13.37 Educational Development in the North East and Other Backward Regions On going activities of development of learner support centres, satellite interactive terminals, media centres will be extended to yet unreached areas in the North East. An additional initiative of Edusat based training was initiated in August, 2006 and would be extended to cover several aspects of vocational education in the North-East Region. A total outlay of 10 per cent of overall plan budget, as per the Govt. directives is kept for the North-East Region.
