No.207/2020-2021

The 74th Independence Day was celebrated at the North Eastern Council, Shillong with traditional gaiety and national fervor today. The national tri-colour flag was unfurled and hoisted by the Hon’ble Member of the NEC Prof. Biman Kr. Dutta at the NEC’s premises followed up by the National Anthem. Thereafter Prof.Biman Kr. Dutta, Air Marshal Anjan Kumar Gogoi, PVSM AVSM VSM (Retd.), Hon’ble Members of NEC & K. Moses Chalai, IAS Secretary, NEC briefly addressed the gathering while congratulating the staff of the North Eastern Council. All the senior officials and the staff member while factoring in precautions related to the Covid-19 scenario took part in the function.

The North Eastern Council is the agency for the economic and social development of the North Eastern Region which consists of the eight States of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura. The North Eastern Council was constituted in 1971 by an Act of Parliament. NEC has been instrumental in setting in motion a new economic endeavour aimed at removing the basic handicaps that stood in the way of normal development of the region and has ushered in an era of new hope in this backward area full of great potentialities. The main objective of the Council is to ensure the balanced and integrated economic development of the North Eastern parts of the country.

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