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Status as on 30th September, 2010

PMS ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR ASSAM. ON 21st and 22nd NOVEMBER, 2004

S.No. Ministry/Department Item

items Status

1 Planning Commission (I) Special Plan Assistance of Rs. 240crore for flood damage repair andinfrastructure development duringthe current financial year.

Rs. 239.16 crore sanctioned and released against 13 projects Fulfilled.

2 PlanningCommission

(II) A blueprint for employment willbe prepared by the PlanningCommission in consultation with theState Government and other bodies

A society for creating employment in Mission has beenestablished.

The Planning Commission has released one-time ACA amount ofRs 10 crore I 2006-07 and Rs. 40 crore in 2007-08 for creating

employment for 167,000 persons. Expenditure is Rs. 8.10 crore till March 2008

3 Ministry of Railways Conversion to broad gauge of theLumding-Silchar-Jiribam railway lineby 2009-

Lamding Silchar(201.03 km)Arunachal Jiribam(50.39)&Badarpur to Kumarghat(117.82 .35 km).

Total length 369.24 km.

Estimate cost Rs 4073.53 crore

Date of commencement: March 1997

Completion by 31.12.2012.

4

Ministry of Civil

Aviation

Resumption of biweekly flights

between Guwahati and Bangkok bythe end of the year

Bi-weekly flight started in January 2005. In February 2006 reduced to once a week because of about Rs. 2.4

crore loss in 2006-07.

Finally discontinued on 10th July 2008 as losses further increased.

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5 Ministry of Health &Family Welfare

(I) Assam will be covered under a newCentral initiative on the anvil forimproving rural health care

Assam is one of the 18 High focus States under NationalRural Health Mission.

Fulfilled.6 Ministry of Health &

Family Welfare(II) Modernization of Guwahati MedicalCollege, Assam Medical College andSilchar Medical College

Guwahati Medical College Upgradation An amount of Rs. 31.20 crore released for upgradation of

medical college in phase manner during 2006-09 (Rs. 10crore is 2006-07, Rs. 10 crore in 2007-08 and Rs. 11.20crore in 2008-09).

In addition, Rs 10 crore released for Regional Institute ofOphthalmology at GMC.

Further, the establishment of a super specialty hospital atGMC has been considered and approved by the EFC, at anestimated cost of Rs.88.75 crore. Out of this Rs.30 crore

has already been released in 2008-09 for this purpose. Establishment of BSC Nursing Colleges at Assam (Dibrugarh)

and Silchar Medical College approved at Rs. 9.8 crore foreach college. An amount of Rs.5 crore per college has alsobeen released during 2008-09 for this purpose. Theremaining amount of Rs.4.8 crore per college has beenreleased during 2009-10

Ministry ofDoNER(NLCPR) Division

-do- Upgradation of Assam Medical College Dibrugarah Approved Amount - Rs. 20.000 crore

Release - Rs 18.40 croreAssam Medical College & Hospital Guwahati Approved Amount Rs 8.00 crore Release Rs 8.00 crore. Fully released

-do- Upgradation of Guwahati Medical College

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North Eastern Council Approved Amount - RS. 12.35 crore

Funds Released - Rs. 10.87 crore

Upgradation of Assam Medical College Dibrugarah Approved Amount - Rs. 8.22 crore Funds Released - Rs. 4.36 crore

Upgradation of Silchar Medical College Approved Amount -Rs 13.97 crore

Funds Released - Rs 10.86 crore

7 Department ofCommerce(Infrastructure-IISection)

(I) Guwahati Trade Center to be set upby ITPO and then handed over toGovernment of Assam

The Trade Centre at Guwahati has been set up by ITPO withfinancial assistance under AISDE of Rs. 20.74 crores.

It has been inaugurated by Honble Commerce & Industry Ministeron 19th February, 2009.

The Centre has been handed over to Govt. of Assam. Fulfilled.

