The minister in his speech promised to sanction fund for establishment of Skill Training cum Women Vendor Marketing Complex with a tune of Rs. 65 crores besides the minister also told Mizoram chief minister Lal Thanhawla that after completing proposal for State Resource Centre, her ministry will do the needful in this regard. Selja had said that Mizoram had received Rs. 4.67 crores for implementing Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) and out of the total outlay for Jawaharlal Nehru Awaz Yojana, Mizoram had received Rs. 42 crores. The total outlayed for this project was Rs. 109 crores. She expressed her happiness to Lal Thanhawla govt for working judiciously and promised to help the state for eradicating poverty in the state.
The Minister urged the North Eastern States to further strengthen the supervision and quality control mechanisms for better results in implementation of Housing and Urban Poverty related schemes in the region. She said all States have been covered under Basic Services to the Urban Poor (BSUP) and Integrated Housing and Slum Development Programme (IHSDP) of JNNURM in the North East region. She said a total of 30,690 houses sanctioned for the North East States and 59 projects of housing and basic amenities to the urban poor covering 48 cities / towns with an outlay of more than Rs. 909 crores approved under BSUP and IHSDP.
The Minister said, Additional Central Assistance (Grant) of Rs. 718.99 crores has been committed and Additional Central Assistance of Rs. 385.77 Crore released. She said, all the 8 Mission cities have been covered in N.E. States and 40 medium and small cities/towns covered under IHSDP (other than the 8). Under BSUP and IHSDP, 5196 houses have been completed and 8118 houses are in progress and 2394 houses occupied in the North East States. Referring to the Urbanization & Slums in the North East Region, Kumari Selja said 15.45% of the population lives in 252 Urban Centres (as per 2001 Census) which is lower than the National Average of 27.78 percent. The Chief Minister of Mizoram Shri Lalthanhawla also addressed the inaugural session of the Conclave.
The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation made detailed presentations on JNNURM, SJSRY, BPL Survey, USHA and Rajiv Awas Yojana during the day-long deliberations. All the North Eastern States Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura attended the Conclave which has been organised in collaboration with the Government of Mizoram.
Earlier, the Secretary, Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Shri A.K. Misra chaired the secretary level Regional Review Meeting on 10% NER Fund, SJSRY and JNNURM (North Eastern States).
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