{"id":139798,"date":"2019-02-01T18:52:25","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T18:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/?p=139798"},"modified":"2019-02-01T18:52:25","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T18:52:25","slug":"allocation-north-eastern-areas-o-increased-21-rs-58166-crore-2019-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/139798","title":{"rendered":"Allocation for North Eastern Areas o be increased by 21% to Rs 58,166 crore in 2019-20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Delhi, Feb. 1 (Punjab Post Bureau) &#8211; &nbsp;While presenting the Interim Budget 2019-20 in Parliament today the Union <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-139799 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Piyush-Goyal.jpg\" alt=\"Piyush Goyal\" width=\"400\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Piyush-Goyal.jpg 400w, https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Piyush-Goyal-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs, Railways &amp; Coal Shri Piyush Goyal said that the allocation for the North Eastern Areas is being proposed to be increased by 21% to Rs 58,166 crore in 2019-20 Budget Estimates over 2018-19 BE. The people of North East have also received significant benefits of infrastructure development. Arunachal Pradesh came on the air map recently and Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram have come on India\u2019s rail map for the first time, he said. The Finance Minister said that the Government will introduce container cargo movement to the North East by improving the navigation capacity of the Brahmaputra river. Shri Goyal said that the projects stuck for decades like the Bogibeel rail-cum-road bridge in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh have been completed. With the commissioning of the Pakyong airport in Sikkim, the number of operational airports in the country has crossed 100, he added. Given below is the budget allocation for some of the major schemes being implemented in the North Eastern Region:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;(Rs in crore)<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"263\">&nbsp;<strong>Scheme<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"90\"><strong>2017-18<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Actuals<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"89\"><strong>2018-19<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>BE<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"101\"><strong>2018-19<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>RE<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"91\"><strong>2019-20<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>BE<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"263\">Schemes of North Eastern Council<\/td>\n<td width=\"90\">335<\/td>\n<td width=\"89\">380<\/td>\n<td width=\"101\">607<\/td>\n<td width=\"91\">580<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"263\">Central Pool of Resources for North East and Sikkim<\/td>\n<td width=\"90\">861<\/td>\n<td width=\"89\">1000<\/td>\n<td width=\"101\">781<\/td>\n<td width=\"91\">931<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"263\">Other subsidy payable including for North Eastern Region<\/td>\n<td width=\"90\">282<\/td>\n<td width=\"89\">608<\/td>\n<td width=\"101\">513<\/td>\n<td width=\"91\">674<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"263\">Refund of Central and Integrated GST to Industrial Units in North Eastern Region and Himalayan States<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"90\">169<\/td>\n<td width=\"89\">1500<\/td>\n<td width=\"101\">1500<\/td>\n<td width=\"91\">1700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delhi, Feb. 1 (Punjab Post Bureau) &#8211; &nbsp;While presenting the Interim Budget 2019-20 in Parliament today the Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs, Railways &amp; Coal Shri Piyush Goyal said that the allocation for the North Eastern Areas is being proposed to be increased by 21% to Rs 58,166 crore in 2019-20 Budget Estimates over &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":139799,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-english"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Allocation for North Eastern Areas o be increased by 21% to Rs 58,166 crore in 2019-20 | Punjab Post<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/139798\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Allocation for North Eastern Areas o be increased by 21% to Rs 58,166 crore in 2019-20 | Punjab Post\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Delhi, Feb. 1 (Punjab Post Bureau) &#8211; 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