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IDAN chief executive officer, Alemtemshi Jamir, speaking at the inaugural session of Japan Invest - North East India Meet held recently in New Delhi.[/caption]
Dimapur, Aug. 15 (EMN): Investment and Development Authority of Nagaland (IDAN) led by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO),
Alemtemshi Jamir, held high level meetings with relevant industry stakeholders during the team’s recent trip to New Delhi to improve upon the existing investment scenario of the State.
During discussions with RK Sharma, Director General of Federation of Indian Minerals Industry (FIMI) and Skill Council for Mining Sector (SCMS), the team touched upon the necessity of drafting a minerals policy to regulate and maximise on output in the minerals reserve of State.
Some immediate actions to be pursued included draft policy on non-petroleum minerals to be submitted by FIMI as subject-matter experts, tailored to the needs specific to the State, project analyst T Nengshi Wati stated in an update.
IDAN visited the Invest India Haryana office, ranked third in the Ease of Doing Business (EODB) in the country, and interacted with Divisional Commissioner, Ashok Sangwan, to study the measures that have been taken by the Haryana Government for EODB.
Other meetings were held with the Leather Sector Skills Council (LSSC) to examine the prospects of establishing a leather industry in the State such as tannery units, supply of hides, skills development training etc; and prospects of Telemedicine initiatives that would cater to most non-critical care services such as blood testing, pressure-check which are a part of rapid test kits. Additionally, such initiatives were envisioned at reaching out to school children and ready them with the knowledge of Telemedicine.
In another important meeting with Dr. Didar Singh, Ex-Secretary General of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), he discussed that the immediate concerns for the State was to look into matters of minerals, infrastructure and skills development. As next step, Government of Nagaland would organise a ‘Start Up Summit’ to identify immediate solutions to enable the investment atmosphere.
