{"id":147861,"date":"2021-01-20T01:53:46","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T20:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=147861"},"modified":"2021-01-20T01:53:46","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T20:23:46","slug":"cm-calls-on-pm-submits-memorandum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2021\/01\/20\/cm-calls-on-pm-submits-memorandum\/","title":{"rendered":"CM calls on PM, submits memorandum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>NEW DELHI, 19 Jan:<\/strong> Chief Minister Pema Khandu called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on 18 January and submitted a detailed memorandum on the developmental requirements and issues of public interest vis-\u00e0-vis Arunachal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The development support sought included connectivity (roads, air, power transmission and digital), comprehensive border area development, and one-time grant for replacement of NEFA period government infrastructures.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A roadmap for self-reliance of Arunachal through sustainable hydropower, tourism and agriculture sectors found prominence during the discussion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;With the proactive support from government of India, Arunachal Pradesh aspires to be an important contributor to the 5 trillion-dollar economy,&#8221; Khandu said, and sought handholding for the same.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He emphasized that, with a small population and vast resource base, Arunachal would like to transition from a grant-based economy to a self-reliant economy and contribute to the national economy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The prime minister positively engaged in the hour-long meeting and commended the Arunachal government for its people-friendly and development-oriented governance. He assured to address all the issues highlighted in the memorandum in a time-bound manner. (CM&#8217;s PR Cell)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI, 19 Jan: Chief Minister Pema Khandu called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on 18 January and submitted a detailed memorandum on the developmental requirements and issues of public interest vis-\u00e0-vis Arunachal. The development support sought included connectivity (roads, air, power transmission and digital), comprehensive border area development, and one-time grant for replacement [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":147870,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-147861","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}