Economy
Mizoram gets ₹331 crore push for roads, power, services and markets
Jyotiraditya Scindia inaugurated five Mizoram projects and laid foundations for five more, together costing about ₹331 crore.
What happened
Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia inaugurated five projects worth ₹102 crore and laid foundations for five projects costing ₹228.54 crore in Mizoram. The initiatives cover road connectivity, power transmission, water supply, healthcare, education, sports and cultural infrastructure. The programme also highlighted the ₹189.79 crore Mizoram Ginger Mission, which aims to connect about 20,000 farmer families to an integrated value chain.
Why it matters
The investment targets physical and social infrastructure while the ginger mission is designed to help farmers capture more value through processing, branding, connectivity and wider market access.
Source: Press Information Bureau (India)