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At a time when China is rapidly improving its infrastructure in the areas bordering Arunachal Pradesh, Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu was in Delhi on budget day, pleading with Rural Development Minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh to give him over Rs 100 crore to build houses for the poor along the border area. The project is stuck with the Centre on the ground that existing guidelines allow him to avail of less than Rs 20 crore a year given the size and population of his state. He has been asked to write another letter and see if he can corner the maximum from the Finance Minister’s Rs 500 crore budget package for the Northeast.