archiveNorth Eastern Region

GUWAHATI, MAY 2: According to a Government report, there are 1,449 Central sector projects which are running behind schedule. Among these 1,449 projects, there are 56 projects which have been too delayed with respect to their original schedules. Eight such projects are being implemented in the North Eastern region. As per the report titled 'Project Implementation: An overview, March 2023' of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Infrastructure and Project Monitoring Division, Government of India, 1,449 Central sector projects across the country - each costing Rs 150 crore and...

Itanagar, August 19: Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Friday said prior to 2014, the North Eastern region suffered economically due to myopic policies of the successive central governments. But, soon after the Modi government took over in 2014, the prime minister had stated that every effort would be made to bring the region at par with more developed areas of the country, he said. Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the work culture of Northeast has got revolutionary transformed in the last eight years, said Singh, the Minister of State for...