New Delhi, April 10: Riding on the Nathu-la wave of optimism, Sikkim chief minister Pawan Chamling laid out a three-pronged strategy to increase the rate of growth in his state while speaking at the Third Northeast Business Summit here today.
Chamling proposed a Buddhist circuit covering Bodh Gaya in Bihar, Rumtek in Sikkim, Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh, Lumbini in Nepal, Taktsang in Bhutan and Jokhang and Potala in Tibet and Myanmar.
According to the new strategy, the Sikkim government will now consolidate its high growth rate by concentrating on human development issues at the grassroots while withdrawing from several sectors. Chamling said some development projects are already being handled by panchayats and NGOs. “The government will gradually offer the productive sectors to private entrepreneurs,” he said. According to Chamling, the hill state will build core competence in hydel power, tourism, floriculture, horticulture and organic products.
A new entrant to the Northeast industrial and investment promotion policy this year, Sikkim intends to reorient and link the region, furthering the Look East policy. The chief minister reiterated the importance of the region as a gateway to South East Asia.
Chamling also urged the Centre to change the present nascent level of trading through Nathu-la and tap the investment opportunities in western China. “We can even export electricity and other power sources to the energy hungry western China,” he said
Chamling proposed a Buddhist circuit covering Bodh Gaya in Bihar, Rumtek in Sikkim, Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh, Lumbini in Nepal, Taktsang in Bhutan and Jokhang and Potala in Tibet and Myanmar.
According to the new strategy, the Sikkim government will now consolidate its high growth rate by concentrating on human development issues at the grassroots while withdrawing from several sectors. Chamling said some development projects are already being handled by panchayats and NGOs. “The government will gradually offer the productive sectors to private entrepreneurs,” he said. According to Chamling, the hill state will build core competence in hydel power, tourism, floriculture, horticulture and organic products.
A new entrant to the Northeast industrial and investment promotion policy this year, Sikkim intends to reorient and link the region, furthering the Look East policy. The chief minister reiterated the importance of the region as a gateway to South East Asia.
Chamling also urged the Centre to change the present nascent level of trading through Nathu-la and tap the investment opportunities in western China. “We can even export electricity and other power sources to the energy hungry western China,” he said
