India, which is considered as an industrially backward country despite its availability of huge reserve of natural resources was not stagnant during ‘pre-British period and was even more advanced as

By Sanjoy Ray Assam Tribune

Spl investment policy for NE likely
From Our Spl Correspondent

I get amused at the pace of development works being carried out in our Guwahati city which is not only the capital of Assam but also the commercial capital of the North East,some of the classic exampl

FASS-NEDFi MoU signed
GUWAHATI, Jan 24 – The Friends of Assam and Seven Sisters (FASS)and the North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NEDFi)[nedfi.com] recently signed an MoU for development of industries, infrastructure, animal husbandry, agri-horticulture plantation, medicinal plants, sericulture, aquaculture, poultry anddiry in the North Eastern Region. – Staff Reporter

(The Assam Tribune,25.01.2008)

For details go to: www.assamtribune.com

To know more about FASS & NEDFi please click here:
FASS: www.friendsofassam.org
NEDFi: www.nedfi.com

The North East Trade & Investment Opportunity Week was organized at Queen Sirikit Convention Centre at Bangkok from 1st to 4th October,07. In conjunction with the main seminar and bilateral meetings held at the Centre, an exhibition was also organized to showcase the diverse products and investment opportunities in the North East.

The entrepreneurs from North East India participated in the event and received huge response on their products, particularly in Bamboo processing, Medicinal & Aromatics, Handloom & Handicrafts, Food Processing, Tourism, Infrastructure etc.

A Memorandum of Agreement was signed between NEDFi, represented its Chairman and Managing Director Shri Kashi Nath Hazarika and India Thai Business Forum, represented by its Chairman Dato’ Satish Sehgal. The MOA will ensure facilitation of Thai Investors in the North East India by NEDFi and Joint venture support to North East India entrepreneurs.

During 9th to 13th January, 2008 Mr. Priya Butr, the Thai Dy Commerce Minister and Thai Business Forum Chairman Mr. Dato’ Satish Sehgal along with their delegation are expected to visit North Eastern Region. They are expected to visit Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam and attend the NRI Investment Meet at Maniram Dewan Trade Centre, Guwahati, which will be held on 11th and 12th January,2008. NEDFi will be closely associated with the event.

Think big, plan well (original Published in The Statesman, Kolkata)

http://www.thestatesman.net/page.arcview.php?clid=14&id=164700&usrsess=1

By Manoj Das

(This is an edited version)