Nuklu Phom is creating a ” peace corridor”. The main goal of expanding the Yaongyimchen Community Biodiversity Zone. In addition to protecting wildlife and environmental protection, he also expanded his work to Health, Education and microfinance.
He founded the Lemasachenlok Society. It strives to make locals sensitive to Amur Falcons. It has established three Protected Areas to help increase the number of falcons in its habitat. Nuklu Phom is known as the “Amur Falcon of Nagaland”.
DoNER ministerG Kishan Reddy said in the past nine years, over Rs 5 lakh crore have been spent for the development of the northeastern region, asserting that Prime MinisterModihas envisioned to establish northeast as the Growth engine of India during Amrit Kaal.
He said ASSAM RIFLES has a major contribution in achieving this new paradigm for the northeast and said, This era of peace has enabled us to realise the real potential of northeast and we can now confidently showcase our strengths in different sectors to the world community during the various summits being held across northeastern. Reddy added that the G20 conferences will help position the Ashtalakshmi states (northeastern states) as growth centres of India.
For the ruling BJP inAssam, safeguarding the Vaishnavite satras (monasteries) and namghars (prayer halls) was the prime agenda in 2021 assembly polls, where it registered a thumping win.
Many Vaishnav-inhabited areas voted decisively in favour of the saffron coalition in an election, which was a battle of two civilizations for the BJP to resist the one represented by migrant Muslims. Eight months after the poll results, as Assam andMeghalayagovernments finalised a land-swap agreement to settle the decades-long border land disputes, it is the Vaishnavite satras in the fringe villages under West Guwahati constituency that have opposed handing over of Assam lands where their disciples prevented Meghalayas alleged Christian aggression by
firmly upholding the Vashnavite culture propagated by the satra and namghars.
Bollywood actorSanjay Duttsaid Arunachal Pradesh’s culture, food, and people are unique. The actor who has been roped in as Brand Ambassador of the ’50 Years of Arunachal Pradesh’ celebration said he will try his best in highlighting the uniqueness of Arunachal Pradesh to the people outside.
The celebrations would start from January 20 to February 20 next year, commemorating the birth of Arunachal Pradesh as a state.
Tripura chief ministerManik Saha on Monday said his state has benefited the most in the northeast from the Centres Act East policy.
The chief minister said Maitri Setu, which connectsTripurawith Chittagong port in Bangladesh and was inaugurated two years ago, will soon be fully operationalised and the Agartala-Akhaura rail link will be opened by the year-end.
Stating that the survey for constructing another RAILWAY line in Tripura is under way, he said of the target of constructing 888 km of national highway, 374.04 km have already been built.
Saha said as many as 2.74 lakh farmers, mostly marginal, have received Rs 553 crore under the PM Kisan scheme in the state
The winter session of Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (ADC) on Wednesday unanimously passed the bill for raising a separate Police force under its administrative jurisdiction District Council Police Service Rules which will function independently.
Unless the government allocates funds, the process of recruitment cannot be started. We are surprised by the Attitude of the it is not even releasing the sanctionedbudgetof the ADC till the third quarter of the financial year.
The annual Cherry Blossom Festival Happened between 25 to 27 November
Highlights:
The 3 days Shillong Cherry Blossom Festival 2021 was launched by Chief Minister of Meghalaya Conrad K Sangma and Ambassador of Japan, Satoshi Suzuki.
It was marked from November 25 to 27 in Wards Lake and Polo Grounds in Meghalaya.
The annual festival corresponds with the blooming of cherry blossom flowers, also known as the Prunus Cerasoides.
These flowers mark the Himalayas and cover the east and west Khasi hills.
According To Meghalaya Tourism Website, the festival will have various events and several artists and authors.
A literature festival is also catalogued, with some award-winning authors attending the event.
The three-day festival will also see several exciting competitions, which includes singing and dancing along with fashion shows.
The department of expenditure of the finance ministry released little over Rs 407 crore to Assam as the seventh monthly instalment ofPost Devolution (PDRD) Grant.
According to an official statement, Assam has so far received Rs 2,852 crore PDRD grant in the current fiscal. Altogether Rs 7,183.42 crore was released in the day to 14 states as per the recommendations of the Fifteenth Finance Commission.
Among the other northeastern states, the ministry has released Rs 192.50 crore toManipur, Rs 86.08 crore to Meghalaya, Rs 134.58 crore to Mizoram, Rs 377.50 crore to Nagaland and Rs 368.58 crore toTripura.
The 15th Finance Commission has recommended a totalPost Devolution Revenue Deficit Grantof Rs 86,201 crore to 14 states for the financial year 2022-23, which is released in 12 equated monthly instalments.
The financial support will be provided to harness technology and promote new developments to accommodate the increasing Population in Agartala, he said. Agartala, one of the fastest-developing cities in the country, is strategically located near the BangladeshBhutanIndiaNepal economic corridor and has the potential to become a commercial hub for the northeastern region, the official said.
The project will upgrade the city’s urban and Services that will facilitate economic resilience and improve the Quality Of Life of its residents, the official said. However, the city currently suffers from poor infrastructure such as inadequate Drainage Systems and road networks.
APEDA (Agricultural and Processed Food Products Development and Authority) recently formulated a Strategy for the promotion of Export of Agricultural and products from North-Eastern (NE) states of India.
APEDA has launched a platform in Assam, which will help the exporters to get products from producer group and processors, directly.
This platform will be linked among the producers & processors of Assam and exporters from across India. This move will expand the base of export pockets inNE states.
Central Government had launched Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North East Region (MOVCD-NER) in a bid to promote the region as Agri Export Hub.