Raymond Kharmujai

Shillong, Jan 24:  Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), Dr Jitendra Singh on Sunday said that the Northeastern States  will be one of the “favourite business destinations of India post COVID-19” and bamboo is going to be the key pillar of the economic activities.
He however asked all the states to equip themselves to make optimum use of the favourable condition that the North East will have during the post COVID period.
Singh was addressing the valedictory session of the 69th plenary meeting of the North Eastern Council (NEC) at the Council headquarters here Sunday. The 69th Plenary of the North Eastern Council was inaugurated by the Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday.
Urging all the states to utilize the funds that have been allotted by various ministries so that the benefits of the schemes reach the last person, the Union Minister said that the rate of utilization of funds under NEC has been encouraging and hoped that funds under other ministries allotted to the region shall also be brought to optimum utilisation.
He iterated Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of developing the Northeast region and bringing it to the level of the other developed States.
“Northeast has been put on a fast track of development under the leadership of the Prime Minister Modi over the last six-seven years and this bears evidence in the form of the unanimous opinion across the country that Northeast has been put on a very fast track,” Singh said.
He also added that expectation is very high and the Prime Minister wanted to achieve more than what has been achieved so far and said with the dedication of all the states and the different Ministries, Northeast will be able to overcome all challenges in the near future. The two-day NEC Plenary focussed on all-round developmental plans for the North-Eastern Region and discussed about the progress made so far regarding the various projects that have been implemented in the region. Augmenting investments and improving rankings on ease of doing business also got deliberated upon prominently.

In various technical sessions, discussions centred on the developmental projects related to livelihood, entrepreneurship, infrastructure, connectivity and other related areas in the North-East.
“The North Eastern Region will lead the growth story of India, when the rest of the world is looking for economic resurgence through trade in post-pandemic times,” Singh expressed optimism.

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Kenter Joya Riba

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