The second meeting of the NITI Forum for the North East is being held in Guwahati today. Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region, Dr Jitendra Singh and Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog Rajiv Kumar is taking part in the meeting.
NITI Forum for North East was constituted this year to periodically review the development status in the region. It is tasked to identify various constraints on the way of accelerated, inclusive and sustainable economic growth in the North East and to recommend suitable interventions for addressing identified constraints.
The members of the forum include Secretaries of various central ministries, Chief Secretaries of all eight North-eastern states, senior government officials and experts from various fields.
