Roadmap for development of Eastern and North Eastern Region

An exercise has been initiated by the NITI Aayog to prepare a roadmap for development of Eastern and North Eastern States of the country and comments/suggestions from the concerned Ministries and State Governments have been sought. This information was given by the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Planning, Shri Rao Inderjit Singh in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

The Minister said that the development of physical and social infrastructure, sustainable utilization of natural resources, expeditious implementation of the projects to improve road, rail, air, waterways connectivity, enhancement in agriculture productivity, promotion of organic farming, expansion of digital/telecom network, etc. are some of the important sectors which have been identified for rapid development of Eastern and North-Eastern States.

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