NE region witness more than 85 pc export growth in last six years

Tags: Economy/Finance

The export of agricultural products to the North-East region has increased by more than 85 percent in the last six years.

Important facts

• According to the Commerce and Industry Ministry the export has reached over 17 million dollars in 2021-22 from 2.52 million dollar in 2016-17.

• The major destinations of exports have been Bangladesh, Bhutan, Middle East, UK and European countries.

• There has been a significant increase in the export of agricultural products from the northeastern states like Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Meghalaya.

• In the last three years, Agricultural and Processed Food Products Development and Authority (APEDA) has conducted 136 capacity building programs on export awareness in different parts of the North Eastern Region.

• APEDA organized a conference on Export Potential of Natural, Organic and Geographical Indications (GI) agricultural products in Guwahati on 24 June.

India's North-East region

• The North Eastern Region (NER) comprises eight States - Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura.

• The North Eastern region of India is a landlocked region with no access to the sea.

• It is geographically isolated from the rest of India and is connected to the mainland by a narrow strip of land called the Siliguri Corridor (Chicken’s Neck).

• Sikkim - the ‘Brother’ of the Seven Sisters

• Assam- World’s largest ‘Tea Producer’ 

• Manipur- Jewel of India

• Arunachal Pradesh- Land of Rising Sun

• Meghalaya- Scotland of India

• Tripura- the most ‘Literate’ in the Northeast around 95% Literacy rate

• Mizoram- Molasses Basin

• Sikkim- Sparsely Populated, the only state having world’s largest ‘Kanchenjunga Mountain’

• Nagaland- famous for Mon’s Ethnicity