Zeliang stresses on economic independence

Nagaland Chief Minister T R Zeliang today stressed on economic independence and urged the Naga people to comprehensively work towards achieving self-sufficiency, especially in agri and allied sectors.
The watershed development programme adopted by the state has a critical role to play in ensuring conservation and utilisation of natural endowments such as water, land, animals and human resources in a harmonious and integrated manner for increasing agricultural productivity and enhancing peoples' livelihood, he said addressing a state-level watershed conference here.
Zeliang emphasised the need for acheiving self sufficiency by 2025 while lamenting that Nagaland spends over Rs 200 crore annually on import of meat products alone and hundreds of crore for import of other food products.

Referring to the government declaring 2016 as the year of construction workers, Zeliang said Naga youths should be able to enhance their skills and be willing to take any job. It was due to the lack of construction skills among the local people that workers from outside come to make their living in the state.
He therefore asked the youngsters to engage themselves in construction and other works so that outsiders do not get employment.
Zeliang also released a book titled 'Best practices and success stories of IWMP.