Question- Where was the North East Calling Festival organized recently?
(a) Imphal
(b) New Delhi
(c) Dispur
(d) Kohima
Answer: (b)
Related facts:
- From 9-10 September, 2017, the ‘North East Calling’ festival was organized in New Delhi.
- The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurated the “North East Calling” festival.
- The “North East Calling” event is being organised by the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), Government of India under its ‘Destination North East’ series of this year.
- The purpose of the event is to promote the art, culture, heritage, cuisine, handicrafts, business and tourism of North East India.
- On this occasion Jitendra launched ‘North East Venture Fund’, which is a joint initiative of Ministry of DoNER and North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Ltd.
- The objective of the fund is to promote entrepreneurship and Start up in the North Eastern Region.
- The Minister also launched North East Tourism Development Council with objective to promote sustainable tourism in North East India.
- It is the first dedicated Venture Fund for the region with a corpus of Rs 100 crores.
Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=170636
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintHindiRelease.aspx?relid=66956
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=170548