DPRs TO BE FINALIZED ON PRIORITY BASIS
GANGTOK, 06 Nov: The Minister of State Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), Paban Singh Ghatowar was on a two day visit to Sikkim on 2 and 3 November. During this visit he chaired a meeting held at Chintan Bhawan on 3 November 2011 at 9.AM to review the NLCPR &NEC projects in Sikkim. The meeting was attended by the Chief Secretary, Additional Chief Secretary and Secretaries informs a release issued by the IPR department.
At the meeting the DoNER Minister expressed satisfaction over the implementation of projects in the state and lauded Sikkim for being one of the best performing States in the North East Region. He stressed that the pace of work must be hastened especially in view of the recent earthquake in order to avail of the maximum assistance from the Central Government. He informed that the Prime Minister had assured that Sikkim would be granted financial assistance over and above Rs. 1000 crores already announced and advised that schemes for utilization of this special grant must be finalized on priority basis.
In addition, the Hon’ble Minister of State also informed that the Government of India had launched a new Central Sector Scheme called NLCPR-Central under which funding would be available to Union Ministries/Departments for taking up projects in North Eastern States with the objective to enhance budgetary flow over and above the existing mandatory 10% earmarking. The MoS announced that under this new scheme, one of the first projects to be taken up will be one relating to improving the power transmission lines in Sikkim.
During his visit the Minister of State also called on the Governor and the Chief Minister who also hosted a dinner in his honour at Samman Bhawan on 2 November attended also by the Governor. PS Ghatowal was accompanied by P.K. Pattaniak, Joint Secretary, Ministry of DoNER during his Sikkim visit.
GANGTOK, 06 Nov: The Minister of State Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), Paban Singh Ghatowar was on a two day visit to Sikkim on 2 and 3 November. During this visit he chaired a meeting held at Chintan Bhawan on 3 November 2011 at 9.AM to review the NLCPR &NEC projects in Sikkim. The meeting was attended by the Chief Secretary, Additional Chief Secretary and Secretaries informs a release issued by the IPR department.
At the meeting the DoNER Minister expressed satisfaction over the implementation of projects in the state and lauded Sikkim for being one of the best performing States in the North East Region. He stressed that the pace of work must be hastened especially in view of the recent earthquake in order to avail of the maximum assistance from the Central Government. He informed that the Prime Minister had assured that Sikkim would be granted financial assistance over and above Rs. 1000 crores already announced and advised that schemes for utilization of this special grant must be finalized on priority basis.
In addition, the Hon’ble Minister of State also informed that the Government of India had launched a new Central Sector Scheme called NLCPR-Central under which funding would be available to Union Ministries/Departments for taking up projects in North Eastern States with the objective to enhance budgetary flow over and above the existing mandatory 10% earmarking. The MoS announced that under this new scheme, one of the first projects to be taken up will be one relating to improving the power transmission lines in Sikkim.
During his visit the Minister of State also called on the Governor and the Chief Minister who also hosted a dinner in his honour at Samman Bhawan on 2 November attended also by the Governor. PS Ghatowal was accompanied by P.K. Pattaniak, Joint Secretary, Ministry of DoNER during his Sikkim visit.
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