First meeting of the NITI Forum for North-East

Question- Where was the first meeting of newly constituted NITI Forum for North East was held in on April 10, 2018?
(a) New Delhi
(b) Bhubaneswar
(c) Tripura
(d) Agartala
Answer: (d)
Related Facts:

  • On April 10, 2018, the first meeting of the newly formed NITI Forum for North-East was organized in Agartala, Tripura to encourage development projects in the North-East.
  • The theme of the meeting is to ‘Move towards a prosperous North-Eastern region’.
  • The meeting was chaired by Vice Chairman of the NITI Aayog, Rajiv Kumar and Minister of State for North Eastern Region (Independent Charge) Jitendra Singh.
  • It is important that this forum was formed in February, 2018 with the aim of ensuring continuous economic development of the country’s North-Eastern region and periodically review of the situation of development in the region.

Reference:

https://www.aninews.in/news/business/business/niti-forum-for-north-east-holds-first-meeting201804101215330002/
https://www.devdiscourse.com/Article/3414-first-meeting-of-the-niti-forum-for-north-east-will-be-held-in-agartala?reg=Global%20Edition