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OVERVIEW

The Narendra Modi led government The Prime Minister’s Development and a decline in violence in the
has always prioritized inclusive Initiative for Northeast Region region. These efforts have paved the
development, and the government’s (PM-DevINE) announced as part of way for reducing AFSPA coverage in
Northeast policy reflects it’s the Union Budget 2022-23, aims at the region. Long pending disputes
push to bring the region into the rapid and holistic development of between States in the Northeast
mainstream. Through its Northeast the region by funding projects of had been a major concern in the
policy, it has focused on economic significant impact. region. Many decades-long disputes
development, internal security, as Lack of physical connectivity and are finally getting permanently
well as preservation and promotion poor infrastructure had contributed resolved through the active efforts
of the cultural diversity of the to the region’s isolation for many of the Modi government. Recently
region. decades. Innumerable long-pending Assam and Arunachal Pradesh
infrastructure projects were have signed a Memorandum
Over the last nine years, Delhi itself completed. The long list of projects of Understanding to resolve a
has reached the doorstep of the includes iconic projects such as decades old dispute over the shared
Northeast through regular visits by Bogibeel Bridge, inaugurated by boundary of the States.
the Prime Minister, his ministerial PM Modi in 2018, sixteen years
colleagues, and senior bureaucrats. after its announcement by PM Atal The landmark decision to declare
The Prime Minister has himself Bihari Vajpayee, expansion of the Bamboo as grass and the launch of
become an ambassador of the railway network, operationalizing the National Bamboo Mission gave
Northeast culture for the rest of the new airports in the region, as well a fresh impetus to the production
country and the world. as setting up new medical colleges, of Bamboo based products in the
including the region’s first AIIMS. The region. On numerous occasions,
In the last nine years, significant impact of the improved connectivity Prime Minister Narendra Modi has
investment has been made in can be seen in the increasing tourist highlighted the success of Sikkim
the Northeast for its economic numbers in the region. in promoting organic farming and
development. Several projects Northeast had faced severe internal becoming the world’s first 100%
have been completed during security challenges for decades. Due organic State.
the last 9 years. Almost Rs. 3400 to the effective steps taken by the
crore has been sanctioned for 145 Modi -government, there has been From being on the margins of the
projects under Northeast Special a significant improvement in the India story, the Northeast is quickly
Infrastructure Development Scheme security situation in the Northeast. becoming one of the country’s
(NESIDS) from 2017-23, while Since 2014 there has been sharp growth engines.
1,350 projects worth Rs. 15867.01 reduction in the extremist incidents
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crores have been sanctioned for and the resulting deaths of security
developmental packages in the personnel and civilians. The signing
Northeastern Region during 2014-22. of peace accords has led to peace

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