Excelsior Correspondent
NEW DELHI, Feb 7 : Union Minister for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Dr Jitendra Singh today held a meeting with a delegation of German Parliamentarians to discuss the possibilities and potential of Indo-German collaboration for development of Northeast.
A delegation of members of German Parliament led by Jürgen Hardt, MP and Member of Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Relations called on Dr Jitendra Singh at the North Block here. Other members of the delegation included Gerold Otten, MP and Member of Parliamentary Committee on Defence, Frank Müller- Rosentritt, MP and Member of Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Relations, Caren Lay, MP and Member of Parliamentary Committee on Housing and Urban Development, Omid Nouripour, MP and Member of Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Relations, and Peter Aumer, MP and Member Parliamentary Committee on Labour and Social Affairs.
Pertinent to mention that the Federal Government of Germany is already collaborating with the Government of India on a bilateral project on “Climate Change Adaptation – North Eastern Region (CCA-NER)”. This project is being implemented under the framework of Indo-German Environment Programme – Rural Areas in the States of Nagaland, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Sikkim with an objective to improve resource saving and climate resilient practices.
Some key activities carried out under this Indo-German project in the Northeast include development of a project for the State of Mizoram in Bamboo sector, Eri Silk Value Chain to train weavers, marketing linkage for organic products of North Eastern region focussing mainly on Nagaland, rehabilitation of Oak forest in Sikkim, replication of Spring Shed Management and Recharge Intervention in Mizoram, Honey-Bee Value Chain through Bee experts, aquatic-biodiversity in North East Himalayan regions of India, Ministry of DoNER-NEC Knowledge Management Portal, etc.
Dr Jitendra Singh suggested to the German delegation to work out a plan, wherein support from the Federal Republic of Germany could supplement the infrastructural projects in the North Eastern region as well. He cited the example of Israel which was collaborating in a big way to run the first ever Citrus Fruit Park in Mizoram and Japan which had invested hugely in road and bridge related projects in different parts of North Eastern region, particularly Manipur.
The German delegation assured the Minister that they would work on a concrete plan for a wider based collaboration in the North Eastern region of India and accordingly follow up the same with the Ministry of North East (MDoNER).
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