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![]() Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region | |
Agency overview | |
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Formed | September 2001 |
Jurisdiction | Government of India |
Headquarters | Vigyan Bhavan Annexe, Maulana Azad Road,New Delhi -110 011. |
Annual budget | ₹5,892 crore (US$700 million)(2023-24 Budget Est.) |
Ministers responsible |
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Website | mdoner |
TheMinistry of Development of North Eastern Region is aGovernment of India ministry, established in September 2001, which functions as the nodal Department of the Central Government to deal with matters related to the socio-economic development of the eight States ofNortheast India:Arunachal Pradesh,Assam,Manipur,Meghalaya,Mizoram,Nagaland,Tripura andSikkim.[1] It acts as a facilitator between the Central Ministries/ Departments and the State Governments of the North Eastern Region in the economic development including removal of infrastructural bottlenecks, provision of basic minimum services, creating an environment for private investment and to remove impediments to lasting peace and security in the North Eastern Region.
The current Minister of Development of North Eastern Region isJyotiraditya Scindia.[2]
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.
Main activities/functions of the DoNER.
The ministry has following organisations functioning under it:[4]
Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | ||||
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From | To | Period | |||||||
![]() | Arun Shourie (born 1941) Rajya Sabha MP forUttar Pradesh | 1 September 2001 | 29 January 2003 | 1 year, 150 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee III | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | ||
![]() | C. P. Thakur (born 1931) MP forPatna | 29 January 2003 | 22 May 2004 | 1 year, 114 days | |||||
![]() | Paty Ripple Kyndiah (1928–2015) MP forShillong | 23 May 2004 | 24 October 2006 | 2 years, 154 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan I | Manmohan Singh | ||
![]() | Mani Shankar Aiyar (born 1941) MP forMayiladuthurai | 24 October 2006 | 22 May 2009 | 2 years, 210 days | |||||
![]() | Bijoy Krishna Handique (1934–2015) MP forJorhat | 28 May 2009 | 12 July 2011 | 2 years, 45 days | Manmohan II | ||||
![]() | Paban Singh Ghatowar (born 1950) MP forDibrugarh (Minister of State, I/C) | 12 July 2011 | 26 May 2014 | 2 years, 318 days | |||||
![]() | General V. K. Singh(Retd.) PVSMAVSMYSMADC (born 1950) MP forGhaziabad (Minister of State, I/C) | 26 May 2014 | 9 November 2014 | 167 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I | Narendra Modi | ||
![]() | Jitendra Singh (born 1956) MP forUdhampur (Minister of State, I/C) | 9 November 2014 | 30 May 2019 | 6 years, 240 days | |||||
31 May 2019 | 7 July 2021 | Modi II | |||||||
![]() | G. Kishan Reddy (born 1964) MP forSecunderabad | 7 July 2021 | 9 June 2024 | 2 years, 338 days | |||||
![]() | Jyotiraditya Scindia (born 1971) MP forGuna | 10 June 2024 | Incumbent | 1 year, 37 days | Modi III |
Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | ||||
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From | To | Period | |||||||
![]() | Tapan Sikdar (1944–2014) MP forDum Dum | 29 January 2003 | 22 May 2004 | 1 year, 114 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee III | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | ||
![]() | B. L. Verma (born 1961) Rajya Sabha MP forUttar Pradesh | 7 July 2021 | 9 June 2024 | 2 years, 338 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi II | Narendra Modi | ||
![]() | Sukanta Majumdar (born 1979) MP forBalurghat | 10 June 2024 | Incumbent | 1 year, 37 days | Modi III |
Commerce with South and East Asian nations accounts for almost 45% of India's foreign trade.[5][6] Myanmar andASEAN nations are part ofIndia's Look East policy.[7][8][9] India is part ofASEAN+6,Asia Cooperation Dialogue,Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation,Asian Clearing Union,Asian Development Bank,Bangladesh Bhutan India Nepal Initiative,BIMSTEC,East Asia Summit,Mekong-Ganga Cooperation,SAARC,South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation,United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific,Asian Highway Network and theTrans-Asian Railway network.[10][11]
Major initiatives covered areTransport between India and Bangladesh,Bangladesh–India border,India-Myanmar barrier,Bhutan–India border,McMahon Line, etc.
