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Foster growth: Tuki to NITI

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki urged the Centre to provide a special window of funding to foster overall growth and development in the state

He called on NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Dr. Arvind Panagariya at New Delhi recently and submitted a proposal named – Priority Areas for Development in Arunachal Pradesh for consideration by NITI Aayog. 

The proposal while giving a overview of the developmental journey of the state focuses primarily on projects related to Administrative Reforms, Connectivity, Marketing Infrastructure Linkages, Basic Minimum Services, Border Area Development along with a host of other important issues. He mentioned that the rationale of this proposal was to ensure the completion of several projects which were started under the Special Plan Assistance (SPA) window of the Planning Commission.

 

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