{"id":107688,"date":"2016-05-29T00:35:41","date_gmt":"2016-05-29T00:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/151.106.38.4\/2016\/05\/29\/peace-in-ne-must-for-development-gov\/"},"modified":"2016-05-29T00:35:41","modified_gmt":"2016-05-29T00:35:41","slug":"peace-in-ne-must-for-development-gov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/2016\/05\/29\/peace-in-ne-must-for-development-gov\/","title":{"rendered":"Peace in NE must for development: Gov"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\/old_site\/><\/p>\n<div>Nagaland and Assam Governor, P.B. Acharya said peace in the North Eastern region was the only prerequisite to see all round development and to realize the benefits of the \u2018Act East Policy\u2019, enunciated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.<\/div>\n<div>Addressing the 65th Plenary Meeting of NEC in Shillong on Friday, Acharya, who terms the region as NAMASTE states&#8211; \u2018N\u2019 for North and the ending letter \u2018E\u2019 for \u2018East\u2019 (North East), the initial letter \u2018N\u2019 for Nagaland, A for Assam, M for Manipur and Meghalaya, A for Arunachal Pradesh, S for Sikkim and T for Tripura\u2014 said that the North East Council (NEC), as the nodal agency for economic and social development of the region has been instrumental in setting the stage and ushering in a new hope for the development in the region.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>While terming the framework agreement signed between Government of India and NSCN (I-M) as a momentous development for all, Acharya said this has given all an opportunity to put the troubled past behind us. \u201cThis is the time for all of us to support the peace process for a permanent solution,\u201d he asserted.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Highlighting various development initiatives undertaken by the Centre, Acharya thanked the Central government for setting up the much needed Regional Passport Office at Dimapur and approving setting up of Veterinary College in the State.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Urging the Centre to expedite the process for setting up of the Medical College at Kohima, with an estimated cost of Rs. 233.76 crore, Acharya informed that the Nagaland government had already acquired 40.251 acres of land for the proposed college. As Nagaland had already raised seven IR battalions including one Mahila IR battalion, Acharya requested the NEC and DoNER ministry to evolve a strategy to extend infrastructure support to such battalions.<\/div>\n<div>The governor further sought the support of the NEC to promote tea and bamboo industry in Nagaland. He opined that the NEC could help entrepreneurs by providing seed fund for setting up such industries. Citing an instance, Acharya said over 20 bamboo toilets have been set up in Nagaland with the sponsorship of Public Private Partnership (PPP) and by security agencies.<\/div>\n<div>With regard to industries, trade and commerce, he urged the Centre to withdraw the suspension of NEIIPP-2007 in order to benefit industrialization in region and suggested pragmatic land use policy be formulated for attracting industries. Governor also highlighted the urgent need for inter-state air connectivity- Dimapur-Imphal-Agartala-Kolkata\/Guwahati. For setting of solar power plant in Nagaland, he urged the Centre to enhance the financial support provided by MNRE in order to bring down the cost of solar energy and suggested that the viability gap funding (VGF) may be increased from 30% to 70%.<\/div>\n<div>While requesting NEC to set up Food Parks in all NE states, governor at the same time urged NEC to draw a plan for Cold Storage Chain to preserve our organic vegetables and fruits. Acharya also said that skill development needed to be accelerated on a war footing and. To address the need and supply, he suggested for a constructive dialogue between industry, trade, commerce, and universities and Higher Education. He also felt the need to take into consideration the Natural Mineral Wealth and introduce new academic courses to create wealth.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Laying emphasis on \u2018emotional integration\u2019, Governor said under his initiative, motivated by the Indian National Fellowship Centre, Mumbai, groups of specialized doctors from Mumbai had conducted free medical camps, surgery and distributed free medicines at various places in Nagaland.<\/div>\n<div>A first of its kind, Acharya said the objective was to initiate channel of communication between Nagaland and other regions of India. As a pilot project, he said health care and education were covered.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>To further strengthen fellowship with border areas along Myanmar, Acharya said he had taken the initiative to rope in the Art of Living (AoL) and Indian National Fellowship Centre (INFC), to setup up border health centre\/schools under PPP mode. He said thousands of Nagas living along the Indo-Myanmar border particularly Mon and Kiphire districts needed such attention. These projects would be executed via people to people programme with the AoL and Indian National Fellowship Centre, a Mumbai based NGO.<\/div>\n<div>\u2018NE should find mention in national anthem\u2019<\/div>\n<div>Addressing the plenary session, Meghalaya governor V Shanmuganathan said that the Northeastern region should find mention in the national anthem. \u201cThe Northeastern region should find mention in the national anthem, only then the people of this region will feel a sense of belongingness,\u201d Shanmuganathan said.<\/div>\n<div>He also pleaded for inclusion of lessons on various topics from the region in the NCERT textbooks. \u201cThere are so many things about the Northeastern region that the rest of India should know. Sankaradeva, Lachit Barphukan, numerous freedom fighters, various places of interest should be included in textbooks so that children across the country can know the region better,\u201d Shanmuganathan said.<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nagaland and Assam Governor, P.B. Acharya said peace in the North Eastern region was the only prerequisite to see all round development and to realize the benefits of the \u2018Act East Policy\u2019, enunciated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Addressing the 65th Plenary Meeting of NEC in Shillong on Friday, Acharya, who terms the region as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[679],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nagaland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107688\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}