Mizoram top in RMSA fund utilisation

Mizoram has topped not only all other Northeastern states, but most of the other Indian states in utilisation of fund sanctioned under the RMSA mission. According to an official statement, Mizoram was next only to Haryana in terms of utilisation of RMSA fund sanctioned during the period of 2009 to 2011. During this period, Mizoram received a total of Rs 71.72 crores under RMSA of which 63 percent was utilised. Among the NE states, Mizoram was at the third position in terms of fund received under the mission, next to Manipur and Assam which received Rs 81.03 crore and Rs 109.16 crore respectively. Meghalaya received Rs 13.45 crore, Nagaland Rs 44.44 crore, Tripura Rs 42.07 crore, Arunachal Pradesh Rs 47.51.
While Manipur utilised 22 per cent of the fund it received, Nagaland utilised 2 per cent, Sikkim utilised 25 per cent, Arunachal Pradesh utilised 22 per cent. Assam and Meghalaya's utilisation was zero per cent, according to the Mizoram government source.