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REVISED NEC GENERAL GUIDELINES (Approved in the 64th NEC Plenary held on 9th & 10th April, 2015 in New Delhi) North Eastern Council Secretariat, Nongrim HillS, Shillong – 793003 REVISED NEC GENERAL GUIDELINES INDEX Sl. No Contents Page No 1. Revised NEC General Guidelines 1 – 88 Introduction 1 - 2 Objectives and Goals 2 - 3 Regional Planning role of NEC 3 - 5 NEC Plan funds 5 Gender Mainstreaming 5 Budget heads of NEC, scope and funding pattern 5 - 7 Nodal Department 7 - 8 Indicative Plan and Annual Priority List 8 Executive Committee of NEC and Functions 8 - 9 Sectoral Empowered Committee 9 - 10 Standing Finance Committee (SFC)/ Expenditure Finance 11 Committee (EFC) Standing Committee for Project Retention (SCPR) 11 - 14 Appraisal of estimates of projects/ DPRs in NEC 14 NEC - Project Appraisal Committee 14 -1 5 Small proposals/schemes 15 Management Information System (MIS) 15 - 16 Pre-investment visit 16 Project implementation by the State Government 16 -17 Cost escalation and change of scope of works 18 Quarterly Progress Reports (QPRs) 18 Release of funds 18 - 20 Cancellation of the Project and adjustment of funds released 20 Overheads for NEC projects in the DPR 20 -21 Monitoring & Evaluation 21 - 22 Closure of projects 22 Transparency and Publicity of Information 23 Audit of Accounts of Grants-in-aid 23 Revised Sectoral Schemes and Guidelines 23 - 25 i Sl. Contents Annexure Page No No Areas Identified for developing Regional Development A 26 - 44 Plans and Strategies for NER Guidelines for preparation and submission of Shelf of B 45 - 56 Projects and Annual Priority List by the North Eastern States for NEC funding Format for preparing Technical Note for referring to C 57 - 60 Standing Committee for project retention, NEC-PAC and in-principle approval In NEC Secretariat Guidelines for preparation of DPR D 61 - 78 To prepare the estimate for civil works in a DPR Checklist to be provided with the DPR E 79 – 82 CPSMS Checklist F 83 Details of the Institute/ Department receiving Finacial Assistance for Seminar, Symposium, etc. from NEC Format for Quarterly Progress Reports (QPRs) G 84 - 85 Format for submission of Utilization Certificate H 86 Format for Display Board at project site IA 87 Permanent Display on site like plaque on the wall etc. IB 88 after asset is created 2. Revised Sectoral Schemes & Guidelines J1 – S6 89 – 260 i Agriculture & Allied Sector J1 89 - 101 Guidelines for implementation of the Scheme for providing Financial Assistance to State Governments of North Eastern Region (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, J2 102 - 104 Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura & Sikkim) for Organising Agriculture & Allied related Seminars, Festivals, Fairs and Events etc. ii Transport & Communication Sector K1 105 - 107 Rehabilitation/Construction of State Guest Houses of NE K2 108 - 109 States at Shillong with NEC funding iii Power & RRE Sector L 110 - 111 iv Health Sector M 112 - 118 Human Resource Development & Employment v N1 – N4(b) 119 - 152 Sector a. Education N1 119 - 131 b. Skill Development N2 132 - 142 c. Social Sector N3 143 - 145 d. Sports and Youth Affairs N4 146 – 150 e. NEC Chairman’s Sports Awards for excellence in International & National Sports Meets by N4(a) 151 – 152 Sportspersons of NE f. NEC Dr T. Ao Memorial Football Tournament N4(b) 153 - 154 ii Sl. Contents Annexure Page No No vi Irrigation, Flood Control & WSM Sector O 155 - 184 vii Industries & Tourism Sector 185 - 198 a. Industries Sector P1 185 - 191 b. Tourism Sector P2 192 – 195 Guidelines for implementation of the Scheme for providing Financial Assistance to State Governments of P3 196 - 198 North Eastern Region for Organising Tourism related Festivals, Fairs and Events. viii Science & Technology Sector Q 199 - 202 ix Information & Public Relation Sector R1 203 - 204 Guidelines for providing Financial Assistance to State Governments for Development and Promotion of Art & R2 205 - 211 Culture in North Eastern Region for furtherance of Art and Culture and related activities. Guidelines for Festival of “Songs and Dances of the North R3 212 - 214 East” Development and promotion of Art & Culture in North Eastern Region through Film Festivals of films and R4 215 - 217 documentaries based on art, culture and traditions of NER. Development and promotion of Art & Culture in North Eastern Region through Fashion Show of traditional and R5 218 - 220 ethnic designs, patterns, colours and fabrics of the NER. Evaluation & Monitoring Sector x Including Guidelines for the scheme “Support for S1 221 - 228 Seminar/Workshop/ Symposium etc. Guidelines for the scheme “Support for Preparation of Detailed Project Report (DPR) (Effective from 01.04.2014 S2 229 - 234 onwards) Guidelines for the selection of Third Party Evaluation Organizations/ Agencies to prepare Evaluation Reports S3 235 - 237 On NEC-funded Projects Guidelines for Regional Level Monitoring (RLM) for NEC S4 238 - 247 Funded Projects Guidelines for