Nagaland Budget Highlights
Our Correspondent
Kohima | February 13
As the Nagaland Chief Minister presented the State Budget in the NLA today, he stated that the 2020-21 budget would focus on taking up innovative steps in various sectors to meet the changing times and new challenges, with a focus on the youth. He also highlighted the various achievements of the state and the initiatives being taken up by the government. The CM added that the 2020-21 budget initiatives would focus on improving productivity in the State.
Achievements
• Best performing state among small States in Law & Order for 2019 by the India Today Group
• Overseas Travel Mart awarded Nagaland as the ‘Most Promising New Destination’
• First among NE and Hill category States in State Services Portal Assessment 2019
• State Government launched fashion brand ‘Mongken’
• IG Stadium provided with astro-turf, floodlights and world-class player facilities
Initiatives
• Y&RS Dept’s ‘Career Guidance and Employability Skills Development Program
• Astro turfs to be set up at Chümoukedima Police Complex & Loyem Memorial Ground Tuensang
• Nagaland Olympic Association to promote sports and games as gainful professional careers
• TAFMA Open Houses and Nagaland Choir Olympics to engage local musicians
• ThinkFests being organized to enable local artists to interact with renowned resource persons
• TAFMA partnerships with the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR)
• Government to promote rubber growers by providing them rollers
• DoSE initiatives to revive traditional values and improve quality of learning
• Chief Minister’s Meritorious Students Fellowship Programme for 50 meritorious students
• Music and belt wrestling introduced in 100 Schools
• Sanction to set up a Professional College of Engineering at Tsurangsa
• State Government MoU with AirBnb to promote home stays and experiential tourism
• Approval for setting up a Regional Emergency Management Training Institute and Regional Response Centre
• DUDA actively working to upgrade skills and marketing linkages for farmers, entrepreneurs & unemployed youth .