Union Home Minister Amit Shah to chair NEC plenary session in Guwahati today
Guwahati, Sept 8 (IBNS): Union Home Minister Amit Shah will chair the 68th plenary session of the North Eastern Council (NEC) at Assam Administrative Staff College in Guwahati on Sunday.
The plenary session will start from 12-30 pm and the meeting would be attended by the DoNER minister and Vice Chairman of NEC Dr Jitendra Singh, members of the NEC consisting of the Governors and Chief Ministers of the eight North Eastern States, other members and senior officials of the key ministries of the Union government.
The two-day NEC plenary session is expected to deliberate on progress of several development projects, funding by the ministries of the Union government to the North-Eastern region, plans for the period beyond Mach 2020 when the term of the 14th Finance Commission comes to end.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will arrive at Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, Guwahati at around 11 am and will attend the NEC plenary session.
He will stay at night at Raj Bhawan, Guwahati.
Shah will also attend a meeting of the BJP-led North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA) on Sept 9.
The Union Home Minister would likely to visit Kamakhya temple on Monday morning.
(By Hemanta Kumar Nath, Guwahati)
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