Published on : 05 Oct 2025, 2:23 am

Staff Reporter

Guwahati: Under the North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme (NESIDS)-Other Than Road Infrastructure (OTRI) of the Union Ministry of DoNER , all the Northeastern states, except Assam, failed to utilize their targeted expenditure in Q1 of financial year 2025-26.

In Q1 (April to June) of 2025-26, the eight NE states submitted expenditure plans totalling Rs 502.98 crore, but the actual expenditure made was only Rs 243.43 crore. So, an amount of Rs 275.14 crore remained unutilized, which is more than half of the targeted expenditure.

This fact is evident from an office memorandum (O.M.) of MDoNER dated September 3, 2025.

According to the O.M., Assam submitted plans entailing an expenditure of Rs 135.3 crore in Q1 of 202

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