The Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (MDoNER) organized the Rising Northeast Investors Summit 2025, securing investment interests worth ₹4.48 lakh crore. Focused on green industries and sustainable development, the summit promotes sectors like energy and agri-food processing under the UNNATI scheme for industrial transformation in Northeast India.
Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (MDoNER) organized Rising Northeast Investors Summit 2025 to catalyze trade and investment in the North Eastern Region. Collectively, the Summit and its pre event roadshows garnered investment interests of ₹ 4.48 lakh crore through Memoranda of Understanding (MoU), letters of intent, and qualified leads from private investors, public‑sector undertakings, and major industrial conglomerates. State Governments are actively engaged with all the investors for grounding of these MoUs.
Energy and Agri Food Processing & Allied sectors among others attracted most investment proposals during the Summit:
Government of India is implementing Uttar Poorva Transformative Industrialization (UNNATI) Scheme to strengthen the industrial eco-system and to attract new investment for employment generation in North Eastern Region. The incentives provided under UNNATI scheme are (i) Capital Investment Incentive; (ii) Central Capital Interest Subvention Incentive; and (iii) Manufacturing & Services Linked Incentive. Further, State Governments are also taking various steps to facilitate investment, which inter alia, include single window clearance, establishment of investment promotion agency, creation of land banks, incentives for investments etc. MDoNER is also coordinating with States and other Stakeholders for effective grounding of these Investment Proposals.
The State Governments promote the adoption of low-carbon technologies and environmentally sustainable practices to achieve economic development while preserving ecological integrity in the ecologically sensitive North Eastern Region. Priority is given to the projects which are not causing hazardous impacts and are categorized as Green industries, causing minimal negative impact to the local environment.
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This information was given by the Minister of State of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region Dr. Sukanta Majumdar in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.