8 -do- (II) Package of assistance for teaindustry to be announced soon

The Government of India approved on 17th January 2007 for setting up aSpecial Purpose Tea Fund (SPTF) for long term development under theaegis of the Tea Board, Kolkota for funding re-plantation andrejuvenation activities aim at improving age profile of tea plantationsubject to following conditions:

The scheme will be implemented till the end of the 11th Plan. The

estimated outlay for the scheme will be Rs 567.10 crpres (capitalinfusion of Rs. 91 crores in SPTF plus subsidy of Rs 476.10 crores).

The funding pattern would be 25% borrowers contribution, 50% loanfrom SPTF and 25% subsidy from the Government.

The estimated area to be taken up for replantation during the period

would be 85,044 hectares and rejuvenation is 68,154 hectares.

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The contribution of the Government towards the capital adequacy ratio

of the SPTF has been re-worked at Rs. 91 crores. No Governmentguarantee would be provided to the SPTF. Of the required capital

infusion of Rs 91 crores, Rs 30 crores would be provided in 2006-07 and

the balance Rs 61 crores during the 11th plan period. Out of Rs 91.00 crore Rs 61.00 crore already released.

The balance fund of Rs 30 crores available in the Special Fund created

with collection of Additional Excise Duty on tea will be utilized during2007-08 for the purpose of the Scheme.

Subsidy to growers will be paid in three installments of 10% and 5%

during the second third and fourth year respectively.

12542 Hac Tea Plantation already replanted or rejuvenated

9 Chemicals & Petro-Chemicals

Gas Authority of India (GAIL) willprepare and submit a project reportfor the Assam Gas Cracker Project so

that a final decision may be takensoon. Government of India willexpedite the process

Secretary (C&PC) took a review meeting of the Monitoring

Committee on implementation of Assam Gas Cracker Project on

24.9.2010.

The physical progress achieved as on 15.9.2010 is 22.5% as againstthe scheduled target of 41.1%. The progress achieved during the

month is 1.9% as against the scheduled target of 4.2%.

Actual expenditure incurred as on 30.9.2010 during the year 2010-

11 is Rs.314.48 Cr and cumulative expenditure is Rs.1068.50 Cr.

The interview for recruitment of experienced executives was

completed recently and offers of appjointment for 17 selected

candidates have been issued. Interview for 4 more discipline was

held at Guwahati in Sept. 2010. Further, Advertisement for

additional 96 experienced executives has been released in prominent

National and NE newspapers. Necessary action is also being taken

for recruitment of 55 Graduate Engineer Trainees (GETs) andExecutive Trainees (ETs), out of which 18 will be selected through

Campus interviews from institutes located in North East and rest

through open advertisement.

BCPL has undertaken many Corporate Social Responsibilities

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(CSR) initiatives which include construction of road to connect

project affected families in Dainijan village with NH-37 and;

installation of 100 KVA transformer at Barpathar Kakoti Gaon

(near Lepetkata site) for augmentation of existing power

distribution system. With the aim of improving the overallconditilon of the schools, a survey of 34 schools located within 5

Km. radius of BCPL site has been conducted. In addition, hospital,

crematorium, post office and Multi-skill school are also being set up

in Lepetkata and adjoining areas and funding for the same is being

arranged, keeping in view the fact that the company is still not into

production and CSR will have to be kept limited.

10 Ministry of Power Enhanced support for ruralelectrification to achieve 100%village electrification by 2009

Status of implementation of Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidhyutikaran Yojana(RGGVY) in Assam as on 30.4.2010

There are 23 districts in Assam and RGGVY projects for alldistricts have been received and sanctioned for implementation.

Out of 23 projects, 3 projects namely Tinsukia, Cachar andGoalpara were taken up for implantation in X plan of theprogramme involving an outlay of Rs. 158.03 crores, forelectrification of 903 un-electrified villages, 1746 intensiveelectrified villages, 1,90,663 rural household including 1,48,971BPL households. All the three projects have been awarded.

Remaining 20 projects have been sanctioned in XI plan with an

outlay of Rs. 1501.97 crore for electrification of 7,622 un-electrified villages, 11,584 intensive electrified villages,12,24,165 rural households including 8,42,685 BPL households. All20 projects have been awarded.

