Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said that an agreement of Rs 4.18 lakh crore was announced in the ongoing Rising North East Investor Conference 2025 in Delhi. The conference was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Bharat Mandapam in the national capital on Friday.
It aims to establish the region as a land of opportunities, attract global and domestic investment and bring major stakeholders, investors and policy makers on one platform.
Scindia told reporters on Friday, for the first time a joint program is going on for all eight states of the Northeast. For this, road shows were organized in cities like Bengaluru, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata and Indore. Meetings were held with various industrial groups.
He further said, as a result of this effort, a world -class investment summit was held. During this time an agreement of Rs 4.18 lakh crore has been announced.
He said, each state received an investment proposal of Rs 20,000 crore. Along with the heads of the industrial group, new entrepreneurs from eight states and ambassadors from 50 countries attended the summit.
For the development of the North Eastern region, Union Minister Scindia said that the main focus areas of investment incentives include tourism and hospitality, food processing, textiles, handloom and handicrafts, healthcare, education and information technology.
