such module "convert". highway linking Zokhawthar-Rikhawdar (also called "Rih") near Champhai, a border town in Mizoram, with the trilateral highway at Kalemyo. This will serve as a second route providing direct connectivity from Mizoram to the trilateral highway.[52]

Mago-Thingbu to Vijaynagar Border Road

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Manipur-Mandalay bus service from 2018

Manipur-Mandalay bus service is pending subject to the signing of motor vehicle agreement. In September 2017, Indian ambassador to Myanmar announced that an Imphal-Mandalay India-Myanmar bus service will commence from 2018 after India and Myanmar sign the motor vehicle agreement.[55]

Imphal-Kalay-Mandalay flight

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Tinsukia-Myitkyina railway

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Myanmar railway map

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Imphal-Kalaymyo railway

Imphal-Kalaymyo railway is a proposed new railway link between the existing rail stations at Imphal in Manipur of India and Kalay in Myanmar. Indian Railways uses broad gauge (1,676 mm or 5 ft 6 in) and Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia use narrow gauge (1 meter). In December 2017, India offered a US1 billion line of credit to build connections to ASEAN nations.[57]

Aizawl-Wuntho railway

Aizawl-Wuntho railway is a proposed new railway link between the existing railway station at Wuntho in Myanmar and by extending the under construction Bairabi–Sairang line via Aizawl-Champhai in Mizoram of India to Wuntho in Myanmar which currently goes further north up to Myitkyina towards China–Myanmar border. These are to be taken up with assistance of India's 1 billion line of credit for connections to ASEAN nations.[57]

Aizawl-Kalaymyo railway

Aizawl-Kalaymyo railway is a proposed new railway link between the existing railway station Kalay in Myanmar and by extending the under construction Bairabi–Sairang line via Aizawl-Champhai in Mizoram of India to Kalay in Myanmar. These are to be taken up with assistance of India's 1 billion line of credit for connections to ASEAN nations.[57]

Aizawl-Kyauktaw-Sittwe railway

Aizawl-Kyauktaw-Sittwe railway is a proposed new railway link between the existing Kyauktaw-Sittwe railway in Myanmar and by extending the under construction Bairabi–Sairang line via Aizawl-Lunglei-Lawngtlai in Mizoram of India to Sittwe Port in Myanmar developed by India. Kyauktaw to Minbu is an under construction railway to link Sittwe with the exiting Myanmar railway network. These are to be taken up with assistance of India's 1 billion line of credit for connections to ASEAN nations.[57]

India-Myanmar-Thailand railway

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India-Myanmar-Thailand railway is a proposed new railway link, parts of which already exist, by constructing missing links between Aizawl and Imphal to Myanmar railway network and by linking existing railway lines in southern Myanmar to the Thailand rail network in 2 locations:

India-Myanmar-Thailand-Laos railway

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Laos-Vietnam railway: In 2012, an agreement for the construction of 220-kilometre $5 billion line, from Savannakhet in south Laos to Port of Vũng Ang in Vietnam, via Mụ Giạ Pass and Tan Ap (intersects Vietnam railway network), was awarded to a Malaysian company "Giant Consolidated Limited" to complete the construction from 2013 to 2017.[62][63] By December 2016, installation of corridor posts along the proposed railway right-of-way was completed.[64] In future, Savannakhet is planned to be connected to the existing railway in Thailand at Khon Kaen or Ubon Ratchathani.

India-Myanmar-Thailand-Cambodia railway

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India-Myanmar-Thailand-Cambodia-Vietnam railway

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India-Myanmar-Thailand-Malaysia-Singapore railway

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India-Bangladesh Sabroom-Cox Bazar railway

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Bangladesh railway map

This will extend the existing Sabroom in south Tripura on the border of Bangladesh to Khagrachari-Rangamati-Bandarban district headquarters in the tribal areas of Chittagong Hill Tracts, joining the existing Chittagong-Satkania track at Satkania and proceeding further on the new track to the Cox's Bazar which is one of the official port for transit to India.

India-Bangladesh Baraiya-Zokhawtar railway

This will extend the existing Sabroom in south Tripura on the border of Bangladesh to Baraiya (southwest Tripura)-Chaggalnaiya (Bangladesh)-Manu Bazar (South Tripura)-Sabroom-Khargachari-Magrum-Nunsri Lunglei-Aizawl-Zokhawtar-Kalemo.

India-Bangladesh Bandarban-Tuiping railway

Route for this will be Bandarban (Bangladesh)-Tuiping (Mizoram)-Niawhtlang (Mizoram-Burma border)-Gangaw (Myanmar).

India-Bangladesh Shillong-Sylhet railway

Route for this will be Shillong and Dawki in India to Sylhet in Bangladesh.

India-Bangladesh Dhubri-Jaria railway

Route for this will be Dhubri, Tura, Barengapara and Durgapur in India to Jaria in Bangladesh.

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