AGARTALA, April 9 (TIWN): To attend 1st Meeting of the NITI Forum for North East DoNER Minister Jitendra Singh has arrived in Tripura in the evening.

Jitendra Singh is the Minister of State for the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, Prime Minister Office, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions to lead the NITI Aayog meeting tomorrow at State Guest House.

 The meeting will be chaired by the Vice-Chairman, NITI Aayog, Rajeev Kumar and the co-Minister of State (Independent Charge), Chief Ministers of NE States and leading lights from the region will attend the deliberations.

Rajiv Kumar, Vice-Chairman, NITI Aayog and Shri Jitendra Singh, MoS (IC), Ministry of DoNER addressed a press conference at NITI Aayog  in the capital today ahead of departure to Agartala. 

Emphasizing  the need to identify constraints, streamline resources and add renewed focus on the NER, the Vice-Chairman and the Minister spoke about Moving towards a prosperous North East Region, the theme for the first meeting.