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NE chief ministers to meet Sheikh Hasina
: Special Correspondent
SILCHAR, Jan 31: The coming back to power of 18 party alliance led by Begum Sheikh Hasina in Bangladesh sends positive signal for the Northeast region.
Union Minister Mani Sankar Aiyer who is in charge of the Northeast region, was on a day-long visit to Karimganj and Hailakandi, said at a party workers meet, “in view of the complex situations standing in the way of development of the region, a meeting of the chief ministers of the Northeast with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina would be quite significant.”
During his proposed visit to Dhaka, Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee would explore such possibility which would go a long way in addressing the problems of the region and their resolution. For the last 40 years, relationship between India and Bangladesh has been quite strained.
Relations are expected to improve that would create a congenial atmosphere for dialogue between Sheikh Hasina and the chief ministers of Northeast.
On the agenda would be border problem, trade and commerce, rail, road and water connectivity. Most importantly the use of Bangladesh soil by the extremists of Northeast would also find place in the discussion.
Through dialogue and friendly relationship with Bangladesh, it would help generate good will and change the socio economic scenario of the region, hoped Mani Sankar Aiyer. source: sentinel assam
TAI for physical infrastructure development to boost tea productivity
: Special Correspondent
SILCHAR, Jan 31: “Barak Valley produces quite a good quality of tea, but does not fetch the remunerative price due to lack of surface connectivity, awful road condition, flood prone areas and insufficient supply of electricity. Very little has been done to develop the physical infrastructure of this region”, observed Tea Association of India (TAI) president Sashanka Prasad while delivering his speech on the occasion of the 38th annual general meeting of the Barak Valley branch today held in the premises of Cachar Club here.
He pointed out that the government of India through its Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion under Ministry of Commerce and Industry provides special incentives for investment in the Northeast region. Unfortunately, tea industry in Barak Valley could not avail of transport subsidy and comprehensive insurance under the existing scheme. He impressed upon the centre to modify the schemes to include Barak Valley tea and help it become competitive with the rest of the tea growing regions of the country.
He made an appeal to Mani Sankar Aiyer, Union Minister in charge of Northeastern region, to allocate funds to create a tailor made scheme for development of the infrastructure for improved road connectivity and effective flood control. With a friendly government taking charge in Bangladesh, TAI made particular request to the central government to explore the possibility of transportation through that country which would reduce to a great extent of time as well as cost of transportation.
Sashanka Prasad described the hike in the rate of land revenue for Barak tea lands from Rs 9 per bigha to Rs 16 per bigha yearly as most unfortunate. Nowhere in this country is such exorbitant land revenue charged. His appeal to the centre and the state of Asom is to reduce the land revenue and waive the agricultural income tax in order to enable it to plough back its surplus revenue for the development of fields and factories. He also urged the Asom government to take a sympathetic view of tea industry in Barak and offer packages of financial concessions in view of its various difficulties.
He asked them to reduce absenteeism among the workers and the trade union friends to further help the management in identifying the non-contributing factors and doing away with natural wastages.
It would help the industry not only to increase productivity but also enhance quality. After decades of recession, tea industry has come back to buoyant price level to create a new trail. ITA Secretary General Kalyan Basu read out the speech of Sashanka Prasad in his absence. source: sentinel assam
NE chief ministers to meet Sheikh Hasina
: Special Correspondent
SILCHAR, Jan 31: The coming back to power of 18 party alliance led by Begum Sheikh Hasina in Bangladesh sends positive signal for the Northeast region.
Union Minister Mani Sankar Aiyer who is in charge of the Northeast region, was on a day-long visit to Karimganj and Hailakandi, said at a party workers meet, “in view of the complex situations standing in the way of development of the region, a meeting of the chief ministers of the Northeast with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina would be quite significant.”
During his proposed visit to Dhaka, Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee would explore such possibility which would go a long way in addressing the problems of the region and their resolution. For the last 40 years, relationship between India and Bangladesh has been quite strained.
Relations are expected to improve that would create a congenial atmosphere for dialogue between Sheikh Hasina and the chief ministers of Northeast.
On the agenda would be border problem, trade and commerce, rail, road and water connectivity. Most importantly the use of Bangladesh soil by the extremists of Northeast would also find place in the discussion.
Through dialogue and friendly relationship with Bangladesh, it would help generate good will and change the socio economic scenario of the region, hoped Mani Sankar Aiyer. source: sentinel assam
TAI for physical infrastructure development to boost tea productivity
: Special Correspondent
SILCHAR, Jan 31: “Barak Valley produces quite a good quality of tea, but does not fetch the remunerative price due to lack of surface connectivity, awful road condition, flood prone areas and insufficient supply of electricity. Very little has been done to develop the physical infrastructure of this region”, observed Tea Association of India (TAI) president Sashanka Prasad while delivering his speech on the occasion of the 38th annual general meeting of the Barak Valley branch today held in the premises of Cachar Club here.
He pointed out that the government of India through its Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion under Ministry of Commerce and Industry provides special incentives for investment in the Northeast region. Unfortunately, tea industry in Barak Valley could not avail of transport subsidy and comprehensive insurance under the existing scheme. He impressed upon the centre to modify the schemes to include Barak Valley tea and help it become competitive with the rest of the tea growing regions of the country.
He made an appeal to Mani Sankar Aiyer, Union Minister in charge of Northeastern region, to allocate funds to create a tailor made scheme for development of the infrastructure for improved road connectivity and effective flood control. With a friendly government taking charge in Bangladesh, TAI made particular request to the central government to explore the possibility of transportation through that country which would reduce to a great extent of time as well as cost of transportation.
Sashanka Prasad described the hike in the rate of land revenue for Barak tea lands from Rs 9 per bigha to Rs 16 per bigha yearly as most unfortunate. Nowhere in this country is such exorbitant land revenue charged. His appeal to the centre and the state of Asom is to reduce the land revenue and waive the agricultural income tax in order to enable it to plough back its surplus revenue for the development of fields and factories. He also urged the Asom government to take a sympathetic view of tea industry in Barak and offer packages of financial concessions in view of its various difficulties.
He asked them to reduce absenteeism among the workers and the trade union friends to further help the management in identifying the non-contributing factors and doing away with natural wastages.
It would help the industry not only to increase productivity but also enhance quality. After decades of recession, tea industry has come back to buoyant price level to create a new trail. ITA Secretary General Kalyan Basu read out the speech of Sashanka Prasad in his absence. source: sentinel assam
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