Total outlay Rs 4,250 crore
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved four new components under the existing Central Sector Scheme (CSS) of Special Development Packages (SDPs) for Assam and Tripura with a total outlay of Rs.4,250 crore.
The Union Cabinet approved Rs.500 crore for development of infrastructure in Adivasi inhabited villages/areas of Assam as per the Memoranda of Settlement (MoS) signed by the Governments of India and Assam with the Adivasi groups of Assam.
Rs.500 crore was approved for development of infrastructure in the North Cacher Hills Autonomous Council (NCHAC) area of Dimasa National Liberation Army/ Dimasa People’s Supreme Council inhabited villages/areas of Assam as per the MoS signed by the Government of India and Government of Assam with the Dimasa National Liberation Army (DNLA) / Dimasa People’s Supreme Council (DPSC) groups of Assam.
An amount of Rs.3,000 crore was approved for the development of infrastructure in Assam, as per the MoS signed by the central government and state governments with the ULFA groups of Assam.
Moreover, Rs.250 crore was approved for development of tribals of Tripura as per the MoS signed by the Governments of India and Tripura with the National Liberation Front of Twipra (NLFT) and All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) groups of Tripura.
The overall outlay of the proposed four new components will be Rs.7,250 crore, out of which Rs.4,250 crore will be provided under the existing Central Sector Scheme of Special Development Packages for Assam (Rs.4000 crore) and Tripura (Rs.250 crore), and the remaining Rs.3,000 crore will be contributed by the Assam government from their resources.
The impacts envisaged, apart from Employment Generation Potential, include Infrastructure & livelihood projects to create employment; benefits to youth and women via skill development, income generation, and local entrepreneurship; stability to mainstream affected communities. (PIB)
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