Indian Chamber of Commerce discusses ways to boost investment in Northeast with Jitendra Singh

New Delhi, Aug 10 (KNN) With the view to discuss the development work in North Eastern region of India, the Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) called upon the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), Dr Jitendra Singh.

President of ICC, Aditya V. Agarwal,  gave Singh a details of the plans to widen activities of ICC in the region as well as enlarge investment areas. He was accompanied by ICC Director General Shri Rajeev Singh.

He said that ICC looks forward to Singh in his capacity as DoNER Minister to support and help the Chamber in carrying forward its plans.

Singh asked the ICC officials to encourage business entrepreneurs and trade leaders, particularly in fruit and tourism industry, to explore avenues in Northeast. He said that under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the “organic farming” plan has been moving forward on a very fast track mode in the last two years and Sikkim has already achieved the distinction of becoming the first “Organic State” of India.

Referring to vast unexplored potential in the field of tourism, bamboo industry and food industry, Jitendra Singh said that the connectivity constraints which hitherto came in the way of promoting such plans, have been to a great extent overcome in the last one-and-a-half year. With rapidly enlarging rail network, national highways and more frequent air flights to new destinations, he said, Northeast soon is bound to emerge as a favourite destination for cost-effective entrepreneurship and profitable Start-up ventures. (With PIB inputs)