Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Wednesday urged the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) to publish a ‘white paper’ on the funds it has released over the last 18 months for the development of the region.
“Since the DoNER Ministry has come into being, the North East has not been subjected to such a shoddy treatment like the one meted out to the region by the present dispensation at the Centre,” Mr Gogoi said in a statement here.
The Chief Minister said the Centre had withdrawn the ‘special category status’ for the North East, serving a severe blow to the region.
“Inflicting yet another blow to the North East, the NDA Government has suspended the North East Industrial and Investment Promotion Policy, thereby discouraging flow of investment and industrialisation in the region,” he said.-- PTI