Centre committed to ensure socio-economic development of North East: Rajnath Singh
Guwahati, July 9 (IBNS): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday chaired the two-day long 67th plenary session of the North Eastern Council (NEC) in Meghalaya’s capital city Shillong and assured that the Centre is committed to ensure socio-economic development of this region.
The plenary session started at 2-30 pm on Monday and Union Minister for Development of North Eastern Region Jitendra Singh, Governors and Chief Ministers of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura; who are also members of newly reconstituted NEC took part in the session held at the State Convention Centre in Shillong.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the plenary session of the NEC by lighting of lamp.
Various issues related to all round development of the North Eastern region and security related issues were discussed in the opening day of the plenary session.
Delivering the chairman’s speech, Rajnath Singh acknowledged that people from the region have made remarkable contributions to build a modern India and the youths of this region are showing their talent in every field.
“The Look East Policy has been changed to The Act East Policy. We are trying to ensure in all eight states that sectors such as infrastructure strengthening, manufacturing, trade, tourism, skill development, urban renewal, smart cities, and ‘Make in India’ get emphasized,” Singh said.
Urging the NEC to play its part in preparing a broad roadmap towards realizing the objectives of the Government’s "Act East Policy" for forging a link between India and ASEAN, Singh expressed optimism that newly set up NITI Forum for the North East would be able to accelerate the growth of the region by identifying various constraints.
Calling on the Chief Ministers of the region to avail the opportunity provided by North East Industrial Development Scheme (NEIDS) 2017, which was cleared by Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister in March 2018, Singh said that the financial outlay of Rs 3,000 crore offered by the scheme upto March, 2020 would promote industrialization in the States of the North Eastern Region and will boost employment and create source of income.
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