NE witnessing new era of resurgence: Vice President Naidu

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has said the visible transformation of the northeast is a clear evidence of resurgence in the region's pace of development which remained neglected for decades.while describing the transformation as "NER in NER (The new era of resurgence in the north-eastern region)", he  said a new sense of direction and a distinct acceleration in the pace of development has begun.
Addressing a special session of the Arunachal Pradesh legislative assembly on Saturday in Itanagar, Naidu said that the announcement of the 'Look East Policy' in the 1990s set the tone for integrated economic development of the region by forging connectivity with the neighboring nations. "The setting up of the North-Eastern Council (NEC) in 1971 under an Act of Parliament marked a departure from the earlier approaches as it set in motion coordinated actions and policies for the development of the region. This resulted in significant gains but not enough to realise fully the potential of the region and its people," he said.  "Prime Minister Narendra Modi while pronouncing the Act East Policy in 2014 underlined that the northeast region would be its fulcrum under which the region would emerge as an effective growth engine for shared benefits," he said, adding culture, commerce, connectivity and capacity building will propel the policy.

Naidu said the Centre has also been making sincere and dedicated efforts to end violence in the region by finding solutions to the legacy problems after talking to all concerned. "As a result, there has been substantial improvement in the security scenario in the region. Compared to 2013, the insurgency related incidents declined by 70 per cent, civilian deaths by 80 per cent and casualties of security forces by 78 per cent in 2019. Signing of the path-breaking Karbi Anglong and Bodo Agreements recently clearly indicates our collective commitment to heralding peace in the region," he said. The vice president said, in pursuit of its commitment to transforming the socio-economic development of the region, the Centre has undertaken several initiatives and interventions over the last 7 years. The gross budgetary support has been raised from Rs 36,000 crore for 2014-15 to over Rs 60,000 crore for 2021-22, marking an increase of 90 per cent.