221/2025-2026
Date: 3rd September, 2025 : Skill Training in AVGC and IT-ITES Sectors: The North Eastern Council (NEC) has sanctioned gap funding of Rs. 51.178 lakh for the residential costs associated with Skill Training in the Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, and Comics (AVGC) and IT-ITES sectors. Approved on August 8, 2025, this project will be implemented by the North Eastern Region Community Resources Management Society (NERCORMS), Shillong. The AVGC sector is experiencing rapid growth globally and in India, with the Indian industry projected to expand from ₹188 billion in 2023 to ₹419 billion by 2027. This initiative aims to enhance employability, drive economic growth, address skill gaps, foster entrepreneurship, and ensure sustainable livelihoods by equipping the youth of NER with industry-relevant skills such as animation, VFX, game design, and graphic storytelling. The project plans to train and certify approximately 400 youth from the North-East, with specific distribution across states including Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Tripura. The project is partly supported by MSDE under PMKVY 4.0 guidelines, with NEC providing crucial gap funding for boarding and lodging.
Completed Project
Mizoram has completed four projects aimed at community empowerment, adventure tourism, cultural promotion, and historical preservation:
1. Workshop on Community Based Tourism (CBT) Development at Aizawl, Langlei, and Saiha
With a project cost of ₹9.00 lakh, this workshop has completed on 14th August 2025. The initiative aims to empower and enable local communities to actively engage in tourism enterprises. It seeks to enhance income opportunities for diverse local groups including entrepreneurs, NGOs, youth clubs, women’s self-help groups, artisans, farmers, musicians, and cultural clubs. The project also intends to increase the competitiveness of Mizoram’s tourism market by offering unique and authentic local experiences, while identifying, promoting, and developing tourism products and services that are integrated into the value chain, ensuring benefits remain within the community.
