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DoNER minister at NEC Plenary

Dr. Jitendra Singh
Dr. Jitendra Singh

Minister of State (i/c) DoNER ministry Dr. Jitendra Singh who was in Shillong on Friday for the 63rd Plenary of North Eastern Council. Speaking to media Singh said that his ministry is to look after problems concerning to the each of the eight States and stressed upon bringing all the eight States closer to the mainland India in terms of development and culturally. One of the sector is youth empowerment by providing them employment by developing tourism sector the youths here would get chance to generate revenue and job opportunities will be there for them.

He further said that a large number of youths here are going outside for higher education, which could be avoided by creating the educational hub here in the region, he also said that “we would like to improve upon trade and defense with our neighboring countries for that we are going in the line of ‘Look East” but before that for the better results we have to ‘Act East” so that we get better results and “Look East” will automatically take off.

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