Kolkata: Taking the nod from Thai Commerce Minister Mr Krirk Krai Jirapaet''s recent call to escort in closer business alliance between the North East and Thailand, the Department of North Eastern Region (DONER) under the Government of India has planned a huge four-day road show in Bangkok from October 1. Labelled the North East Indian Investment Opportunities Week in Thailand, the event will be headed by a North East Investment Opportunity Day in New York on September 26 to put North East India on the world investment map. The three areas of cooperation selected for discussions at the Bangkok meet are infrastructure development, (particularly roads and power), tourism, and agri-food processing and horticulture-based industries. As a first step, the air-linking of Bangkok with Guwahati and an increase in intra-regional flights is hoped to figure prominently at the various sessions.
Mr Mani Shankar Aiyar, Union Minister of Doner, said the final plan of the 2020 Vision Document by an expert group of NIPFP was hoped to be ready soon, and will be placed before the NEC Plenary session in New Delhi in November this year. The Investment Week programme in Bangkok would be attended by all the eight chief ministers of NE states, plus two Union ministers and members of industry associations, trade bodies and other stakeholders including Central agencies.
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