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2373 villages have been reported electrified and 3479 alreadyelectrified villages have been intensively electrified.

Electricity connections to 276112 BPL households have been

released.

Individual entrepreneurs as franchisees have been installed in2463 villages.

Funds have been released to the tune of Rs. 1100.15 crore toAssam.

11 Non-ConventionalEnergy Sources(Changed to New &Renewable Energy)

State Government will be supportedfor setting up micro-hydel projects

Ministry of New & Renewable Energy has sanctioned CFA of Rs 18crore for two projects namely Lungit Stage-1 and Lungit Stage-IIeach 3 MW capacity.

Rs 1.8 crore has been released in initial stage to ASEB. State Government has awarded contract for execution of the

project. Fulfilled.

12 Department ofEconomic Affairs

External Aid for improving roadsand bridges will be favorablyconsidered( Main package)(i) Rural road sector project-1

Project was approved on 31/7/2006.

Loan was signed on 29/8/2006 for $180 million and becameeffective on 18.10.2006.

Donor Agency is ADB. The loan was closed on 30.6.2009 Cumulative disbursement was US$ 173.91 million.

Remaining balance i.e. US$6,090,561.90 was cancelled by ADBand thereby reduced the loan amount to US$ 173,909,438.10.

-do- (ii) Rural road sector project-II Loan was signed on 28/3/2008. Cumulative disbursement as on 30/10/2009 US$ 48.37 million. Donor Agency is ADB.

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Amount of assistance is US $ 130 million.do- (iii)Rural road sector project-III Loan was signed on 10/11/2008 and became effective on

5.1.2009. The closing date is 31.12.2010.

Cumulative disbursement as on 30/04/2010 US$ 67.31 million. Donor Agency is ADB. Amount of assistance is US $ 130 million.

do- (iv)Rural road sector project-IV Loan was signed on 03/09/2009 and became effective on26.11.2009..

Cumulative disbursement as on 30.4.2010 is US$ 37.20 million. Donor Agency is ADB. Amount of assistance is US $ 185 million.

do- Up gradation of State Highways Posed to World Bank on 9/9/2004.

Amount of assistance US $200 million. World Bank PPF US$ 2 million for project preparation.

13 Department ofRoad, Transport &Highways

(I) Four-laning NH-37 over theNagaon-Jorhat-Dibrugarh stretch ona priority basis.

4 lanning of Nagaon-Jorhat-Dibrugarh section of NH-37 wasearlier approved under Phase A of SARDP-NE.

The stretch of NH-37 from Silghat to near Numaligarh wasdeleted from the scope of SARDP-NE with the approval of CCEA on20/11/2008 as it passes through Kziranga Wildlife Sanctuary.

4 lane to Dibrugarh will now be provided by utilizing approved 4lane connectivity from Nagaon to Itanagar up to Gohpur and byconstructing a 4 lane bridge over Brahmaputra and its connectingroad between Gohpur and Numaligarh..

For stretch from Numaligargh to Jorhat and from Demow toDibrugarh, DPR completed and considered by HPC on 5.7.2010.DEA has raised certain objections on the competency of HPC andthe issue is under review by DEA

Stretch from Jorhat to Demow has been approved by PPPAC on

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30/4/2008. However, due to change in alignment suggested byAssam Government, fresh appraisal by HPC required afterfinalization of alignment.

14 do- (II) Double-laning of 9 NationalHighways (NH-36, 51,52,53,54,61,152,153 and 154) on apriority basis.

Total length of 9 National Highway is 576 km.

So far length Sanctioned is 536.06 km for an estimate cost of Rs.1454 crore.

Out of 576 Km, only about 24 km of NH-53 and 17 km of NH-154

is to be sanctioned.

DPR for remaining stretches are under preparation/modification by

PWD, Assam.

