The government has allocated six times more funds for the development of infrastructure along the Sino-Indian border in Arunachal Pradesh -- from ₹42.87 crore in 2020-21 to ₹249.12 in 2021-22.
Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said in Lok Sabha that ₹602.30 crore has been allocated in 2021-22 and Rs 355.12 crore in 2020-21 under the Border Infrastructure and Management (BIM) scheme to improve infrastructure along the international border in the Northeast -- with China, Myanmar and Bangladesh.