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Special Package for Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC), Assam

Government of India agreed to provide a package of Rs.500.00 crore with financial assistance of Rs. 100 crore per annum for 5 years for projects to develop socio-economic infrastructure in Bodo Territorial Council (BTC) areas, over and above normal plan assistance to Assam as per Memorandum of Settlement (MoS) signed between Government of India, Government of Assam and Bodo Liberation Tigers (BLT) on 10.02.2003. Later on, an "Additional Package of Rs.250 crore” was announced by Hon’ble Prime Minister during his visit to Assam in August 2008.
Accordingly, the Ministry sanctioned 63 projects at an approved cost of Rs. 741.93 crore and an amount of Rs. 707.34 crore were released. Government of Assam submitted UC for Rs. 623.19 crore. 48 projects have been completed so far and remaining 15 projects are ongoing.

ABOUT MINISTRY
The North Eastern Region (NER) comprises of
eight States viz. Arunachal Pradesh, Assam,
Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland,
Sikkim and Tripura.
About North East
Northeast India is the eastern-most region of
India. It comprises eight states "€" the
contiguous Seven Sister States,
and the Himalayan state of Sikkim.
Project Monitoring System
The objective of NLCPR Scheme is to fill up the gap in infrastructure sector of the North Eastern Region through sanctioning the projects prioritized by the State Governments.

Last Updated On: October, 29, 2018