About 351 km has been completed.15 Ministry of Water

Resources(I) The Government will consider

establishing a cohesive, autonomous,self-contained entity called theBrahmaputra Valley Authority or theNorth-East Water ResourcesAuthority to provide effective floodcontrol, generate electricity, provideirrigation facilities and developinfrastructure. Given managerial andfinancial autonomy, equipped withtop class manpower, and backed byParliamentary sanction, such a bodycould be the instrument for

transforming the region. It could bethe instrument for providing a NewDeal for Assam.

There is no consensus on this issue among the states of Assam andArunachal. Ministry is trying to develop consensus.

16 Brahmaputra Board (II) For protection of Majuli Islandfrom floods and erosion, Rs. 41 crore Estimate cost of project for Phase-II &III: Rs. 115.03 crore.

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has been sanctioned in first phase,to be followed by additional fundsfor subsequent works.

Date of commencement July, 2009. Sanctioned cost of the RCC Porcupine work Ph.II & III:Rs.24.44. Award of work for 2 items of work completed. Sanctioned cost of the componet in the project for Bouder Spur

for Ph II&I II Rs. 77.77 crore. Phase II and III of Majuli Island project to be c completed in

March 2012. 10% work has been completed. Minister of DoNER has taken a meeting on 21/8/09 to review the

progress of the implementation of the project.(Taken from PMO-Infra)

17 DepartmentExpenditure,Ministry ofFinance.

Restructuring of State Finances willbe considered after the report of the12th Finance Commission is received.

Restructuring is done except Sikkim as noted in the reviewmeeting held on 13/8/2009 with Director Sh P.K.Monga,Department of Expenditure.

18 Ministry of HomeAffairs (NDMDivision)

Rs. 45 crore is being sanctioned forflood relief and drinking watersupply.

The MHA vide their O.M dated 6th January 2006 informed that theDepartment of Expenditure and Department of Drinking WaterSupply have since released the required funds to the Governmentof Assam vide sanction orders dated 28.12.2004 and 17.12.2004respectively.

Fulfilled.19 Ministry of Finance,

Department ofEconomic Affairs,Banking Division

NABARD to provide bank credit for20,500 Self Help Groups within ayear

Target has been exceeded in 2005 itself.

Fulfilled.

20 Ministry of DoNER Financial assistance and othersupport will be provided for NationalGames 2005.

NLCPR commitment has been totally met. Fulfilled.

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21 -do The project approval process and

fund release processes for Non-Lapsable Central Pool of Resources

(NLCPR) and North Eastern Council(NEC) Projects will be revamped toreduce delays

Additional guidelines for NLCPR issued on 26/2/2007.The process ofrevamping procedure for release of fund has been initiated inconsultation with IFD of the Ministry and Ministry of Finance.

22 -do- The North Eastern Council will berevamped for serving as an effectiveregional planning body and to makemore representative of regionalneeds

Three expert full time members have been nominated. One ofthem is Member NE, Planning Commission, who is also aMember, NEC.

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Status as on 30th September, 2010

PMS ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR ASSAM ON 16 & 17 JANUARY, 2006.

S.No. Ministry/

Department

Item Status

1 Information

Technology and

Ministry ofDoNER

Central Governments

support for setting up of

an IT Park in BodoTerritorial Council area.

STIP has prepared a concept note as well as DPR for setting up of an IT Park

in Kokrajhar, Assam and submitted the same to Bodoland Territorial

Council (BTC).

STPI has also communicated to BTC as well as Govt. of Assam about their

willingness to offer the services of a turnkey consultant for the IT Park

Kokrajhar Project.

Approval of BTC/Govt. of Assam towards appointment of STPI as turnkey

consultant is awaited.

2 Health& Family

Welfare (NEDivision)

Setting up of Nursing

College at Kokrajhar. The proposal submitted by the State Govt. to the Nursing Division of this Ministry

was found lacking in some respects and has been returned to the State Govt.

The State Government has neither submitted the revised proposal, nor responded to

repeated reminders in this respect as yet.

