Agartala, May 31: Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha on Saturday attended the North East Region (NER) State-Holders Consultation programme here at Agartala Private run hotel and said that the Rising North-East Investors Summit held recently in New Delhi has attracted a total investment potential of Rs 4.3 lakh crore for various states of North-East India.
Addressing the delegates in the consultation meet, organised under the initiative of High-Level Task Force on Investment Promotion in North Eastern Region, Dr Saha said that in case of North East Tripura at least 64 Memorandum of Understandings were signed in the summit at Delhi, through which an investment of at least Rs 15,823 Crores will be made.
Representatives of various business organizations of the state and outside the state, secretaries and directors of various departments of the North-Eastern states including Tripura were present in this program.
“Representatives of more than 80 countries including Japan, Europe, ASEAN and others participated in the Rising North-East Investors Summit. As a result of this summit, North-East India will be established as an economic powerhouse in the coming days,” Dr Saha said, adding that 184 MoUs have already been signed under the joint initiative of Tripura and the DoNER Ministry, through which, the potential for investment of more than Rs 15,000 crore has been created.
The Chief Minister told the business representatives present at the event that the special sectors of the states of North-East India can be utilized to the maximum for economic development. Among them, in the case of Tripura, maximum investment can be made on tourism, education, health, agar, bamboo and rubber, he added.
He further said that in order to create a favorable environment for setting up industries in the North-East, the laws and policies related to land, investment and development should be reconsidered and attention should be paid to subsidies and tax exemptions in various fields.
“The main responsibility of the high-level task force formed for investment in the North-East is to prepare the necessary strategic roadmap to establish the region as a worthy investment destination for investors,” Dr Saha added.
He said that the central government is working with great importance in the North-East to develop basic infrastructure like railways, roads, airports, waterways, banking services, telecom services, which are necessary for setting up industries.
