{"id":92325,"date":"2020-02-04T01:08:31","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T19:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=92325"},"modified":"2020-02-04T01:08:31","modified_gmt":"2020-02-03T19:38:31","slug":"mla-for-reopening-border-trade-with-myanmar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2020\/02\/04\/mla-for-reopening-border-trade-with-myanmar\/","title":{"rendered":"MLA for reopening border trade with Myanmar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Correspondent <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>NEW DELHI, Feb 3:<\/strong> Nampong MLA Laisam Simai emphasized the need to &#8220;formally reopen&#8221; border trade in Pangsau Pass for the benefit of both India and Myanmar.<br \/>\nThe MLA was participating as a panellist at a conference on &#8216;Indo-Myanmar trade connectivity&#8217; here on Monday. The conference was organised by the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER).<br \/>\nHighlighting the cultural similarities between the indigenous peoples residing on both sides of the border, the MLA said the similarities would help both the countries &#8220;grow and benefit simultaneously.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;As of now, informal border trade is being carried out by both the countries at Pangsau Pass,&#8221; he said, and<br \/>\npointed out the possibilities of enhancing trade relations with all the ASEAN countries through this route.<br \/>\nHe stressed on &#8220;amendment and introduction of a comprehensive border trade policy for sustainable growth and smooth functioning of it.&#8221;<br \/>\nSimai also informed about &#8220;the establishment of border haat to accommodate international trade opportunities which was inaugurated during this year&#8217;s Pangsau Pass International Festival.&#8221;<br \/>\nThe other panellists spoke on &#8216;India-Myanmar trade connectivity in the context of India&#8217;s Act East Policy: Status, potential and impediments&#8217;.<br \/>\nICRIER professor Nisha Taneja, 15th finance commissioner Arvind Mehta, and former Indian ambassador to Myanmar, Gautam Mukhopadahya, also spoke.<br \/>\nAmong others, Advisor to Manipur Chief Minister, Rajat Sethi, former chief secretary Alemtemshi Jamir, and Arunachal Chamber of Commerce &amp; Industries secretary-general Toko Tatung attended the conference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Correspondent NEW DELHI, Feb 3: Nampong MLA Laisam Simai emphasized the need to &#8220;formally reopen&#8221; border trade in Pangsau Pass for the benefit of both India and Myanmar. The MLA was participating as a panellist at a conference on &#8216;Indo-Myanmar trade connectivity&#8217; here on Monday. The conference was organised by the Indian Council for Research [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-92325","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92325","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=92325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92325\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}