The union ministry of tourism has sanctioned 29 projects of tourism for the North Eastern states during the year 2014-15. These include nine projects in Nagaland, eight in Sikkim, five in Manipur, four in Arunachal Pradesh, and three in Mizoram.
The ministry of tourism has not sanctioned any amount to the state of Tripura this year because the state has a utilisation certificate pendency of INR16.63 crore under the various schemes of the ministry of tourism. This information was given by Dr Mahesh Sharma, union minister of state for tourism (independent charge), in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha recently.