Ministry for Development of North Eastern Region
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| Formed | September, 2001 |
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 Republic of India
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| Headquarters | Vigyan Bhavan Annexe, Maulana Azad Road, New Delhi -110 011. |
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| Website | mdoner |
The Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (MDoNER) is a Government of India ministry, established in September 2001, which functions as the nodal Department of the Central Government to deal with matters related to the socio-economic development of the eight States of Northeast India, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim. It acts as a facilitator between the Central Ministries/ Departments and the State Governments of the North Eastern Region in the economic development including removal of infrastructural bottlenecks, provision of basic minimum services, creating an environment for private investment and to remove impediments to lasting peace and security in the North Eastern Region.
The current, Minister of Development of North Eastern Region is Jitendra Singh (Minister of state, Independent Charge).
The Department of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) was created in 2001 and was accorded the status of a full-fledged ministry on May 2004. The ministry is mainly concerned with the creation of infrastructure for economic development of North-Eastern region.
Main activities/functions of the DoNER.
The ministry has following organisations functioning under it:
Dr. Jitendra Singh - MBBS (Stanley, Chennai), MD Medicine, Fellowship (AIIMS, NDL), MNAMS Diabetes & Endocrinology, Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region.
Paban Singh Ghatowar - July 2011 – May 2014
Vijay Kumar Singh - May 2014 - November 2014
Jitendra Singh (BJP politician)- November 2014 – Present
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