Celled as ‘Seven Sisters and One Little Brother’, NER is a treasure house of biodiversity, natural resources, tourist destination and blessed with natural resources and very much enriched with biodiversity. Landscape constituents of the region such as hills (60%), plateaus (12 %) and plains (28 %) along with river systems contribute substantially in enriching its scenic component. Hailing the cleanliness and hygiene culture followed by the people of the Northeast Indian states, the region has a potential to set a precedent for mainstream states of India.
Coming together in the age of SDGs
With recent innovative programs such as KVIC initiating Khadi and tourism in a tribal village of Chullyu in Arunachal Pradesh and Chief Minister Pema Khandu launching the Arunachal Pradesh Entrepreneurship Development Programme, such initiatives can catalyze an entrepreneurial ecosystem laying a hallmark towards vibrant, self-reliant and inclusive society.
India has fully adopted the SDG framework and aligned its development priorities with the Global Goals and North East region is showing prospective outcomes to realize SDGs. All North East states have been regarded as ‘performers’ in NITI Aayog SDG 2030 index. The 17 goals are interconnected and in order to leave no one behind, it is important that the states take efforts to achieve them all by 2030. This is a welcome step and from time-to-time, the region has set tremendous milestones and precedent for other states to learn and customize.
With Union Budget 2020-21 according the highest priority to the overall development of North Eastern Region and Budget for North East Council doubled from
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