Sunrise States: Realizing the growth potential of North-East

Team details:

Abhishek Bandejia

Abhishek Meena

Shashwat Gupta

Harshit Gupta

Ankur Jain

Presented by : AASHA

Why the theme?

Being the students of IIT Guwahati for more than 2 years now, hailing from distinct locations across India, we realized there is a fundamental difference in government actions, infrastructure and general public sentiments of North-East and rest of India.

Even having vast natural resources, apt human resources and more than enough funding from the center (highest per capita investment by the Centre, averaging INR 2,574.98, against the all-India average of INR 683.95) there is still need to realize the true potential of North-East which can be easily verified by statistics shown in following slides.

Rampant power cuts, poor transportation and connectivity with the rest of India, unemployment in states having more than 80% literacy rates, lack of faith in govt. and prevalent feeling of separatism cutting across all sections of society, make us believe that this theme deserves the most urgent attention among the 14 national challenges raised in the competition.

Skill Development Biomass Power Adventure SportsFields Of

Focus

Problem:

Supplementing deficiencies in machinery, equipment &

furniture

Monitoring cell will arrange well qualified staff, funding and placements in nearby

industries

Construction of hostels, boundary wall and

maintenance of old ITI’s campus.

Local staff for training on regional business like

handloom design craftsmanship etc. should

also be employed.

B. Supplementing deficient infrastructure in 28 established

ITI’s by providing modern infrastructure, proper designed

curriculum

Skill Development and Employment

Imparting of knowledge that will be directly

applicable to industries and work places.

Skills like English proficiency, hospitality training, computer and programming training, manufacturing skills.

Teaching preference, location , area of interest of the volunteer will be

considered at the time of registration.

Volunteers would receive an opportunity to build

their resumes, extra soft skills, recognition and

network building.

A. Setting up of skill development training institute maintained at center and state

level volunteered by service professionals graduate students, local volunteer

problem

• The region will generate 2.6 million jobs, but the manpower supply will be 16.8 million persons. So there is a need for a twin approach for developing skills for both local employment and for those who seek to migrate

Employm-ent areas

for trained people

Growth in tourism followed by

Hospitality of tourists

Labor force in many hydro power plant,

solar plant, and industries planned to

come up.

Will indulge in skilled and improved

agricultural and production practices

raising the total agricultural output.

Local handloom businesses, painting, craftsmanship, etc.

will boom up

Trained people could help in technical

advancement of state by indulging into IT

sector, development sector and other

government services.

Educated people can indulge in teaching

profession and NGO’s to improve overall

literacy of the state.

The scheme is funded by state and central government on 50-50% basis

skill

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cheif director

(1*6 lpa)

Central team consisting of recruitment, media, execution

team (30*4 lpa)

Regional controller

(30*4 lpa)

Establishment, Transportation, Technical cost = INR 1cr pa

INR 2.5 cr.

INR 1 cr.

Imp

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of

ITI’s

Supplementing machinery, Equipment

Construction of hostel, wall, fencing on government

premises

2 lac/ITI = INR

50lakh

INR 1 cr.

Bio

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er • Reason : With rice and maize being the principle food grain crop of

north east and bamboo found in abundance, there is a surplus of forest waste, energy crops (like bamboo), agricultural waste (like rice husk) and agro-industrial units (like pulp waste from food processing units).

Solutions:

• Hydro Power

• Solar Power

• Biomass Power

Implementations:

• Ongoing projects :

• 157 central hydro power schemes (installed capacity of 57672 MW)

• 8 solar cities planned in North East region by MNRE

Pro

ble

m • Massive power shortage in north east (11.3%) with peak shortage of 10 (Country average expected at 6.7%, with peak shortage at 2.3%)

• Total hydro-power potential in the NER including Sikkim is 63,257 MW. Presently, only 3% of the assessed potential has been developed in N.E. Region.

POWER

Cost

Capital cost of installation Rs. 4.5-5 crore/MW depending upon boiler

pressure and capacity (almost same as hydro power generation with Rs. 4-5

crores/MW), costs of generation around

Rs. 3.50 to Rs. 4.00/kwh.

The project size depends on the fuel (biomass) availability near the project

location. For a capacity of 10 MW and for a biomass fuel with average gross

calorific value of 3150 Kcal/kg, the total

fuel requirement is around 1.0 Lakh / annum. The collection and storage of biomass is the critical activity for any

biomass project to succeed.

Renewable form of energy.

Incentives

• Capital Subsidy, Exemption from Payment of Excise Duty on machineries and equipmentspurchased for initial setting up of a power plant are available. Apart from this CDM Benefits on Reduction of CERs and Preferential tariff for power exported to grid are also available.

Proposed Solution

MountaineeringIce skating,

Skiing

Aero SportsParagliding,

Sky diving

Eco tourism Trekking ,

Safari

Water SportsRiver rafting,

Scuba diving

SCOPE

North-East India has the potential to become one

of the best sporting destinations although

most of the part still has to be discovered

The Long Stretched Himalayan range

contrasted with the vast river valleys landscape can

offer wide scopes for adventurous activities

Given apt infrastructure, qualified instructors and more liberal regulations North-East is equipped with immense opportunity to host extreme tourism which can generate huge revenue, local employment, growth & tourism boom.

Development of Extreme Sports North –East India, a paradise for Tourists from all over the world.

Under Govt. scheme of NEATO, there will be private sector companies/ govt. sector or joint venture who can setup their offices in different states of north east where the extreme sports can be done. For this NEATO can invite various sectors to invest in north east and open up the opportunities for adventure sports.

Govt. can release tender notices to take an adventure activity by various private companies who are qualified nodal and have an established institute. Govt. can give them certification, license by charging them the appropriate amount.

For the agencies located in the North – Eastern region, remote and rural areas, there should be a minimum of two qualified staff out of which one should have a Diploma / Degree in Tourism & Travel Management from a recognized University, IITTM or an institution approved by AICTE. The owner of the firm would be included as one of the qualified employees.

North East Adventure

Tour Operator (NEATO)

Diving : 1 crore

Paragliding:3-5 lakh

Raft boat: 60-70

thousand

Investment in equipment:

Rs.3crorefor owning

property: Rs.1crore

for office equipment:

Rs.50lakh

COST

Marketing and publicity

strategies

10-20 lakh

Adventure sports market in India:

Rs.400-500 crore

Choosing location and property

charges

Other possible areas of focus

Boom of border trade with South-East Asian countries and other states of India.

Better road connectivity and physical infrastructure to improve trade.

Better MNREGA implementation at grass-root level.

Development of local businesses, like handloom, bamboo, craft, which can generate more new local jobs.

More opportunities for investment in agriculture and food processing.

References:• Report by ICC on “India’s North-East diversifying growth opportunities”.

• Report on “Development of power sector in North-Eastern region for 12th

plan”.

• Implementation manual for centrally sponsored scheme on “ Enhancing Skill Development infrastructure in NE states and Sikkim”.

• IDSA paper on “India's north east 2020: Four Alternatives Futures”.

• Ministry of Development of North-Eastern region: www.mdoner.gov.in

• Report by Ministry of Tourism on “Guidelines for recognition as an approved Adventure Tour Operator(ATO)”.

• Report of the Special group on “Targeting 10 million opportunities per year, Planning Commission India 2002”.

• Report of the Task Force on “Employment opportunities, Planning Commission India, 2001”.