The Teesta V stage Hydro Power Project (510 MW), Sikkim costing Rs. 2,198.04 crore has been sanctioned. The work is in progress.

Loktak Down Stream Hydro Power Project (90 MW) in Manipur costing Rs. 578 crore has been sanctioned. The cost of power generation based on latest cost estimate will be above Rs. 6 per unit.

On Feb 10,2002, eight road / bridge projects were sanctioned with an outlay of rs. 258.24 crore. Three more road projects costing Rs. 117.24 crore were subsequently sanctioned. In 2000-01 Rs. 58.58 crore were spent. As against the provision of Rs. 32.47 crore in Budget Estimates (BE) 2001-2002, Rs. 31.88 crore were released. Outlay for 2002-03 is Rs. 70.50 crore. 

The proposal to extend the Modernisation of Police Force Scheme to Sikkim was approved in 2000-01 with a grant of Rs. 67.42 crore released in the financial year 2000-01 to all North-East States. As against the outlay, Rs. 65 crore for 2001-02, expenditure till 31.03.2002 was Rs. 44.61 crore.

On 23.5.2000, the Government had approved the fencing of remaining portion of Indo-Bangladesh border and construction of roads at a cost of Rs. 1,335 crore. The work on fencing and roads had been started with an amount of Rs. 87.50 crore provided for the purpose in 2000-01. So far 147.31 kms of fencing work has been completed on Assam-Bangladesh border besides the completion of 133.89 kms of border roads.

Assistance (Peace Bonus) of Rs. 182.45 crore was sanctioned and given as grant to Mizoram (as against Rs. 180 crore for Mizoram announced by the Prime Minister) in 2000-01.

The Government has approved the proposal to set up North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) at Shillong at a cost of Rs. 422.60 crore, on 7.2.2001. The work for establishment of the Institute is in progress.

North Eastern Development & Financial Corporation (NEDFC) has disbursed Rs. 50.46 crore in 2000-01 as against the target of Rs. 50 crore. During 2001-02, it had sanctioned schemes worth Rs. 29.07 crore and disbursed Rs. 41.30 crore till Jan 21,2002.

Action Planes have been prepared to develop four border towns (Moreh in Manipur, Zokhawther in Mizoram, Dawki in Meghalaya and Sutarkhandi in Assam) in a period of two years at a total cost of Rs. 36.32 crore. Response of State governments however is slow in respect of land acquisition.

For upgradation of 12 new National Highways / extensions of existing highways covering a total length of 1962 km in North-East, Rs. 53.27 crore were spent by March 31,2001. During 2001-02, a sum of Rs. 58.87 crore was sanctioned. Upto May 31, 2002, the expenditure has been Rs. 4.88 crore against the allocation of Rs. 26.80 crore in 2002-03.