Tripura CM applauds Centre for devpt, demands Agartala-Chittagong flight | Guwahati News

Agartala: Tripura CM Manik Saha reiterated the demand for a direct flight between Agartala and Chittagong (Bangladesh), fast-tracking the Badarpur–Sabroom double-line railway project, and granting a 40% rebate on natural gas prices while addressing 73rd plenary session of NEC in Shillong on Thursday.He also advocated for the establishment of an IT park and urged an…

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Rs 400-cr mission launched to bolster state’s muga silk sector | Guwahati News

Farmers prepare Muga Silk threads in Dhakuakhana Guwahati: The DoNER ministry and Assam govt on Tuesday rolled out a ₹411‑crore project — Mission Muga Silk ‘Senehjori’ — aimed at empowering 2.6 lakh weavers and rearers engaged in the state’s famed golden silk industry.Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma virtually launched the…

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Mizoram CM inaugurates ginger mission, announces MSP for 3 more crops | Guwahati News

Aizawl: Mizoram CM Lalduhoma on Tuesday inaugurated the Mizo Ginger USP Mission Projects , the price support scheme for arhar (tur), sesame, and sunflower, at the National Cooperative Exports Limited (NCEL) Ginger Export Awareness Workshop at the youth recreation centre in Falkland locality on the northern outskirts of Aizawl.In his address, the CM said ginger…

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Tripura launches Rs 236cr pineapple project | Guwahati News

Agartala: Union minister of DoNER Jyotiraditya Scindia, chief minister Dr Manik Saha, and agriculture and farmers’ welfare minister of Tripura Ratan Lal Nath jointly launched Mission Queen Pineapple, Tripura, with an allocated budget of Rs 236 crore in New Delhi on Wednesday.Nath said Tripura’s exceptional agro-climatic conditions established it as one of India’s primary pineapple-producing…

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Scindia, Rio launch Nagaland’s coffee value chain devpt project | Guwahati News

Dimapur: Union minister of development of north eastern region (DoNER) Jyotiraditya Scindia and Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio jointly launched the ‘Cluster-based Coffee Value Chain Development in Nagaland’ project at Sanchar Bhavan, New Delhi, on Monday.Nagaland deputy CM TR Zeliang, adviser to the land resources department G Ikuto Zhimomi, senior govt officials, representatives of the…

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