‘Plan Honestly To Achieve Sustainable Development’ Says B D Mishra

Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh Governor Brig (Retd) Dr B D Mishra on Friday called upon the plan and execute government schemes with honesty, transparency, accountability and mid-course correction to achieve sustainable development goals.

Addressing the two-day workshop on ‘Building capacities to take forward sustainable development goals in Arunachal Pradesh’ here, B D Mishra while advising the participants on making the developmental process sustainable, pointed out that terrorism and environmental degradation are two factors, which trip the process. He stressed that internal security must be reinforced and the environment should be protected at all cost. He also cautioned against forces, who are all set to destroy the state’s economy.

Stating that Antyodaya should be the ultimate goal of development schemes, where last man in the queue is benefited, Mishra said that unlike Bolsheviks World Order, the order of modern times should be inclusive growth and lift everyone up to higher niche.

“Aspirational district concept of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the right step for the development,” he said. “Arunachal Pradesh has unlimited opportunity for development in various sectors, including tourism, agriculture, horticulture, bamboo related works and organic farming, provided the developmental focus is on harnessing the hydropower potential, facilitating surface movement and strengthening the electronic connectivity,” he pointed out.

The governor also released a statistical book on the occasion titled ‘Arunachal Pradesh- A statistical profile of its economy and society, on the occasion.

State chief secretary Shri Satya Gopal, IAS, Rajiv Gandhi University vice chancellor Professor Saket Kushwaha, New Delhi-based visiting Fellow of Research and Information Systems for Developing Countries, Dr Pramod Kumar Anand, State Technical Officer, UNDP, Guwahati Supriya Khound, Special Secretary Planning Himanshu Gupta and Director Planning Pallab Dey also addressed the inaugural session.

Also Read: Arunachal News