Northeast student hostels coming up in Delhi, Bengaluru: Dr Jitendra

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh addressing students from Northeast, currently on a tour to union capital and other parts of India, at New Delhi on Monday.
Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh addressing students from Northeast, currently on a tour to union capital and other parts of India, at New Delhi on Monday.

Excelsior Correspondent
NEW DELHI, Jan 7: Northeast student hostels are coming up in Delhi and Bengaluru, and have been planned for other cities of India as well, where students from the North Eastern Region are pursuing higher education in substantial numbers.
Disclosing this here today, while addressing the students from Northeast, currently on a conducted tour to Delhi and other cities under the annual “Students Experience in Inter-State Living” (SEIL) programme, here today, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh said that one of the major achievements of the Modi Government during the last five years has been that the students from Northeast have been provided the facility for cost-effective living through hostels and other means in different parts of the country. He informed that a Northeast Hostel for Girl Students is already complete with construction and ready for inauguration within the campus of Bangalore University. Similarly, he said, an exclusive Northeast Hostel is under construction within the campus of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), where a very large number of youth are pursuing higher studies.
Dr Jitendra Singh also disclosed that a piece of land is being acquired in Rohini, Delhi to set up a hostel for Northeast students studying in Delhi University, while a prime land has been acquired in Dwarka, New Delhi to construct a state-of-the-art Northeast Convention Centre.
Dr Jitendra Singh referred to recent initiatives taken for generating employment opportunities for the youth in the region. He made a particular mention of Northeast Rural Livelihood Programme and promotion of “Home Tourism” which has become a major source of livelihood and revenue generation, especially in States like Meghalaya and Sikkim.

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