Look East Policy now an Act East Policy, and NE region will be a pivot: Scindia
Hindustan TimesUnion minister for communications and development of northeast region Jyotiraditya Scindia on Friday said that he will be a facilitator for the region’s overall progress. It will be my resolve that for our northeast region the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of ‘purbodoy’ of this region to be the gateway of India’s progress,” Scindia told media persons after arriving in Assam’s Guwahati. The union minister also mentioned how PM Modi’s vision to develop the region has been getting translated into reality in the past 10 years with huge outlay increase for the northeast from ₹22,000 crore to also ₹82,000 crore. The union minister who is on a two-day visit to the region, his first since assuming charge last month, will head to Meghalaya’s capital Shillong where he will chair a review meeting on Friday with officials of ministry of DoNER, North Eastern Council and government officials from all states in the region.