Development / Meghalaya

SHILLONG, May 1 ? Matrilineal Meghalaya has all along been showing the predominance of women in various economic activities besides their occupying a position of pride in the family and society. And now the Census of India-paper 3 released here yesterday has established that there are more female cultivators in the State than males. The Paper 3 revealed that female cultivators comprise 51.88 per cent of the total cultivators in the State compared to 44.89 per cent males. Though agriculture is the main economic activity in Meghalaya, only 47.80 per cent of the workers are cultivators. However...

GUWAHATI, April 19 ?The Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship (IIE) has launched a five-year rural industries programme (RIP) in Garo Hills with support from Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) on March 15 at the District Industries Center (DIC), Tura. Sampat Kumar, district planning officer, West Garo Hills district inaugurated the programme. This was stated in a press release. In his inaugural address, Sri Kumar spoke about the importance of entrepreneurship in economic development of a district or a region and also for generation of job opportunities for the youth. He felt...

SHILLONG, April 4 ? The Meghalaya Transport Minister, Cyprian R Sangma, on Wednesday said the NF Railway had closed down the Shillong Public Railway Reservation Counter as the Meghalaya Transport Corporation (MTC) had diverted Rs 38,12,800 from the sale proceeds of railway tickets between October 1999 and June 2001, reports PTI. Replying to the call attention motion tabled by EK Mawlong (UDP) in the state Assembly on the misutilisation of the proceeds from the sale of railway tickets by MTC, Sangma admitted that there was misutilisation of railway money and efforts were being made with the...

SHILLONG, Feb 19 – Once again a son of North-east India has done the region proud. Phrang Roy, who hails from Shillong, capital of Meghalaya, has just been selected as Assistant President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a press release stated. Mr Phrang Roy's promotion now equates him with an Assistant Secretary General in the UN system. Mr Roy is presently the Director for its Asia and Pacific Division and is based in Rome. He will be taking charge of IFADs Economic Policy and Resource Mobilization division.

Roy's selection was officially announced after the...

GUWAHATI, Feb 11 — North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Limited (NEDFi) plans to set up an information technology (IT) park in Shillong in collaboration with Meghaaya government, and the ground work has already been started. Meanwhile, the NEDFI has devised a two pronged strategy for the state of Meghalaya. One is to identify the industries in which the state had district competitive advantages. NEDFi has already assisted a few high value projects which have already gat off to a flying start. Secondly, NEDFi will identify local entrepreneurs for financing local resource-based...

GUWAHATI, Jan 13 — The progress of the implementation of North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) was reviewed in a meeting held under the chairmanship of the Union Minister of Health and FW, Dr C P Thakur at Guwahati yesterday. Addressing the review meeting, Dr Thakur said that NEIGRIHMS will be commissioned in May 2005. While expressing his satisfaction over the works completed so far, he urged upon the concerned authorities of the project to speed up works in order to complete the same within the stipulated time. The NEIGRIHMS, established in...

SHILLONG, Jan 5 — Growth in insurgency in Meghalaya is often attributed to lack of employment opportunities, but unfortunately tardy and perfunctory implementation of employment generation schemes besides under utilisation of funds have adversely affected creation of jobs in the State. Various urban employment generation programmes had been implemented in the State since 1989 with the objective of alleviating urban poverty through creation of self employment. Besides, wage employment is generated through construction of socially and economically useful assets.

“The programmes were implemented...

SHILLONG, April 29: Umiam lake, popularly known as Barapani, which is in grave danger owing to severe siltation besides facing the problem of pollution, has found a saviour in the North Eastern Council (NEC). The Assam Governor, Lt Gen (Retd) SK Sinha, who is also the Chairman of the NEC, has assured of all possible help from the Council to save the Umiam Lake which is in danger of siltation. "I will see what could be done to save Umiam," he said while addressing a public function at Bhoirymbong in Ri-Bhoi district earlier this week. Though the Government of India has laid down that 'no new...

SHILLONG, April 10: Meghalaya Minister of Finance and IPR, AH Scott Lyngdoh inaugurated the third national-level Shillong Trade Fair 2001 organised by the Industries and Trade Fair Association of Assam (ITFAA) at Shillong Polo Ground on April 6, stated a release. Speaking on the occasion, Lyngdoh said that Shillong has come out of its isolation, and he hope that the people will avail of the facilities made through these kind of fora. Stating that this is an opportunity for the people and the consumers at large to meet and see what the young entrepreneurs are exhibiting, Lyngdoh added that the...

SHILLONG, April 1: The Meghalaya Cooperation Apex Bank (MCAB) launched the "Kishan Credit Card" scheme here yesterday. Distributing about 100 credit cards to the farmers of various service cooperatives under Shillong branch of the MCAB at a function, Meghalaya Cooperation Minister Roshan Warjri lauded the role played by the bank in assisting farmers of the State. Appreciating the KCC scheme as a new scheme for providing easy access to credit by the farmers, she called upon the bank to simplify the procedures to help the farming community to provide adequate and timely credit facilities. The...