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Stop choking institutions of N-E : Northeast Echoes
The Telegraph | Patricia Mukhim | Dec 16
Ever since the DoNER ministry was created, the North Eastern Council (NEC) has suffered attrition. Although DoNER was envisaged as an agency to liaison with the different central ministries and the NEC was meant to be a regional planning body, both institutions have failed to deliver. When the National Security Advisory Board met in Shillong recently, one of the foremost issues discussed was this dichotomous role of the NEC vis-à-vis DoNER.
Many felt that NEC’s role is now truncated and its funds reduced to one-third of the budget of some states. At one time, the chief ministers of the eight states could sit and thrash out issues of common concern under the chairmanship of any one governor by rotation through the NEC. At present, the eight chief ministers hardly meet and each state is thinking separately.
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