3 Dept. of

Commerce (Infra

Div)

(ii) Early finalization of

package for tea Industry.The Government of India approved on 17th January 2007 for setting up a SpecialPurpose Tea Fund (SPTF) for long term development under the aegis of the Tea Board,Kolkota for funding re-plantation and rejuvenation activities aim at improving ageprofile of tea plantation subject to following conditions:

The scheme will be implemented till the end of the 11th Plan. The estimated outlay for

the scheme will be Rs 567.10 crpres (capital infusion of Rs. 91 crores in SPTF plus

subsidy of Rs 476.10 crores).

The funding pattern would be 25% borrowers contribution, 50% loan from SPTF and

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25% subsidy from the Government.

The estimated area to be taken up for replantation during the period would be 85,044

hectares and rejuvenation is 68,154 hectares.

The contribution of the Government towards the capital adequacy ratio of the SPTF has

been re-worked at Rs. 91 crores. No Government guarantee would be provided to theSPTF. Of the required capital infusion of Rs 91 crores, Rs 30 crores would be providedin 2006-07 and the balance Rs 61 crores during the 11th plan period.

The balance fund of Rs 30 crores available in the Special Fund created with collection ofAdditional Excise Duty on tea will be utilized during 2007-08 for the purpose of the

Scheme.

Subsidy to growers will be paid in three installments of 10% and 5% during the second

third and fourth year respectively.

4 D/o Chemicals &

Petrochemicals

Setting up of the Gas

Cracker Project will be

expedited. The projectwould be consideredwith sympathy and with

the benefit of the state

in mind.

Financial Closure of BCPL was achieved on 1.10.2009 and Loan Agreements of

Rs. 1756 crores have been signed.

Tax exemptions from Government of Assam (VAT & Entry Tax) for the projecthas been obtained. In case of Work Contract Tax (WCT). Government of Assam

has issued notification for remittance of WCT by BCPL as applicable with

subsequent reimbursement of the same to BCPL.

Draft Basis Design Engineering Package for Ethylene Cracker Unit and

LLDPE/HDPE Unit have been received.

Cleaning and Stripping has been completed in respect of Site Grading-I. Building

layout is done in respect of Plant Building-I. 60% boundary wall footings and

60% footings in Site Office have been completed in respect of InfrastructureDevelopment at Duliajan. Tender in respect of Pilling Work-II has been awarded.

The proposal for appointment of Director (Finance) in BCPL has been sent toDoPT (ACC) for approval.

Ministry of I&B Conversion of Low

Power Transmitter of Financial sanction of Rs Rs. 10.80 for HPT Kokrajhar was issued on 28/6/2006.

Project approved in May 2006.

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5Doordarshan (DD) to

High Power Transmitter Standing Advisory Committee on Frequency Allocation.(SACFA) obtained from WPC.

Construction of building has been completed..

Tower has been erected in full height of 150 M..

HPT of 1 KW power, in interim set up, has been commissioned at Kokrajhar w.e.f

28.06.2007.

Proposal for the creation of required post for manning the HPT submitted to

Ministry in July, 2007 is under examination.

Departmental works p0 Metallic False ceiling in Technical areas completed. 12

nos. air conditioners installed. Power supply work completed. Installation of

transmitter is in progress.

Transmitter equipment received at site.

6 Ministry of Power Every village of Assam

will be electrified; will

have roads/safe

drinking water/willhave telephone within 4

years.

(Electrification)

23 districts have 23 RGGVY packages. 23 packages sanctioned by REC at Rs. 1660 crore to cover, 8525 villages

(unelectrified). 13318 villages (intensive electrification). Rs. 9.92 lakh BPL

house holds to be given free connections. All 23 packages awarded. 2373 villages electrified. 3479 villages intensively electrified. Rs.2.76 lac BLP connections provided.

7 Department

of Tele-communication

Every village of Assam

will be electrified; willhave roads/safe

drinking water/will

have telephone within 4

years.

