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5.40 lacs
10.97 lacs
266.18 lacs
19.90 lacs
23.18 lacs
21.66 lacs
31.99 lacs
8.8 lacs
Total Area : 2,62,191 sq. km ( 8 % of the country)
Population : 38.9 mn (3.75% of the total population of India)
96% of the Region shares international borders
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•Literacy rate
•Avg per capita income
(2008-09)
•Rural Population
•Population below
Poverty line
NER
68.6 %
Rs 28,098
85%
34%
National
64 %
Rs 38,084
72%
25%
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•Coal
NE Reserves All India
327.26 Mil MT 6000 Mil MT
•Limestone 181.28 Mil MT 956.23 Mil MT
•Dolomite 80.6 Mil MT
•Uranium 17245 MT
7,533 Mil MT
116373 MT
•Bamboo 2.80 Mil Hectares 10.03 Mil Hectares
•Forest area 56.93% of Total land
22.83% of Total land
Share %
5.45
18.93
1.1
14.8
28
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• Investments during 10th Plan Period : Rs 80,943 crs
• Investments during 11th Plan Period (upto 2009-10) : Rs 82,891 crs
• Expenditure of Central Ministries in NER for the period 1998-99 to
2007-08 : Rs 55,957 crs
• Since 1998-99, 10% of gross budgetary support to all eligible Central
Ministries earmarked for North East
• Unspent amount of these funds is pooled into Non- Lapsable Central
Pool of Resources (NLCPR) for the North East
• World Bank is investing in natural resources, water, environment and livelihood projects
• Asian Development Bank is investing in Road & Urban Development projects, Trade and Capacity building
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Opportunities in North East … Beyond the Traditional
INFRASTRUCTURE : few important ones … .
Projects under implementation
Sector
• Road incl East West Corridor, NHDP
Major Projects
2
Estimated Amount of Tot spent (Rs Crs)
16,000
• Power incl Tipaimukh, Dibang
• Railways incl National Projects
• Airports
• Multi-Modal Transit Project at Kaladan
8
16
5 Greenfield projects
2
50,000
18,613
645*
1,098
• Industrial parks 15 1,416
* Only for two Projects
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Opportunities in North East … Beyond the Traditional
HYDEL POWER
• Perennial rivers -more then 60% of India’s Hydropower Potential in the
North East
State
Arunachal Pradesh
Sikkim
Potential
Assessed (MW)
50,328
4,286
Only 1.6 % developed so far
Others 8,643
• North East poised to have a boom in hydro power projects
• Arunachal Pradesh - more then 19 major hydro power project identified with an estimated cost of Rs 7,300crs
• Assam and Arunachal Pradesh have launched special policies for Major
& Minor Hydel Projects for private sector participation
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Opportunities in North East … Beyond the Traditional
Natural Gas & Oil
• North East has more than half of India’s onshore gas (23 million cubic meters) and oil repository
• The region has a potential of 3.5 million cubic meters of gas per day
• Natural gas available in Tripura is of high quality, with methane content up to 97 per cent
• Shale Oil Reserves in Assam are estimated at 137 billion tonnes with a recovery factor of 20-35% and the crude oil potential is 14 billion tonnes. This can sustain production of 140 million tonnes of crude oil for
100 years. This is more than India's entire current oil consumption
• Huge potential for Private Sector participation in exploration and setting up gas related industries
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Power & Gas Projects on the anvil
Projects
•Brahmaputra Crackers & Polymers Limited
•Lower Subansiri Hydro Power Project - 2,000 Mw
•Dibang Multipurpose Hydro Electric Project
•Tipaimukh Hydro Electric Project (1500 Mw)
•Loktak Downstream Power Project
•Myntdu Leshka Hydro Electric Project
(2 X 42 + 1 X 42) Mega Watts
•Tuirial Hydro Project Cost – 60 Mw
•Tizu H.E. Project
•Teesta – V Power Project
•Gas-Based Thermal Power Project
•Monarchak Gas based Project
Cost (Rs crores)
9400
9000
16425
8139
8000
671
914
731
3000
3000
256
Assam Gas Craker Project is expected to trigger massive growth in Packaging and Textiles sectors across the region. At least 500 downstream plastic processing industries can come up
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Opportunities in North East … Beyond the Traditional
TOURISM
•A 365 days Destination with a wide array of choices, e.g. nature / eco / ethnic tourism to many tourist destinations
•Home to over 160 schedules tribes & over 400 sub tribes and Ethnic festivals such as the Horn Bill Festival
• 20 Golf Courses
•A Buddhist circuit connecting Buddhist sites in Sikkim & Arunachal Pradesh with Thailand being planned
•Unique product propositions – Tea Tourism, Golf, River cruise, Angling,
Polo, Floating Hotels, Wildlife, Nostalgia sites - tea estates, war memorials
From 1st January 2011 Govt of India has relaxed the Protected Area Permit for foreign nationals, unleashing enormous prospects
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Opportunities in North East … Beyond the Traditional
Education , Health Care & Skill Development
• High Literacy rates and rising aspiration levels have unleashed new trends
• Rising demand for education and skill development because of large young population
• IIT & IIM are already there
• Scope for many more institutions of higher learning
• Rising income levels have also created demand for healthcare
• Specialised hospitals being planned
• North East Industrial and Investment Promotion Policy 2007 has classified Vocational Training industrial eligible for all similar benefits
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No Longer Land locked – New Directions in
Connectivity
Akhaura Project linking Bangladesh
•
Rail line between
Agartala and Bangladesh on the cards
• Bangladesh has allowed access to Chittagong
Port for movement of goods to North East
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No Longer Land locked – New Directions in
Connectivity
Kaladan Multi-Modal Transport Project
The 1100cr KMMT Project envisages connectivity using the Sittwe port in
Myanmar, then through riverine transport and by road to Mizoram and into North East
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NEIIPP Key Features
• 100% Excise Duty & Income Tax Exemptions
• Many Subsidies including Capital, Interest & Transport
Few Unique State Policy Advantages … .
• Tourism - Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Tripura
• IT - All except Arunachal Pradesh
• Hydropower – Assam & Arunachal Pradesh
• Power through Non-Conventional Energy Sources - Mizoram
• Bamboo - Assam, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura
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CII working in the North East for the last 10 years with
Offices in Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram & Tripura
Thrust Areas
• Capacity Building
• Market Linkages
• Policy Advocacy
• Trade Linkages
• Technology Dissemination
• Investment promotion
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• Large number of 1 st generation entrepreneurs scripting success stories
• Major initiatives in agro - processing, using biodiversity as a resource / opportunity
• Initiated organised bamboo plantation and bamboo based industry
• Major initiatives in strengthening border trade and especially trade with Bangladesh
• Initiatives in Look East Policy and close ties with BIMSTEC
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