NE has 5,000 km border with Nepal, Bhutan, China, Bangladesh and Myanmar while being isolated and connected to rest of India by 20 km narrow chicken-neckSiliguri Corridor.[12]
13,500 km were NH out of total 3,76,819 km of road length in NE (March 2012).[12]
NER Airports.[36] The Indian government upgraded 12 non-operational airports into operational airports in NE (May 2017, work started on 8 airports in 2014).[37][38]LGBIA Guwahati will operate as the inter-regional hub andMaharaja Bir Bikram Airport inAgartala,Dibrugarh Airport andBir Tikendrajit International Airport inImphal, will operate as intra-regional hubs by extending runways and apron, and by building terminal building and maintenance hangars at these airports.[38] Three new greenfield under-construction airports areItanagar Holangi Airport,Pakyong Airport-Operationalized (Sikkim) andChiethu Airport (Nagaland).[38]
Airports Authority of India (AAI) will spend₹25,000 million (equivalent to₹35 billion, US$410 million or €370 million in 2023) between 2018 and 2020, including the following will be completed by 2019-20 (c. Dec 2017):[39][40]
The central government will invest a further₹80,000 million (equivalent to₹110 billion, US$1.3 billion or €1.2 billion in 2023) to develop more NR airports.[40] Several advanced landing ground heliports will be upgraded to dual army-civilian airports.[40] This likely includes the following:[42][37][38]
Amongairports in Northeast India, the following were connected underUDAN:
UDAN Phase-I flights started atShillong Airport,Dimapur Airport,Bir Tikendrajit International Airport,Silchar Airport,Lengpui Aizawl Airport andMaharaja Bir Bikram Airport.[40]
UDAN Phase-II flights starting date–TBA
2014–2017 NEC plan proposes to work towards starting the following flights:[12]
As of December 2017,₹98,650 million (equivalent to₹140 billion, US$1.6 billion or €1.4 billion in 2023) power transmission grid project approved in 2014 is being implemented of which 2,540 km lines already laid, and 16 hydro power projects of 5676 MW being implemented and additional 694 MW projects already implemented.[15][16]
Projects include approval of₹2,070 million (equivalent to₹2.9 billion, US$34 million or €30 million in 2023) in 2016 to prevent erosion of world's largest riverine island ofMajuli, development of Spiritual Circuit in Manipur, Tourist Circuit in Sikkim, Tribal Circuit in Nagaland andUmiam Lake in meghalaya (Dec 2017 update).[15][16]
Commerce with South and East Asian nations accounts for almost 45% of India's foreign trade.[5][6] Myanmar andASEAN nations are part ofIndia's Look East policy.[46][47][48] India is part ofASEAN+6,Asia Cooperation Dialogue,Asian Clearing Union,Asian Development Bank,Bangladesh Bhutan India Nepal Initiative,BIMSTEC,East Asia Summit,Mekong-Ganga Cooperation,SAARC,South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation,United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific,Asian Highway Network and theTrans-Asian Railway network.[10][11]
See alsoExtreme points of India
Discussions are also proceeding on reopening theWorld War II-eraStilwell Road linking India'sAssam state with China'sYunnan province throughMyanmar.[11]
India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral Highway, also known as theEast-West Economic Corridor,[49] is a 3,200 km (2,000 mi) from India to Vietnam highway under construction underIndia's Look East policy, that will connectMoreh, India withMae Sot, Thailand viaMyanmar.[citation needed] It isAH1 ofAsian Highway Network. The road is expected to boost trade and commerce in theASEAN–India Free Trade Area, as well as with the rest of Southeast Asia. India has also proposed extending the highway to Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.[50]
India andASEAN have plans to extend this route to Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam as this connectivity will generate annually, an estimated US$70 billion in incremental GDP and 20 million in incremental aggregate employment by 2025, and India has offered US$1 billion line-of-credit for this project (c. Dec 2017).[51]
Imphal-Moreh-Mandalay Highway currently exists. In May 2017, the Indian Ministry of Road Transport and Highway stated that it would spend an estimated₹7,500 million (equivalent to₹11 billion or US$120 million in 2023) to upgrade roads and highways inNorth East India in order to boost the region's connectivity with Myanmar and Bangladesh. Among these projects, the Ministry plans to widen the 108 km (67 mi) Imphal-Moreh highway in Manipur which currently serves as an important trade route between India and Myanmar.[52] This would provide the Manipur's capital city ofImphal with direct access to the trilateral highway.[52]
