{"id":276443,"date":"2026-01-14T00:25:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T18:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=276443"},"modified":"2026-01-14T00:25:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T18:55:47","slug":"guv-advocates-sikkim-arunachal-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/14\/guv-advocates-sikkim-arunachal-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"Guv advocates Sikkim-Arunachal cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>GANGTOK, 13 Jan:<\/strong> Arunachal Pradesh Governor KT Parnaik suggested initiating cooperation between Arunachal and Sikkim in capacity-building, exposure visits, and joint training programmes to strengthen human resources in both states.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said this during a meeting with his Sikkim counterpart Om Prakash Mathur at the Lok Bhavan here in Sikkim on Monday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Parnaik, who is on a two-day official visit to Sikkim, shared the rich cultural heritage, ethnic diversity, and immense tourism potential of Arunachal &#8211; ranging from ecotourism and adventure tourism to spiritual and cultural circuits &#8211; with Mathur, and proposed structured exchange programmes for students, young entrepreneurs, and government officials, particularly in the horticulture and allied sectors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Such exchanges,&#8221; he said, &#8220;would enable sharing of best practices in organic farming, high-value crops, post-harvest management, value addition, and market linkages.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Emphasising the shared strengths and common aspirations of the two states, the governor observed that, as India&#8217;s first fully organic state and a rapidly developing tourism destination, Sikkim offers valuable lessons, while Arunachal holds vast untapped potential.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Parnaik said that deeper cooperation between the two states could yield mutual benefits in areas such as sustainable tourism, eco-friendly infrastructure, environmental conservation, skill development, and promotion of local products.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Collaborative efforts in these sectors, he said, would enhance livelihoods and at the same time strengthen people-to-people bonds and reinforce the spirit of cooperative federalism among the Himalayan states. (Lok Bhavan)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GANGTOK, 13 Jan: Arunachal Pradesh Governor KT Parnaik suggested initiating cooperation between Arunachal and Sikkim in capacity-building, exposure visits, and joint training programmes to strengthen human resources in both states. He said this during a meeting with his Sikkim counterpart Om Prakash Mathur at the Lok Bhavan here in Sikkim on Monday. Parnaik, who is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":276447,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-276443","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\/276443","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=276443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}