CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The total B.E. 2023-2024 allocation for the infrastructure targeted North East Special Infrastructure Development (NESID) Scheme is Rs. 2, 491.00 crore; well over ( 67% higher than) the RE 2022-23 allocation of Rs. 1, 493.30 crore.

Detailed explanation-2: -Functions and responsibilities The Department of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) was created in 2001 and was accorded the status of a full-fledged ministry in May 2004. The ministry is mainly concerned with the creation of infrastructure for economic development of North-Eastern region.

Detailed explanation-3: -Under the North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme (NESIDS), 80 projects have been sanctioned for Rs. 2598.15 crore up to 31st March 2022, for tourism related infrastructure relating to connectivity, power and water supply in the Region. Moreover, 63 tourism development for Rs.

Detailed explanation-4: -What is the Significance of North East for India? Strategic Significance: North-East India is the gateway to South-East Asia and beyond. It is India’s land-bridge to Myanmar. India’s Act East Policy places the northeastern states on the territorial frontier of India’s eastward engagement.