Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha highlighted 8 issues related to the interests of the state in the Niti Aayog meeting held in New Delhi.

During his visit to Delhi, the Chief Minister attended the Niti Aayog meeting, new Parliament building’s inauguration ceremony and participated in the Conclave of Chief Ministers.

After returning to the state from New Delhi on Monday, Chief Minister highlighted various aspects of the his visit to Delhi in a press conference at the Secretariat.

In a press conference, Chief Minister Manik Saha said that he participated in the inauguration ceremony of the new Parliament building in New Delhi on Sunday.
He added that the inauguration of the new parliament building is a historic day for the country.

The Chief Minister said, “Stone from Rajasthan, wood from Maharashtra, carpet from Uttar Pradesh and bamboo tiles from Tripura were used in the construction of this building. It is undoubtedly a matter of pride as a resident of Tripura.”

In the press conference, Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha said that 8 issues have been highlighted in the Niti Aayog meeting.

He said, “Keeping in view the developed India-2047, the state government has specified the outline of the overall development of the state till 2047. The government released this vision document titled ‘Target-2047’ on January 2, 2022 on the occasion of Purnarajya Day (Statehood day).”

The CM said that in the development of industries in the state, importance has been given to the development of micro, small and medium industries based on food processing, rubber, tea, bamboo based industries, handicrafts, agriculture and horticultural crops.

He added that development of the MSME sector is helping the expansion of trade with Bangladesh.

CM Saha further said that assistance like capital subsidy, lower cost power etc. are also being provided to MSMEs under “Tripura Industrial Investment Promotion Incentive (TIIPIS) 2022”.

He added that the state government has released the “Tripura Agar Wood Policy-2021” to develop Tripura as an agar trader in the country and tap into the agar economy worth 2000 crore rupees by 2025.