India has so much to learn from the NE: Jitendra Singh

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaAugust 9, 2019

SHILLONG: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region, Dr Jitendra Singh said there is much more to learn from Northeast for rest of India than Northeast has to learn from the rest of the country.

“In the last five years Northeast has come more into focus and that has been possible because the government is actually moving in that direction,” Dr Singh said while addressing at the platinum jubilee celebration of The Shillong Times here on Friday.

He said the government is always committed for making more avenues for the youth who comprises 70 percent of the total population of the country.

Dr Singh said that one of the major achievements of the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the last five years has been that the students from Northeast have been provided the facility for cost-effective living through hostels and other means in different parts of the country.

He informed that a Northeast Hostel for Girl Students has been completed within the campus of Bangalore University.

Similarly, he said, an exclusive Northeast Hostel is under construction within the campus of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), where a very large number of youth are pursuing higher studies. A similar will come up at Rohini for Northeast students studying in Delhi University, he added.

Complementing the youth from North Eastern region for their diligence and aspirational focus, Dr Singh said, the “Start-up India, Stand-up India” programme initiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been implemented in the North Eastern region, with an added incentive from the Ministry of DoNER in the form of “Venture Fund” to be provided to any young entrepreneur or Start-Up who wishes to pursue it in the region.

The response to this, he said, has been very encouraging and in the years to come, Northeast may become a favourite destination for young Start-Ups from all over India.

For the youths of the Northeast, the minister added that they are at the one of the best times in the journey of India. Every youngster from across India will come forward to Northeast as his destination and that it is for people living in the Northeast to rise upto that occasion and to cultivate the capacity of being able to make the best use of these new opening of vistas of development that is happening rapidly, he added.