30 JAn :North Eastern States have been provided Rs1355 crores during 2007-08 under financial and technical for conservation and protection of wildlife in the national parks and sanctuaries.The amount was given under the Centrally Sponsored Schemes viz-“Assistance for Development of National Park and Sanctuaries”, “Project Tiger’ and “Project Elephant”.
The proposals are received from State/UT Government annually in the form of ‘Annual Plan of Operations’(APOs) for financial assistance and are examined in the Ministry. During 2007-08 ,64 APOs were approved under these schemes.