(Telephone)

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has entered into an agreement with the UniversalService Obligation (USO) Fund for providing Village Public Telephones (VPTs) to 8,931

inhabited, undisputed and undisturbed villages having population more than 100 in the

state of Assam. USOF has revised number of villages to 8775 (In December, 2009) after

dropping 156 non-feasible villages which could not be covered being Disturbedarea/Untraceable. BSNL has provided VPT facility to all 8775 villages up to 30.4.2010.

8 Department of

Drinking Water

Supply, M/o

Every village of Assamwill be electrified; will

have roads/safe drinking

273 uncovered villages have been sanctioned and will be completed by March 2011.

3565 partially covered village have also been sanctioned and will be completed by 2011.

13954 water quality habitations have sanctioned and completed by 2011.

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Rural

Development

water/will have telephone

within 4 years.(Drinking

Water)

5307 partially covered villages are to sanctioned during 2009-10.

9 Ministry of Water

Resources

Early launch of North

East Water ResourcesAuthority (NEWRA)

There is no consensus on this among states of Arunachal & Assam.

10 do- Central Govts assistanceto tackle erosion problem

at Romaria area of

Dibrugarh.

Romaria Area erosion Control:

Estimate cost of the project: Rs 344.00 crore.

In the first place Emergent Works in terms of RCC porcupine and channelisation will be

taken up from October 2009 to June 2010.

Regular Works will be firmed up and taken up for execution.

Commencement of works: Emergent Work in October 2009 and Regular Works in July2010.

Scheduled date for completion: Emergent Works in June 2010 and Regular Works in

March 2012.

Minister of DoNER took a meeting on 21/8/09 to review the progress of theimplementation of the project

11 M/o Labour &

Employment

Upgradation of theBongaigaon, Majbat,

Udalguri and Kokrajhar

Industrial Training

Institutes in the State

Fulfilled.

All four namely Bongaigaon, Majbat, Udalguri and Kokrajhar Industrial Training

Institutes in the State have been completed and operationalised

12 Ministry of

Railways

i) Completion of

Bogibeel Project in next3-4 years.

Bogibeel Bridge Assam(73 km) National Project.-Status:

Rail-cum bridge across river Brahmaputra at Bogibeel.

Length of the line: 73 Km

Revised Cost of the project: Rs 3378.82 crore.

Date of commencement : 21st April 2002.

Scheduled date of completion : March 2014.

(As on September, 2009)

13 ii) Speed up of the The gauge conversion of New Jalpaiguri - New Bongaigaon has already been

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electrification of track

and its change to Broad

Gauge.

completed.

Electrification of railways track, from Barauni-Katihar-Guwahati rail route was

included in the Budget 2008-09.

14 Setting up of Sleeper Factory.

Factory set up.

Production commenced.

27000 sleepers have been manufactured so far. (Outside NER)

Fulfilled.

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Status as on 30th September, 2010

PMS ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR ASSAM ON 25 & 26 AUGUST 2008.

S.No Ministry/Department Item/Project Current status

1 Department of School

Education. &Literacy

Under the proposed Centrally

Sponsored Scheme for Model Schoolevery Block in Assam will get one

Model School.

The Ministry has decided to set up 6000 Model School at the rate of one

school per blocks as benchmark of excellence.

The first phase of the scheme was launched in November,2009.

The Govt. of Assam was requested to submit the proposal.

So far no proposal received from Assam.

Reminder sent on 14/12/2009.

2 Ministry of DoNER Flood control measures and integrated

development of Majuli will be accordedhigh priority and adequate funds will be

provided for the purpose. A high level

Monitoring Group, with representatives

of the Central Government, the StateGovernment and the Satradhikars, will

be set up to guide the process. An

allocation of Rs. 20 crores an

Additional Central Assistance forMajuli, will be made available to the

Government of Assam.

Preservation of Cultural Heritage of Majuli Natun Kamalabari Satra.

Clarification on non-duplication of project received.

Under process for release of funds.

3 Ministry of Water

Resources

Flood control measures and integrated

development of Majuli will be accorded

high priority and adequate funds will beprovided for the purpose. A high levelMonitoring Group, with representatives

of the Central Government, the State

Government and the Satradhikars, will

Estimate cost of project for Majuli Island Phase-II &III: Rs. 115.03crore.

