The Rising Northeast Investors Summit 2025 and its pre-event roadshows have attracted investment interest worth Rs 4.48 lakh crore for the region, as informed by Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Sukanta Majumdar to the Lok Sabha. The summit, held in Delhi on May 23-24 last year, was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 23, 2025. The DoNER Ministry organized the two-day summit to boost trade and investment in the northeastern region, focusing on sectors like tourism, agro-food processing, textiles, healthcare, education, IT, infrastructure, and energy.
The summit and roadshows generated investment interest through memoranda of understanding, letters of intent, and qualified leads from private investors, public sector undertakings, and major industrial conglomerates. The proposed investments, totaling Rs 4.48 lakh crore, aim to enhance the industrial capacity of the northeastern region and create significant employment opportunities. State governments in the Northeast are actively collaborating with investors to materialize the investment interest into tangible projects on the ground. Various steps have been taken by the northeastern states to facilitate investments, including single-window clearance systems, investment promotion agencies, land banks, and incentives for investors.
To further strengthen the industrial ecosystem and attract private investment in the northeastern region, the Government of India is implementing the Uttar Poorva Transformative Industrialisation (UNNATI) scheme. This scheme offers incentives such as Capital Investment Incentive, Central Capital Interest Subvention Incentive, and Manufacturing and Services Linked Incentive. Additionally, the Union Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) has formed high-level task forces to identify interventions and strategies for the integrated development of the North East Economic Corridor, following the 72nd plenary session of the North Eastern Council (NEC) in November 2024.