Mizoram-Kalemyo Highway is a road widening and strengthening project planned by India. In May 2017, the Indian Ministry of Road Transport also plans to construct a 120 km (75 mi) highway linkingZokhawthar-Rikhawdar (also called "Rih") nearChamphai, a border town in Mizoram, with the trilateral highway at Kalemyo. This will serve as a second route providing direct connectivity from Mizoram to the trilateral highway.[52]
TheMago-Thingbu–Vijaynagar Border Highway, also known asArunachal Frontier Highway,[53] inArunachal PradeshIndia is a 2,000-kilometre-long (1,200 mi) road proposed to be built along theMcMahon Line[54] (international border between India and China) by theGovernment of India at the cost of INR40,000 crore (approx. US$6.5 billion[18] as per 2014 prices).[19] Currently, along the alignment of this proposed road there is "little habitation" and there are only "small stretches of minor roads".[54] An assessment by theMinistry of Defence (India) in 2013 found that of the 503 stretches on the borders planned to be completed by 2022, only 17 were complete and work was underway on just 50.[citation needed] In 2014 October,Kiren Rijiju,Union Minister of State for Home Affairs of India was trying to expedite the project along with another proposed highwayEast-West Industrial Corridor Highway, Arunachal Pradesh[53] inArunachal Pradesh[19] as he said "I am proposing to undertake this road along with another in the foothill areas ofArunachal Pradesh state fromBhairabkunda inAssam located at the tri-junction ofBhutan,Assam andArunachal Pradesh toRuksin inEast Siang district ofArunachal Pradesh state which will serve as an industrial corridor for the people residing in the foothill areas of the state".[19]
Manipur-Mandalay bus service is pending subject to the signing of motor vehicle agreement. In September 2017, Indian ambassador to Myanmar announced that anImphal-Mandalay India-Myanmar bus service will commence from 2018 after India and Myanmar sign the motor vehicle agreement.[55]
Imphal-Kalay-Mandalay flight is a proposed air service. In September 2017, Indian ambassador to Myanmar also proposed that a flight service from Imphal in Manipur to Mandalay via stopover inKalay (Kalaymyo) inSagaing Division of Myanmar could be started underUDAN regional connectivity scheme.[55] It was proposed toDoNER in 2012 and a successful trial run was conducted in December 2015.[56]
Tinsukia-Myitkyina railway is a proposed new railway link between the existing rail stations atTinsukia-Doom Dooma inAssam state of India andMyitkyina inKachin State of Myanmar, by laying new rail track viaShin Bway Yang andSumprabum.Indian Railways usesbroad gauge (1,676 mm or 5 ft 6 in) and Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia usenarrow gauge (1 meter). In December 2017, India offered a US$1 billion line of credit to build connections toASEAN nations.[57]
Imphal-Kalaymyo railway is a proposed new railway link between the existing rail stations atImphal in Manipur of India andKalay in Myanmar.Indian Railways usesbroad gauge (1,676 mm or 5 ft 6 in) and Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia usenarrow gauge (1 meter). In December 2017, India offered a US1 billion line of credit to build connections toASEAN nations.[57]
Aizawl-Wuntho railway is a proposed new railway link between the existing railway station atWuntho in Myanmar and by extending the under constructionBairabi–Sairang line viaAizawl-Champhai in Mizoram of India to Wuntho in Myanmar which currently goes further north up toMyitkyina towardsChina–Myanmar border. These are to be taken up with assistance of India's 1 billion line of credit for connections toASEAN nations.[57]
Aizawl-Kalaymyo railway is a proposed new railway link between the existing railway station Kalay in Myanmar and by extending the under constructionBairabi–Sairang line viaAizawl-Champhai in Mizoram of India to Kalay in Myanmar. These are to be taken up with assistance of India's 1 billion line of credit for connections toASEAN nations.[57]
