SHILLONG, JUN 4: Terming the eight North Eastern states the future “Ashtalakshmi of India,” Union DoNER Minister Jyotiraditya M Scindia on Thursday said the region will form the “central core” of Viksit Bharat by 2047, following the roadmap laid out by Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
Speaking on the sidelines of the 73rd NEC Plenary in Shillong, Scindia said Shah had set the agenda for the North Eastern Council and the eight states for the next year.
“The Home Minister has set the path for the NEC and for all our eight states for the next 12 months. We are now going to work as per his direction,” he said.
“Under the Prime Minister’s leadership, the eight states are going from strength to strength,” Scindia added.
“They will become the Ashtalakshmi of India as we advance towards Viksit Bharat 2027.”
The minister credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “visionary vision” for driving growth in the region.
“The leaps of progress that the North East had undertaken under Prime Minister’s visionary vision has actually led to huge economic growth across the length and breadth of the North East,” he said.
Looking ahead to 2047, Scindia said the region’s role would be pivotal.
“By 2047 as the Bharat becomes a viksit, the North East will become a very central core of that Viksit Bharat 2047,” he said.
The two-day NEC plenary, chaired by Amit Shah, is reviewing ongoing projects and finalizing development priorities for the North Eastern states for 2026-27.
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