Explanation:

• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved Viability Gap Funding/ Capital Grant of Rs.5,559 crore for the North East Gas Grid project.
• The North East Gas Grid project is being implemented by Indradhanush Gas Grid Limited(IGGL), a Joint Venture company of five CPSEs (GAIL, IOCL, ONGC, OIL and NRL).
• The total length of the pipeline is planned to be 1,656 km and will be built at estimated cost of Rs. 9,265 crore.
• It will cover eight states of the North-Eastern region i.e., Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura.