New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The Rising Northeast Investors Summit 2025 and its pre-event roadshows have attracted investment interest worth Rs 4.48 lakh crore for the region, Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Sukanta Majumdar informed the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.The Rising Northeast Investors Summit 2025 was held in Delhi on May 23-24 last year. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the summit on May 23, 2025.Replying to a question in the Lok Sabha, Majumdar said…
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Shillong/Aizawl, March 9 (IANS) The North Eastern Council (NEC), under the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), has released Rs 5.73 crore for Mizoram in February 2026 to support several key development initiatives aimed at strengthening infrastructure, agriculture and public service delivery in the state.The fund is part of a larger allocation of Rs 67.41 crore released across the Northeastern region during February to promote balanced regional development, according to an o…
Kohima, March 5 (IANS) The Northeastern region, comprising eight states, currently has 89 registered Geographical Indication (GI) products, with handicrafts forming the largest share with 48 items, followed by 28 agricultural products, eight manufactured products and five food products, officials said on Thursday. A stakeholder meeting on GI initiatives for traditional crafts and handloom products of Nagaland was held on Thursday at the Conference Hall of the Nagaland Handloom and Handicraft Dev…
Imphal, Feb 28 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Saturday flagged off 33 ambulances dedicated to maternity services for various districts of the state to strengthen maternal and child healthcare delivery across all 16 districts. Health officials said the ambulances were funded by the North Eastern Council (NEC) and procured by the Directorate of Health Services, Manipur, to boost maternal and child healthcare services statewide.The Chief Minister also attended the nationwid…
Aizawl, Feb 18 (IANS) Riding on a sharp rise in tourist arrivals, including a growing number of foreign visitors, Mizoram has emerged as the fastest-growing state in terms of tourist footfall among the eight Northeastern states, officials said here on Wednesday. A senior official of the Mizoram Tourism Department said that the state recorded a total tourist footfall of 6,79,607 during April-December 2025, which included 6,70,001 domestic and local tourists and 9,606 foreign visitors. The figure …
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) Union Minister of State Raksha Khadse, chaired a district-level review meeting in Assam’s Hojai under the initiative of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (MDoNER) to assess the progress of Central Sector Schemes and Centrally-Sponsored Schemes, an official said on Saturday.Khadse took an update on schemes operating across key sectors including health, education, agriculture, infrastructure, financial inclusion, skill development, and basic service del…
Aizawl, Feb 3 (IANS) Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma on Tuesday said that the state government has significantly strengthened healthcare infrastructure across the state by upgrading district hospitals, Community Health Centres (CHCs), and Primary Health Centres (PHCs) to improve access to quality medical services.Inaugurating the two-day Knowledge Exchange Health Conclave organised under the Rs 280-crore Mizoram Health Systems Strengthening Project (MHSSP) of the Health and Family Welfare Depar…
Agartala, Jan 25 (IANS) Union Minister for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Jyotiraditya Scindia on Saturday said that the Central government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invested nearly Rs 6 lakh crore in the Northeast over the past 12 years. Scindia said that infrastructure across all sectors in the eight northeastern states has seen significant development since Narendra Modi assumed office as Prime Minister in 2014.Laying the foundation stone for the ambitious Rs 450-cro…
Agartala, Jan 24 (IANS) Union Minister for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Jyotiraditya Scindia on Saturday said that the Centre has set an ambitious target to boost Tripura’s annual agarwood industry turnover from the present Rs 100 crore to Rs 2,000 crore, underscoring the sector’s immense potential to drive economic growth, employment and exports in the state.Addressing a gathering after laying the foundation stone of an Agarwood Cluster Common Processing Centre at Uttar Fulba…
Imphal, Jan 8 (IANS) As many as 13 youths from different districts of Manipur will travel to Japan to reside and work there under an overseas employment programme, officials said on Thursday. An official of Lok Bhavan in Manipur, said that thirteen candidates from the state have been approved for the Certificate of Eligibility (CoE) and will travel to Japan later this month.These candidates have successfully completed the Japanese language test and a skills proficiency test and will travel to Ja…