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Exclusive forum at Niti Aayog for Development of the Northeast: Dr Jitendra Singh

  • Feb 18, 2018 (2 months ago)
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New Delhi : The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh today said that the government has created an exclusive forum at the NITI AAYOG to prepare plans for the development of the North East Region, which will be co-chaired by the Vice-Chairman of the Niti Aayog and Secretary of DoNER. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, the Minister said that the forum will look at various proposals both at the central and the state levels and prepare plans for the speedy development of the North Eastern Region.

Highlighting measures taken for the development of the North East Region during the last four years, Dr Jitendra Singh said the 90-year-old "Indian Forest Act of 1927", which was a legacy of the British Raj, was amended through a decision of the Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, as a result of which "Bamboo", which was defined as a "Tree" under the Indian Forest Act of 1927, was changed, thereby doing away with the requirement of obtaining a permit for cutting of bamboo on non-forest land for economic use.

This, he said, is going to be a game-changer for generations to come, by opening new avenues of job generation and entrepreneurship by allowing bamboo cultivation and bamboo use by non-farmers on non-forest land.

Another historic decision relates to 100% funding by Central Government for projects in the NER, which were earlier being undertaken on the basis of Centre-State sharing in the ratio of 90:10, he added.

The minister said that over the last four years, the Northeast region has been given the utmost attention which it deserved and was showed not only physical but also psychological outreach by the central government to the people of the region. He said, the government Act East policy has enhanced the importance of the region in engaging with South East Asian neighbours.

The central government has taken major initiatives for development of NE region over the last four years. Under Bharatmala Pariyojna, 5301 kilometres in NER have been approved for improvement. Out of this, 3246 kilometre road marked for development of Economic Corridor in North East. Also, bidding process for the India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway has begun, he added.

In Railways, Gauge Conversion has been completed, thereby all operational Medium Gauge sections have been converted to Broad Gauge. Agartala-Akhaura (Bangladesh) rail link supported by Ministry of DoNER is at tendering stage.

In Civil Aviation, construction of the New Greenfield Airport at Pakyog (Gangtok, Sikkim) is complete and the License from DGCA is awaited.

In shipping, development of Barak river is taken up in two phases for shipping and navigation purposes.

Secretary, DoNER, Shri Naveen Verma, Secretary, North Eastern Council (NEC) Shri Ram Muviah and senior officers of DoNER were also present.

A detailed presentation was also made at the press conference detailing various initiatives and achievements of the Ministry of DoNER.

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