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OVERVIEW

The Narendra Modi-led Qh Ud]SX]V _a^YTRcb ^U bXV]XŌRP]c Tň^acb WPeT _PeTS cWT fPh U^a
government has always prioritized impact. reducing AFSPA coverage in the
inclusive development, and the region. Long pending disputes
government’s Northeast policy Lack of physical connectivity between States in the Northeast
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region into the mainstream. contributed to the region’s the region. Many decades-long
isolation for many decades. SXb_dcTb PaT Ō]P[[h VTccX]V
This policy emphasises not only Innumerable long-pending permanently resolved through
economic growth and internal infrastructure projects were cWT PRcXeT Tň^acb ^U cWT A^SX
security but also the protection completed. The long list of government. Recently Assam and
and celebration of the region’s projects includes iconic projects Arunachal Pradesh have signed a
unique cultural identity. such as Bogibeel Bridge, Memorandum of Understanding
inaugurated by PM Modi in to resolve a decades-old dispute
Over the last 11 years, Delhi itself 2018, sixteen years after its over the shared boundary of the
has reached the doorstep of announcement by PM Atal States.
the Northeast through regular Bihari Vajpayee, expansion of
visits by the Prime Minister, the railway network, the trial The landmark decision to declare
his ministerial colleagues, and run of passenger train has been Bamboo as grass and the launch of
senior bureaucrats. The Prime R^]SdRcTS X] AXi^aP\ Ōabc the National Bamboo Mission gave
Minister has himself become an time since independence. The a fresh impetus to the production
ambassador of the Northeast government has also focused on of Bamboo-based products in the
culture for the rest of the country operationalizing new airports in region. On numerous occasions,
and the world. the region, as well as setting up Prime Minister Narendra Modi has
new medical colleges, including highlighted the success of Sikkim
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investment has been made in of the improved connectivity can QTR^\X]V cWT f^a[S0b Ōabc
the Northeast for its economic be seen in the increasing tourist organic State. From being on the
development. Several projects numbers in the region. margins of the India story, the
have been completed during Northeast is quickly becoming one
the last 11 years. 974 industrial Northeast had faced severe of the country’s growth engines.
units registered under internal security challenges for
Northeast Special Infrastructure STRPSTb 8dT c^ cWT TňTRcXeT bcT_b
Development Scheme (NESIDS). taken by the Modi government,
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cX[[ ƅ 7a^aT improvement in the security
disbursed alone in 2024-25 for situation in the Northeast. * * *
developmental packages in the Since 2014 there has been sharp
Northeastern Region. The Prime reduction in the extremist
Minister’s Development Initiative incidents and the resulting deaths
for Northeast Region (PM-DevINE) of security personnel and civilians.
announced as part of the Union The signing of peace accords
Budget 2022-23, aims at rapid and has led to peace and a decline
holistic development of the region in violence in the region. These

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