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Modi Government Increases Budget For India’s Northeast By 21 Per Cent To Over Rs 58,000 Crore
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In its sixth and final budget of this term, the Narendra Modi government has increased allocation for India’s Northeast by 21 per cent to nearly Rs 58,000 crore, the Times of India has reported. A substantial part of this allocation will be spent on improving infrastructure in the region, reports said.
Listing the government’s achievements in the Northeast, the minister said that Arunachal has been brought on the country’s air map, and Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura are now on India’s rail map.
The minister added that container cargo movement will be introduced in the Northeast by improving the navigation capacity of the Brahmaputra river.
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