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The Ministry of Tourism, through its various plans and schemes, has been working for the development and promotion of tourism in the North Eastern Region.
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- Tags: ecotourism, Government of India, Incredible India, LTC, ministry of tourism, NER, tourism, travel
The Ecotourism Society of North East India has been celebrating ‘Tree Bihu’, a unique tree plantation festival woven around Rongali Bihu which marks the onset of the Assamese New Year and the coming of Spring! The festival urges people to plant at least one tree in the first week of the New Year!
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- Tags: Assam, bihu, conservation, environment, goru bihu, manuh bihu, NE, NER, north east, tree bihu, trees
Effective warning systems and adequate preparedness to mitigate disaster events is critical to the survival and sustainability of any nation today. In order to sensitize the policy makers of the NER about this, a National Workshop on “Earthquake Risk Mitigation Strategy in the North East” was recently organised at Guwahati by the NIDM, NDMA, NEC and the Govt of Assam.
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- Tags: brahamputra, disaster, earthquake, forewarning, Japan, NEC, NER, NIDM, north east region, P Chidambram, P.P. Shrivastav, risk reduction, Tarun Gogoi, tsunami
India to Get its First Bamboo Park in Tripura
8, Apr 2011Bamboo and North East India are symbolic to each other. One will find the grass-tree almost adorning the face of NER across all the eight states. Rightly then, Tripura, the largest bamboo producing state in the country has now announced the setting up of India’s first Bamboo Park.
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- Tags: bamboo, Bamboo Mission, Bamboo Park, ILF&S, India's first bamboo park, NER, TIDS, Tripura
Energy Versus Power: On the State Intervention in Combating the Electricity Crisis in Manipur
10, Feb 2011We know that every natural resource is precious and needs to be used wisely if we are to sustain our development. One such resource is energy, and is presently harnessed from every conventional source possible. The many proposed dams in the North East Region (NER) are an example to this.
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- Tags: corruption, electricity, energy, Manipur, manipur electricity board, NER, politics, power, VIP line
The Union Minister of State (I/C) for Youth Affairs & Sports Shri Ajay Maken reiterated at a workshop held last week, that the North East Region (NER) is the Power House of Sports in the country. Outlining his Ministry’s vision and objective with respect to the North Eastern States of the country, Mr. Maken expressed [...]
The North East Region of India comprises the eight states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Meghalaya, Manipur and Sikkim. The region is home to a rich flora and fauna, diverse culture, customs and yet distinguished from each other by interesting paradoxes.
The first ever environment youth summit of Manipur was organized by the North East Centre for Environment Education and Research (NECEER), on 16th January, 2011 at Lamyaanba Shanglen, Palace Gate in Imphal. The inaugural session of the summit was graced by Th. Ibobi, Project Director of Loktak Development Authority (LDA); James Mayengbam, Founder of E-Con, [...]
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- Tags: biodiversity, bnhs, e-con, environment, Imphal, imphal free press, LDA, Loktak, Manipur, neceer, NER, Ramsar, summit, youth
The Government of India has now envisioned the linking of the capitals of the eight North Eastern states to main lines on all three transport systems: rail, road and air. The Ministry for Development of North East Region (DoNER) today released details and status of the various projects being undertaken in this regard. While all [...]
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the Revised Cost Estimate of Tripura Gas Based Power Project [100 MW (nominal)+20%] Monarchak in West Tripura, being implemented by the North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO). The project now amounts to Rs. 623.44 crore which includes interest amount of Rs. 51.09 crore during construction [...]
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