Date of commencement July, 2009. Sanctioned cost of the RCC Porcupine work Ph.II & III:Rs.24.44.

crore Sanctioned cost of the component in the project for Bouder Spur

for Ph II &I I I Rs. 77.77 crore.

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be set up to guide the process. An

allocation of Rs. 20 crores an

Additional Central Assistance for

Majuli, will be made available to the

Government of Assam.

Phase II and III of Majuli Island project to be completed in March2012.

4 Ministry of

Petroleum & Natural

Gas

The Government of India will provide

the necessary assistance for setting up a

Centre of the Rajiv Gandhi Institute ofPetroleum Technology, in Assam.

The Ministry of Petroleum has decided expenditure amounting to Rs

330.00 crore for setting up of RGIPT will be borne by Oil Industry

Development Board and promoting oil PSUs, Oil and Natural Gas

Commission, Oil India Limited, Indian Oil Corporation, Gas

Authority of India Numaligarh Refinery & Engineers India Limited.

The Govt of Assam has allotted 100 acres of land on 19/11/2009 in

Sibsagar District for setting up of Centre of RGIPT. The civil works

will be completed by October,2010. The construction will be

completed by November,2012.

The RGIPT plan to start academic session from August 2010 from atemporary campus.

5 (i) Department of

Industrial Policy &

Promotion

(i) The Central Government will set up

a national design institute at Guwahati,

on the pattern of the national Institute ofDesign, Ahmedabad. State Government

will provide suitable land.

A team comprising officials from DIPP, NID and StateGovernment of Assam visited the sites on 14-15 October 2009at (a) Cinnamora Grant Gaon (Garmur Mouza), Jorhat EastRevenue Circle (b) Atapam Gaon (Thengal Mouza), TitaborRevenue Circle (c) Changmai Sensuwa Gaon (Lahing Mouza),Teok Revenue Circle (d) Rongagorakhuti (Porbotia Mouza).Jorhat West Revenue Circle.

Director NID has indicated that the proposed NID should

ideally accord a strategic advantage to accelerating theprocess of design led economic development as against slowand long gestation period endowed by locational limitations.

In view of the above, this Department is of the view that the

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proposed institute should be set up in Guwahati for it toperform its role as an institute of national excellence andleverage the larger avenues of design education.

Commissioner & Secretary to the Govt. of Assam, Department

of Industries and Commerce, Mines and Minerals has beenrequested to identify suitable land in and around Guwahatifor locating the Institute.

6 do- (ii) The North East IndustrialInvestment Promotion Policy (NEIIPP)

will be suitably reworked so as toprovide maximum advantage.

As Department of Revenue had reservation and a note was prepared byDIPP for placing before Committee of Secretaries and sent to Cabinet

Secretariat on 5/1/2009.

7 Department of Road

Transport &

Highways

The Ministry of Road, Transport &

highways will take up the Dhola Saidya

bridge and the Numali-Gohpur bridge

(linking Jorhat to North Lakhimpur).These will be completed by March

2013. The State Government will

finalize the alignment and provide landat the earliest. The North Guwahati-

Sough Guwahati link will be completed

by December 2010.

1) Dhola- Sadiya bridge:

Request for Qualification issued, qualification of bidders completed.

Feasibility Report has been finalized and note for CCI is under finalisation.

Request for proposal has been issued.

Work likely to be awarded soon.

Target for Completion by April, 2015.

2) Numaligarh-Gohpur bridge:

Preparation of FR is scheduled to be completed by March 2010.

Work is likely to be awarded by 31.10.2010.

Target for completion by June, 2014.

(3) The North Guwahati-South Guwahati link:

The bridge linking North Guwahati and South Guwahati is being executed

by NHAI as part of East-West Corridor. The work is in progress and is targeted to be completed by December,

2010.

Completed 20.20%

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8 Department of

Drinking Water

Ministry of Rural

Development

In schemes in the areas of rural water

supply (ARWSP) and rural sanitation

(TSC), funds will be released as per the

enhanced Central share of 90% , to

Assam and the other North EasternStates.

