New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- The Union Cabinet has approved four new components under the existing Central Sector Scheme of Special Development Packages (SDPs) for Assam and Tripura, with a total central outlay of Rs 4,250 crore.

The initiative is aimed at implementing commitments made under various Memoranda of Settlement (MoS) signed between the Government of India, the respective state governments, and different ethnic groups in the two states.

In Assam, the funding will support infrastructure projects in Adivasi-inhabited areas, villages within the North Cacher Hills Autonomous Council linked to the Dimasa National Liberation Army and Dimasa People's Supreme Council, and regions associated with the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA). ...