Union
Home Minister Shri Amit Shah to chair Plenary Meeting of NEC on 3rd & 4th
August in Guwahati, says Minister
June 25, 2019 – The
Union Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region (I/C) Dr
Jitendra Singh released the third issue of Newsletter of North Eastern Council
(NEC) Shillong, Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), here
today. The Secretary, NEC, Shri Ram Muivah and Secretary (DoNER) Dr Inder Jit
Singh were also present on the occasion. The Newsletter released today
highlighted some of the initiatives taken by the North Eastern Council during
July, 2018 to March, 2019. The Newsletter is to be uploaded on the NEC website
at www.necouncil.gov.in.
While
releasing the newsletter, Dr Jitendra Singh complimented the officers and staff
of M/o DoNER and NEC for their efforts to improve the living condition of North
Eastern States of the country. He said that under the leadership of Prime
Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, the development of NE states has been on the
priority of the Government. He added that the newly sworn-in Government is also
committed to continue with the legacy of the development efforts of the last
five years and work in the direction of improving infrastructure and living
standards of NE people. In July, 2018, the NEC has been restructured through
the nomination of the Home Minister as Chairman, NEC and the MoS (I/C) DoNER as
the Vice-Chairman, NEC. Dr Jitendra
Singh disclosed that Union Minister Shri Amit Shah will chair the plenary
session of NEC on 3rd and 4th August in Guwahati.
The
North Eastern Council (NEC) was established by North Eastern Council Act, 1971
initially as apex level advisory body for securing balanced and coordinated
development and facilitating effective co-ordination amongst seven States of
North Eastern Region. Subsequent to the amendment of NEC Act in December 2002,
Sikkim was added as 8th Member State, and NEC was mandated to function as a
statutory Regional Planning Body for the North Eastern Region.
Over
the last forty-seven years, NEC has been instrumental in setting up various
iconic Institutes in the Region such as NEPA, NEEPCO, NERAMAC, NERIST, RIPAN,
NERIWALM, RIMS etc.
Some of the major
achievements of NEC are as under:
Since its inception, NEC has focused on
improving connectivity of the region which has been a major bottleneck for all
developmental activities. In its endeavour, the Council has contributed
immensely towards the improvement of the inter-state connectivity in the
Region. A total of 10,911 kms of roads have been constructed with the NEC
funding and handed over to the States for maintenance.
NEC has till date supported the
installation of 694.5 MW of power plants and construction of 9202 circuit km of
transmission & distribution lines.
NEC has also undertaken development
work in various sectors like education, healthcare, agriculture, horticulture,
tourism, industries etc.
Eleven Inter-State Bus terminus (ISBT)
projects have been taken up across different States to ease out inter-state
movement of people. Nine of these have been completed and two are under
construction in Meghalaya and Manipur. To facilitate movement of essential
goods, three numbers of Inter State Truck Terminus (2 in Assam and 1 in
Nagaland) have been completed.
Since inception, NEC has contributed
for the up-gradation/strengthening of the infrastructure of the existing
Airports in the region. Improvement of the infrastructure in 5 major airports
of the Regions namely, Guwahati, Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Imphal and Umroi have been
taken up in collaboration with Airport Authority of India on 60:40 (60% by NEC
and 40% by AAI) basis. Out of these, the work for construction of 3 number of
Hangers and Apron at LGBI Airport, Guwahati and Extension of Apron at Jorhat
Airport have been completed.
The restructuring of NEC was undertaken
with a view to have a forum to discuss issues such as boundary disputes, drug
trafficking, smuggling of arms and ammunition, etc. which are usually discussed
in the other Zonal Councils. The NE States are not part of any Zonal Council.
The
Council is normally expected to meet at least twice in a year. The first
Plenary Meeting of Restructured NEC (67th Plenary since inception)
was held under the then Home Minister & Chairman, NEC on 8-9 July, 2018 at
Shillong. The next Plenary meeting of NEC will be held in Guwahati (Assam) in
August this year. [PIB]
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