Under Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme (ARWSP) the funding

pattern is changed from 50:50 to 90:10 basis for NE States and J&K.

In case of Total Sanitation Campaign.

CCEA approved on 14.8.2008 revised funding pattern of 67: 23:10 among

Centre, State and Beneficiary for individual household under TSC in hillyand difficult areas.

9 Ministry of

DoNER(NLCPR)

(i) Central Govt. will provide

additional assistance of Rs 250.00 crore

for the integrated development of

Bodoland Territorail Council Area.

14 projects with estimated cost of Rs.161.36 crore have been retained by

the NLCPR Committee.

The State Government has not sent the DPRs along with firmed up cost of

these projects.

10 Ministry of DoNER (ii) Other Autonomous Council ofNorth Cachar Hills and Karbi Anglong

are concerned the State Govt. will

prepared and submit a plan for

integrated infrastructure development to be funded from Rs 500.00 crore

recently announced by Union Finance

Minister, for infrastructure development

of North East.

Project of Road and allied infrastructure in Karbi Anglong and N.C Hill

districts of Assam at a cost of Rs 30.00 crores are identified and

approved by Planning Commission in Principle for funding out of

special package of Rs 500.00 crore announced by Finance Ministerduring his budget speech 2008-09.

DPR is awaited.

11 Ministry of Home

Affairs

Two India Reserve Battalions will be

raised and deployed by the State

Government for riverine policing. The

centre will help to train them and also provide specialized equipment. The

Boarder Security Force(BSF) will

provide fixed Border Out Posts (BOPs)

to strengthen riverine patrolling.

The decision of MHA to allow the State Government to convert the two

unraised IR Battalions already sanctioned to the State as reverine

Battalions for deployment on the riverine borders was conveyed to the

State Government on 13.10.2008.

BSF has also been advised to extend all possible help to meet their training

needs and to fix BOPs in the riverine areas to strengthen patrolling.

The State Government was advised to submit a proposal projecting their

requirement of specialized equipments to the Police ModernizationDivision..

12 Department of Higher (i) The Government of India will set up Selection of land for 14 Innovation Universities including one at

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Education. a World- Class University in Assam. Guwahati in Assam aiming to achieve World Class Standard is being

worked out in consultation with State the Government.

700 acres land to be allotted by the State Government of Assam .

A Concept note in regard to Innovation Universities has been finalized

and is in the public domain on the website of the Ministry of HumanResource Development.

13 do- (ii) Central Government will assist theState Government in establishing a

State-level University of Science andTechnology as well as Law School and

Judiciary Academy in Assam

State Govt. to refer and send DPR to Govt. of India, Ministry of DoNER.

HRD has indicated their inability to provide assistance for this project in

the XI Plan

14 Ministry of Culture The Central Government will set up a

Science City in Guwahati, in order to

give a boost to science education in

Assam and the North East Region.

National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) an autonomous body

under the Ministry of Culture has approached the Secretary, Department

of Science and Technology, Govt. of Assam for seeking the decision of

the State Govt. on the matter of setting Science City at Guwahati videtheir letter dated 17.6.2010.

The State Govt. informed that the couple of meetings on the subject have

already been held at State level. Final decision in the matter will be

intimated soon.

15 Ministry of Tourism Ministry of Tourism will make a blue

print for the integrated development totourism for the North East, with

Guwahati as the hub.

During the first 3 years of the 11th Plan Rs.566.10 crore was sanctioned

for NER out of which Rs 196.48 crore were released during 2009-2010

16 Ministry of Labour. Central Govt. will assist the Govt. of

Assam in setting up a State SkillDevelopment Mission to encourage

employment and skill developmentamong the youth.

Assam State skill Development Mission has been constituted under the

chairmanship of Chief Minister.

Skill Development Board has been established under the chairmanship of

Chief Secretary. Skill Development Foundation is proposed to be constituted with active

involvement of industry/ employment association of Assam.

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