Union Minister for Development of North Eastern Region
Jyotiraditya Scindia with MoS Majumdar during a curtain raiser press conference
for the North East Investor Summit 2025, in New Delhi, Wednesday, May 14, 2025.
(PTI Photo/Kamal Singh)
- NEW DELHI — Fresh investment in northeastern states may go up in the range of
Rs 2.5-3 lakh crore across sectors, Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said on
Wednesday ahead of the business summit.
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- Union minister for the Development of North Eastern
region (DoNER) Scindia said his ministry has received investment commitment of
Rs 1.12 lakh crore from nine roadshows organised by his ministry and does not
include any old investment that has already been announced earlier.
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- The minister was speaking during the curtain raiser of
the two-day Rising Northeast Investors' Summit 2025, scheduled to be
inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 23.
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- Scindia said the DoNER ministry will ramp up investment
numbers till the summit ends on May 24.
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- "You got to add to this kitty, the six industrial
houses that we have met and what they are going to invest. Plus, you got to add
to this kitty all what the PSUs are going to invest. The rough order book
should be between Rs 2.5 lakh and 3 lakh crore," Scindia said.
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