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North Eastern Council 'NEC' Details, Formation, Functions
North Eastern Council (NEC): Details, Formation, Functions
NEC is the nodal agency for economic and social development of North Eastern Region (NER) which consists of eight states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Tripura.
NEC was constituted in 1971 under North Eastern Council (NEC) Act, 1971 (NEC is the statutory body) and came into being on the 7th November 1972 at Shillong.
The headquarters of the NEC is situated in Shillong and functions under the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region of the Government of India.
In June 2018, the chairmanship of NEC was transferred by Union Cabinet to Home Minister from Minister of Development of NER.
NEC servers as a supreme level body for securing balanced and coordinated development and facilitating coordination with NER states.
NEC has been mandated to function as the regional planning body for NER. It gives priority to schemes and projects while formulating a regional plan for this area benefiting two or more states.
