PM Development Initiative for NER (DevINE)

• Origin: Union Budget 2022-23
  • allocation 1500cr
• MoDev of NER $\to$ DoNER
• Aim
  1. rapid & holistic dev of NE
  2. funding infra & social dev
• Challenges
  1. Manipur ethnic violence
  2. under-utilization of funds
• Potential
  1. Act East Policy
  2. Countering China in border area dev
• doesn’t substitute existing central & state schemes