Government has raised the allocation for several schemes in the North East from Rs 14,365 crore (Rs 143.65 billion) to Rs 16,400 crore (Rs 164 billion).
The Finance Minister P Chidambaram said this while presenting the 2008-2009 Budget in the Lok Sabha on Friday.
The government has also allocated Rs 500 crore (Rs 5 billion) identifying urgent needs of development programmes of border areas like Arunachal Pradesh.
Details are awaited.