Dr. Jitendra Singh on Tuesday released the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) calender-2016 under the theme “Rising North East”, to depict developing modern North East.
The calendar depicts various buildings and other developmental works carried out in each state of region, with the assistance of Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region.
There are 12 pictures out of which two each are from Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and one each from Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh and Delhi.
Dr. Singh also announced that the ministry would be organizing a festival called “Destination North East-2016” in New Delhi on February 12-14 to showcase the inherent economic, social and cultural strength of the Region at national level.
He said that the main focus of the festival was to bring mainstream India closer to the north east.
He said the ministry was committed to change the face of North East by the end of this year.
Dr. Singh also said that the ministry was working for promoting Public Private partnership in NE and liasoning with other ministries to coordinate the development work in the region.
He also informed that the North East would be taken in the first phase of skill development programme. Sikkim will soon be declared the first ‘Organic state’ in the country, he added.
He said Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region is responsible for the matters relating to the planning, execution and monitoring of development schemes and projects in the region.
“The Ministry owns the North East in entirety, going beyond its defined mandate and is ready to contribute in the development of north east in each possible manner”, he added.
According to Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region secretary, Naveen Verma the festival would also include theme specific business summit consisting of sectors like, Tourism, Agriculture, Food Processing, Skill Development &Entrepreneurship, IT, Handloom & Handicrafts, Livelihood, Micro-Finance and Start ups.
The aim of business summit is to attract investment in all Sectors and economic activities, he added.
Stalls would be set up to showcase the best features of North Eastern states/government programmes/scheme operational. Food stalls presenting ‘North Eastern cuisines’ would also be set up.
On the occasion, host of officials including NEC secretary, Ram Muivah were also present.