Aizawl-Kyauktaw-Sittwe railway is a proposed new railway link between the existingKyauktaw-Sittwe railway in Myanmar and by extending the under constructionBairabi–Sairang line viaAizawl-Lunglei-Lawngtlai in Mizoram of India toSittwe Port in Myanmar developed by India.Kyauktaw toMinbu is an under construction railway to link Sittwe with the exitingMyanmar railway network. These are to be taken up with assistance of India's 1 billion line of credit for connections toASEAN nations.[57]
India-Myanmar-Thailand railway is a proposed new railway link, parts of which already exist, by constructing missing links between Aizawl and Imphal toMyanmar railway network and by linking existing railway lines in southern Myanmar to theThailand rail network in 2 locations:
India-Myanmar-Thailand-Laos railway is a proposed new railway link, parts of which already exist, by constructing missing links between Aizawl and Imphal toMyanmar railway network andMyanmar-to-Thailand to connectrailway in Laos. Laos only has one railway station in the whole nation, located 20 km east ofVientiane, that was built byState Railway of Thailand during 2007-09 by extending itsmetre-gauge network across theFirst Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge fromThanaleng Railway Station in Thailand.[58] Test trains began running on July 4, 2008,[59] and PrincessMaha Chakri Sirindhorn ofThailand formally inaugurated the line on March 5, 2009.[60][61] There is also an under-construction (2017)Keng Tung railway line in east Myanmar that can be extended to Laos in future.
Laos-Vietnam railway: In 2012, an agreement for the construction of 220-kilometre $5 billion line, fromSavannakhet in southLaos toPort of Vũng Ang inVietnam, viaMụ Giạ Pass and Tan Ap (intersects Vietnam railway network), was awarded to a Malaysian company "Giant Consolidated Limited" to complete the construction from 2013 to 2017.[62][63] By December 2016, installation of corridor posts along the proposed railway right-of-way was completed.[64] In future,Savannakhet is planned to be connected to the existingrailway in Thailand atKhon Kaen orUbon Ratchathani.
India-Myanmar-Thailand-Cambodia railway link is a proposed new railway link, parts of which already exist, by constructing missing links between Aizawl and Imphal toMyanmar railway network,to Thailand,to Combodia to connect therail network in Cambodia. Cambodia has existing rail link with Thailand atPoipet (Krong Poi Pet), though train services is currently suspended (2017).
India-Myanmar-Thailand-Cambodia-Vietnam railway is a proposed new railway link, parts of which already exist, by constructing missing links between Aizawl and Imphal toMyanmar railway network,to Thailand,to Combodia to connectVietnam Railways. Cambodia has existing rail link with Thailand atPoipet (Krong Poi Pet) though train services is currently suspended (2017) andPhnom Penh-Hoa Lu-Dĩ An connection with Vietnam is under construction (2017), while there is no current or planned rail connection to Laos.Indian Railways usesbroad gauge (1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)) and Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia usemeter gauge (1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)).
India-Myanmar-Thailand-Malaysia-Singapore railway is a proposed new railway link as part of theTrans-Asian Railway, parts of which already exist, by usingexisting metre-gauge connections of Thai railway network torailway network in Malaysia (atPalang Besar in north west andTumpat in north east Malaysia) andKuala Lumpur–Singapore high-speed rail (being constructed between 2017 and 2026[65]). Two rail crossings along the Malaysian-Thai border are:
This will extend the existingSabroom in south Tripura on the border of Bangladesh toKhagrachari-Rangamati-Bandarban district headquarters in the tribal areas ofChittagong Hill Tracts, joining the existingChittagong-Satkania track at Satkania and proceeding further on the new track to theCox's Bazar which is one of the official port for transit to India.
This will extend the existingSabroom in south Tripura on the border of Bangladesh to Baraiya (southwest Tripura)-Chaggalnaiya (Bangladesh)-Manu Bazar (South Tripura)-Sabroom-Khargachari-Magrum-NunsriLunglei-Aizawl-Zokhawtar-Kalemo.
Route for this will be Bandarban (Bangladesh)-Tuiping (Mizoram)-Niawhtlang (Mizoram-Burma border)-Gangaw (Myanmar).
Route for this will beShillong andDawki in India toSylhet in Bangladesh.
Route for this will beDhubri,Tura,Barengapara andDurgapur in India toJaria in Bangladesh.
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