Nepal keen to invest in Meghalaya

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Press Trust of India Shillong
Last Updated : Feb 27 2016 | 9:22 PM IST
Nepalese Ambassador to India, Deep Kumar Upadhyay, today expressed interest in investing in Meghalaya as he called on Chief Minister Mukul Sangma.
Welcoming the Nepal official's suggestion on investment, Sangma highlighted on the need to have more of pharmaceutical and textiles industries as these have huge job opportunities, an official statement said.
The Ambassador said there are several similarities between Nepal and Meghalaya and also discussed the challenges faced by people of the two countries, according to
The Chief Minister spoke of various initiatives taken by the government to address those challenges and told the visiting official of the need to have people driven programmes in order to make any developmental initiative a success.
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First Published: Feb 27 2016 | 9:22 PM IST

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