NITI Forum for North East to hold 2nd meeting on Tuesday; to focus on 5 critical sectors

New Delhi, Dec 3 (KNN) With a focus on five critical sectors including bamboo and fisheries, NITI Forum will conduct a second meeting for North East on December 4, according to official statement.

Vice Chairman of NITI AAYOG, Rajiv Kumar will chair the meeting while Minister for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Jitendra Singh will co-chair it.

The meeting will mainly focus on issues pertaining to five critical sectors - tourism, bamboo, dairy, fisheries and tea, it said.

The forum is tasked with an objective of identifying various constraints in the way of accelerated, inclusive and sustainable economic growth in the Northeast and to recommend suitable interventions for addressing identified constraints, the statement said.

The 'NITI Forum for North East' was constituted in February 2018 to periodically review development status in the North Eastern region.

According to the statement, it has been observed that the infrastructure, horticulture, bamboo, tourism, food processing, education, livelihoods, health in Northeastern region are critical areas for the development of region.

The forum's first meeting was held on April 10, 2018 in Agartala where abroad spectrum of issues were discussed.