Asom gets Rs 13 lakh against Rs 551.28 cr for Chhattisgarh
NCDC funds
Our Correspondent
NEW DELHI, Oct 13: The eight States of the North-east, including Sikkim, got a
meagre Rs 6.17 crore (Rs 13 lakh for Asom) during the fiscal 2006-07 from the
National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC), while Chhattisgarh alone
got Rs 551.28 crore, said NCDC Chairman Kantilal Bhuria while talking to
newsmen here today.
When asked as to why Asom got such a small amount, the NCDC Chairman said:
Asom and other States of the North-east didnt send any project proposal to
the NCDC during the last 2/3 years. The Ministry is always ready to pour in
funds to the States for development projects in livestock, industrial goods,
handicraft, village and rural craft, agricultural credit, rural sanitation and
other sectors under cooperative societies, but if the State governments and the
cooperative societies do not come forward, what can we do? My department sent
several letters, but the State Government didnt respond to our letters.
Perhaps the State Government is not aware of NCDC projects.
NCDC Deputy Managing Director G Panmei, on the other hand, said that Union
Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar created an NCDC cell for the North-east in
New Delhi so as to ensure rapid development of the cooperative sector in the
north-eastern States that get liberal assistance to the extent of 95 per cent
of the project cost, including the subsidy component of 33 per cent.
According to Bhuria, the north-eastern States that have been marked as special
category States, get 100 per cent subsidy under the ICDP Scheme.
During the fiscal 2006-07, while Chhattisgarh got Rs 551.24 crore, Andhra
Pradesh got Rs 480 crore and Tamil Nadu got Rs 347 crore from the NCDC.
(The Sentinel,14.10.2007)
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