Growth in Northeast has been transformational: Jyotiraditya Scindia

Northeast is growing 1.6x faster than India, with ₹4.48 trillion in investment commitments and a push on logistics, credit and connectivity, says Scindia

Jyotiraditya Scindia, who is mostly in news as the communications minister, is equally engaged with his other portfolio — minister of development of north eastern region (DoNER). In a conversation with Gulveen Aulakh and Nivedita Mookerji last week at his office, Scindia highlighted that about ₹4.48 trillion investments have been committed to the northeast region, which is growing much faster than India’s economy. Edited excerpts: 

At a time when reform is in the air, what is the way forward for the DoNER ministry, almost 25 years after it was formed? 

From 2014 to 2025, the Prime Minister’s vision was not