North East

Arunachal Pradesh has launched the Arunachal Pradesh Public Private Partnership Policy- 2011 with the PPP (Public-Private Partnership) approach. The PPP approach is best suited for the infrastructure sector as it supplements scarce public resources. The approach creates a more competitive environment and helps to improve efficiencies and reduce costs. Objectives: ...

The Government has approved a package of fiscal incentives and other concessions for the North East Region namely the ‘North East Industrial and Investment Promotion Policy (NEIIPP), 2007’, effective from 1-4-2007. Coverage: NEIIPP covers the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim. Eligibility: All new ...

Arunachal Pradesh, the largest in area amongst the Northeastern States of India, is endowed with plenty of natural resources, which need to be converted into goods and services for the development of the State and its people. Having the potential of industrial growth, the state is just at emerging stage. The ...

Objective: Through the AACP, irrigation development would focus on expanding dry season cultivation. Leading to increased intensification and diversification of production systems, by promoting small scale irrigation systems using both ground and surface water resources and pilot testing new irrigation technologies. Components of Project: Project activities would be grouped into ...

The tourism sector has been proven to be one of the most growing and sustainable industry in the world. Assam has a remarkable history and strong points of tourism attractions like natural beauty, ethnic mixture, cultural variety and various fauna and flora. Such a wide range of tourism resources gives ...

As Information Technology (IT) is one of the fastest growing sectors in world and has become pervasive, the Assam government has formulated its IT Policy keeping in mind its priority and to exploit the opportunities exist in the field with the desire to become leading destination for investment  in Information ...

Despite being rich in natural resources and having huge human capital, Assam’s growth rate has been far behind than that of other industrialized states. One of the main reasons behind this is lack of employment opportunities. So, in order to curb these problems, the state government focuses on promoting MSME ...

Infosys Foundation, the philanthropic arm of India’s second-largest software exporter Infosys, has started backing healthcare and education projects in the North-eastern part of the country. Infosys Foundation has a CSR budget of about Rs 269 crore for the 2015-16 financial year, up from the Rs 254 crore the company spent ...

Road and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari told that Nagaland road project will be taken up till March 2017. The Centre decided to have roads of more than 10,000 km in length in the region which would incur an approximate cost of Rs 1 lakh crore in a five-year span. Gadkari ...

News: Chief Minister Nabam Tuki said the revision of monetary ceilings of statutory financial assistance to the workers employed in building and construction work had been approved for the welfare of labourers. He said, medical assistance up to Rs 15,000 in normal case and up to Rs 25,000 in case ...