Context: Recently, the Ministry of Development of the North Eastern Region (MDoNER) provided the details of developmental projects in the North East region under the PM DevINE scheme to the Rajya Sabha.
About PM-DeVINE Scheme
- Launched in Union Budget 2022-23
- It is a central sector scheme means fully funded by Union Government
- It is to be implemented for 4 years between 2022-23 to 2025-26
- PM-DevINE will enable livelihood activities for youth and women by filling the gaps in various sectors, but it will not be a substitute for existing Central or State schemes.
The objectives of PM-DevINE
- Fund infrastructure convergently, in the spirit of PM Gati Shakti;
- Support social development projects based on the felt needs of the NER;
- Enable livelihood activities for youth and women; and
- Fill the development gaps in various sectors.
Initiatives under the scheme
- Establishment of Dedicated Services for the Management of Paediatric and Adult Haematolymphoid Cancers in North East India, at Dr B. Borooah Cancer Institute (BBCI), Guwahati
- NECTAR Livelihood Improvement Project (Multi-State): Value Chain on Utilization of Banana Pseudo Stem for Value-Added Products.
- Promoting Scientific Organic Agriculture in North East India, using Improved Farming Techniques & Digital Data Management through Capacity Building of Farmers and Facilitating Certification. (Multi-State)
- Construction of Aizawl By-pass on the Western Side of Mizoram
- Construction and upgradation of Bamboo Link Roads- from Tuirial Airfield to North Chaltlang (18 km) and from Lengpui to Saiphal Bamboo Plantation (41 km) in Mizoram
- Gap funding for Passenger Ropeway System from Pelling to Sanga-Choeling in West Sikkim
- Gap funding for Passenger Ropeway from Dhapper to Bhaleydunga in South Sikkim
- Transformation of 20 schools as Centre of Excellence in the Kamrup District of Assam by Public Works Department, Government of Assam
- Construction of a new four-lane road and conversion of an existing two-lane road into a four-lane with cycling tracks, utility ducts, footpaths, etc. at New Shillong Township by Directorate of Urban Affairs, Government of Meghalaya
- Livelihood projects relating to Special Development of Eastern Nagaland by the Department of Under Developed Areas (DUDA), Government of Nagaland
- Establishment of Solar Micro Grid for the supply of reliable power to Remote Habitations in Tripura by the Department of Power, Government of Tripura