Shillong/Aizawl, June 1 (IANS) The crucial meeting of the North Eastern Council (NEC) will be held in Meghalaya’s capital, Shillong, on 4 June, with Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who is the Chairman of the regional planning body, likely to preside over the meeting, officials said on Monday. Union Minister for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) and Communications Jyotiraditya Scindia, who is the Vice-Chairman of the NEC, will also attend the meeting.A senior NEC official said the Govern…
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Gangtok, May 15 (IANS) Union Minister for Communications and Development of North Eastern Region Jyotiraditya Scindia on Friday reviewed several key infrastructure and development projects in Sikkim’s Namchi district, focusing on education, tourism, tea production, and sports development. On the second day of his official visit to Sikkim, Scindia visited the under-construction Khangchendzonga Sikkim State University at Tarku in Namchi, which is being developed as the state’s first univers…
Aizawl, May 13 (IANS) The Mizoram Ginger Unique Selling Proposition (USP) – Sustainable Cultivation and Value Chain Development Project, to be implemented under the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) with a total outlay of Rs 189.78 crore, was launched on Wednesday, officials said.The project was inaugurated through a virtual programme jointly launched by Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma and Union Minister for Development of North Eastern Region Jyotiraditya Scindia.In his…
Shillong, May 13 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Sukanta Majumdar chaired a high-level review meeting in Shillong to assess the progress of projects being monitored under the PM-Ref Portal across various schemes of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (MDoNER), officials said on Wednesday. A total of 17 major projects, with an estimated sanctioned cost of around Rs 3,108 crore, were reviewed during the meeting.These projects are…
Imphal, April 29 (IANS) Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla on Wednesday lauded the efforts of non-governmental organisations working to promote education, social development, and communal harmony in the state’s remote and border regions. The Governor virtually inaugurated the newly constructed school building of Pou Shankar Kane Vidyalaya at Hougailong in the mountainous Tamenglong district.The building has been constructed with financial support from the North Eastern Council under the Union …
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…
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 …