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News: Prime Minister has inaugurated the first edition of Ashtalakshmi Mahotsav, which is being celebrated from December 6th to 8th 2024 at Pragati Maidan, Delhi.
About the Ashtalakshmi Mahotsav
- The festival celebrates the beauty, culture, and diversity of the 8 North-Eastern States Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur, Nagaland, Mizoram, Tripura, and Sikkim.
- These states are collectively called Ashtalakshmi, representing the eight forms of prosperity as embodied by goddess Lakshmi.
- It offers a dynamic platform to display Northeast India’s vibrant textile sector, tourism opportunities, traditional craftmanship and distinctive Geographical Indication (GI) tagged products.
- The festival underlines the importance of infrastructure development in Northeast India and its transformative impact on the region.
- Key highlights of the event
- Display of unique handicrafts, handlooms and agri-horticultural products of the Northeast India.
- Focus on key development areas like women’s leadership, IT, energy, healthcare etc.
- Investors roundtable to promote opportunities in sectors like handicrafts, agriculture and tourism.
- Various cultural performances.
| Key Schemes to promote infrastructural development in North Eastern India 1. North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme (NESIDS)
2. Prime Minister’s Development Initiative for North East (PM-DevINE)
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