STATE TIMES NEWS
NEW DELHI: Government is seriously contemplating to reorient the North Eastern Council (NEC) to meet the current requirements and to address the new emerging issues in the North Eastern Region.
This was disclosed here today by Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), Dr Jitendra Singh while chairing a high-level meeting of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) which was attended, among others, by Union Secretary DoNER Naveen Verma and Secretary NEC Ram Muivah.
Singh recalled Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address during the Plenary Session of the North Eastern Council (NEC) Meeting at Shillong on 27th May this year where he had emphasized the need to reorient and upgrade the North Eastern Council (NEC). He said, it was after 40 years that a Prime Minister of India had personally participated in an NEC meet being held at its headquarters at Shillong, which only reflects Narendra Modi’s priority, concern and vision for this region.
Referring to the earlier years of NEC when it was constituted in early 1970s, Singh said, much has changed since then and not only the level of expectation from the NEC has increased, but there is also an ever increasing spectrum of work undertaken by the Council. During the Vajpayee regime in 2004, a separate Ministry of DoNER was constituted, but it was felt that NEC should also maintain its individual identity.
