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Agartala, May 31: The recent two-day investor summit in New Delhi has attracted investment proposals worth Rs 4.3 lakh crores for the northeast region, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha said on Saturday.
The investment summit “Rising North East Investors Summit 2025” was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi.
Chief Minister Saha, while addressing the Eastern Region-Stakeholders’ Consultation meet in Agartala on Saturday shared that at least 64 Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) were signed to invest Rs 15, 823 crore in various sectors in Tripura during the New Delhi summit
He said that under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Tripura and seven other northeastern states, which together are called ‘Ashtalakshmi’, are becoming hubs of investment opportunities.
Saha said that so far nine mega events, including New Delhi’s Rising Northeast Investors Summit and roadshows, were organised by the Union Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) in different parts of the country, including Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Ahmedabad to attract investments in northeastern states.
Noting that delegations from 80 countries attended the recent New Delhi investment summit, the Chief Minister said that in the summit, it was observed that India’s future lies in the northeast region.
“Northeast has emerged as a hub of global partnership and mutual interest, and the region would become India’s next economic powerhouse,” he pointed out.
Saha said that each northeastern state has state-specific, unique and vast resources, and these should be capitalised for the economic prosperity of the region and the country.
“Vast hydro power resources are available in Arunachal Pradesh, oil, tea and electronic and gas in Assam, sports and film making in Manipur, Bamboo, handlooms and handicrafts in Mizoram, tourism, health, agar and rubber resources in Tripura, hospitality and IT in Meghalaya, tourism, agri and allied sectors in Nagaland, tourism, organic farming and pharmaceuticals in Sikkim.”
A large number of investors have already signed MoUs with several northeastern states and started working on them, he said, adding that in Saturday’s stakeholder consultation meeting, representatives from the northeastern states were present.
The Saturday event was organised by the Tripura government in collaboration with the Ministry of DoNER. The two-day Rising North East Investors Summit on May 23-24 in New Delhi was organised with an aim to highlight the northeast region as a land of opportunity, attracting global and domestic investment, and bringing together key stakeholders, investors, and policymakers at a single platform.
– IANS
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