New Delhi, May 30 (KNN) Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang has urged the union government to establish an export-oriented, industry-empowered Organic Food Park cum Free Trade Warehousing Zone in the State.

Speaking at the recently held 8th Meeting of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog in New Delhi, he also requested the central government to build a Multi-modal Corridor with a modern integrated check post between the State of Sikkim and Eastern Nepal through Chewa Bhanjyang. 

Highlighting the significance to MSMEs in the state, he said that most of the MSMEs in the state are based on mountain agriculture heritage and services like tourism, health, education, energy, and traditional crafts.

In this regard, he requested the NITI Aayog to establish an export-oriented, industry-empowered Organic Food Park cum Free Trade Warehousing Zone in the State.

Further he informed the gathering that the state has achieved the highest per capita income in the country and added that the first India Multi-dimensional Poverty Index Report published by NITI Aayog declared that Sikkim with 3.82 percent has the third lowest percentage of the population who are multi-dimensionally poor in India.

“We are keen to accomplish the dream of 'Vikasit Bharat' by 2047, founded on four pillars of infrastructure, investment, innovation, and inclusion so eloquently propounded by Prime Minister Narendra Modi Ji in the second National Conference of Chief Secretaries held in Delhi in January 2023,” said the CM.

Underlining the advice of the Prime Minister during the National Conference of Chief Secretaries held in Dharamshala in June 2022, regarding the use of drone transportation of fruits and other perishable products from interior areas to markets, the Chief Minister sought the support of the Union Government to explore the possibility to address one of the major concerns of marketing.  (KNN Bureau)