Nirmala: Asian trilateral highway construction soon

By A Staff Reporter

IMPHAL | Aug 20

Union minister of state (Independent Charge) for commerce and industries Nirmala Sitharaman announced here today that the construction work of Asian trilateral highway will start shortly to catalyze the Act East Policy.

Speaking at a one-day lecture on New India Manthan- Sankalp Se Siddhi at Imphal, she said, Manipur will be the gateway for the entire South-East Asia.

She also said, Manipur will have a lot more to benefit from the country’s Act East Policy.

This highway connects Manipur’s border town of Moreh with Mae Sot of Thailand via Myanmar.

The Minister further said, her ministry has launched Trade Infrastructure for Export Scheme(TIES) for exporting industrial goods outside the country and a sum of Rs. 9 crore will given for infrastructure development at Imphal airport under this scheme.

Nirmala said that the first step taken by the NDA government is the establishment of Special Investigation Team (SIT) to monitor the practice of corruption in the country.

As the NDA government is an anti-corruption government and cannot be tainted by money, there is not a single whisper of corruption in the last three years, she added.

The minister said that earlier at the time of the UPA government only 28 central government schemes were made available to the general public but after the formation of the NDA government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a total of 316 beneficiaries’ schemes were made available to the public.

Such additional schemes were introduced by the NDA government mostly for the needy people in the ideology of “Sabke Sath, Sabka Vikas” to bring every people to equal level, added Sitharaman.

As the NDA government works for the development of the country and welfare of the people the opposition has no power to point a finger to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

She said that one of the priority areas of the government is to connect every village by train to their respective district headquarters. 

The minister said that under the ministry of commerce and industry, Trade Infrastructure for Export scheme was introduced to enhance export competitiveness by bridging gaps in export infrastructure, creating focused export infrastructure, first mile and last mile connectivity for export-oriented projects and addressing quality and certification measures.

The programme was attended by MP, Prahlad Singh Patel, chief minister, N. Biren Singh and commerce and industry minister, Th. Biswajit Singh as presidium members.