engagement of consultants in the field of civil engineering, electrical engineering and managerial economics in the NEC Secretariat for strengthening the S5 248 - 255 monitoring and site inspection mechanisms of the NEC funded projects. Guidelines for engagement of Young Professionals (on S6 256 - 260 contract basis) in the NEC Secretariat iii REVISED NEC GENERAL GUIDELINES Introduction: 1.1. The North Eastern Council which was set up as a Regional Advisory Body under the North Eastern Council Act, 1971 was transformed into a Regional Planning Body by the 2002 amendment. To fully appreciate the transformation the relevant provision of the amended NEC Act is quoted below:- Section 4 of the original Act: “(a) for sub-sections(1) and (2), the following sub-sections shall be substituted, namely:- (1) The Council shall function as a regional planning body for the Northeastern area. (2) While formulating the regional plans for the Northeastern area, the Council shall give priority to schemes and projects, which will benefit two or more States: Provided that in case of Sikkim, the Council shall formulate specific projects and schemes for that State including the review of implementation of such project and schemes” 1.2. The above provision of the amended NEC Act mandated the North Eastern Council (NEC) to function as a “regional planning body for the Northeastern area” with the tasks of formulating “regional plans for the Northeastern area” that benefit two or more States. Given the smallness of majority of the States in the region, in terms of landmass and population, it is advantageous for such States that regional plans are formulated in a coordinated manner for cohesive and integrated economic development for the region as a whole. 1.3. The amendment of 2002 also brought about the induction of three nominated Members for NEC. The functions of the Members which were not clearly laid down in the “NEC General Guidelines” prepared in 2010 have been brought out in greater details in the “Revised NEC General Guidelines.” 1 1.4. The “Revised NEC General Guidelines” and the “Policy Framework and Scheme Guidelines” would be subject to the Government of India sanction procedures issued by Department of Expenditure, Plan Finance-II Division vide O.M. No. 1(3)/PF.II/2001 dated 15.11.2007 on Guidelines on Public Investment/Expenditure etc. and the GFR as well as NEC Five Year Plan/Annual Plans as formulated under the guidance of the Council. These guidelines lays down the importance of preparation of perspective plans with regional approach; procedures to be followed for obtaining priority list from the NE States; selection, appraisal, sanction, monitoring and reporting, evaluation of projects; composition and functions of various committees and other details for NEC to follow. Objectives and Goals: 2.1. The NER Vision - 2020 encapsulates the aspirations of the people in the region and the tasks ahead for the Central Government, NEC and the constituent States is to translate the vision and the regional plans into a reality. 2.2. The NER Vision 2020 Document, released on 2nd July 2008, projected that GDP in the North-Eastern Region should grow at an annual average rate of approximately 13%, with per capita income growing annually at an average rate of 11.64%, for the Region to catch up with the projected national annual growth rate of 9% GDP (FC) and the average projected national increase in per capita growth of around 7.6% (or Rs 87,459 or USD 2250 per capita income). The ambitious economic growth projected in the vision document for the NER would entail that investments in the region should be stepped up substantially. Making more investments in the region can be done best through coordinated efforts of the Planning Commission (now NITI Aayog), Central Ministries including NEC and State Governments besides creating conditions for attracting private investments. 2.3. The high growth rate projected for NER in the vision document could perhaps be pursued through coordinated and prioritised allocation of resources under the relevant schemes/programmes of the Central Ministries by targeting the aims and goals for the regional plans, with NEC and the State plan resources addressing the remaining minor infrastructure gaps. Policy initiatives and incentives to attract private sector investments for implementation of regional plans and the Look East Policy (LEP) (now Act East Policy) would also need consideration of all the stakeholders. 2 2.4. NEC should work towards realisation of the goals and objectives in the NER Vision 2020 document apart from those in the Five Year Plan and Annual Plans of NEC. It should concern itself with inter-State projects having wide ranging impact and focus on few areas of critical nature and not spread its resources thinly. NEC should create schemes and projects which are in tune with the priorities. It should work for creating premier instititutes/centres of excellence in educational and skill training institutions through appropriate strategies including PPP.