The 29th biennial conference ofBarakUpatyakaBanga SahityaOSanskriti Sammelan, an apex literary and cultural organisation, will highlight the demand for ensuring economic autonomy ofAssamsBarak Valley. The three-day biennial conference will be held in Silchar from March 11.
The government has announced the Act East Policy in 2014, the upgrade of the Look East Policy. The Barak Valley region is the gateway to a number of south-Asian countries. However, the government is yet to make its programme clear about how the geographical and Communication advantage of this region will be used to implement the Act East Policy.