Dharmendra Pradhan Advocates Enhanced Exports and Industrial Growth in Eastern India

Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan emphasized the need to boost exports from eastern India, seeking state cooperation. He highlighted the region's benefits from free trade agreements and the Purvodaya scheme's role in infrastructure development. Pradhan advocated for diversified industrial growth and stressed the importance of law and order.

Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan emphasized the imperative to increase exports from eastern India, urging state governments in the region to cooperate with the Center.

He highlighted the government's commitment to ensuring the region benefits from various free trade agreements under the export promotion policy. This year's budget underscored eastern India as a priority area for development under the Purvodaya scheme, with a significant focus on infrastructure creation.

Pradhan, speaking at a CII-organized Exim Conference, noted the initiation of long-term policy reforms, especially in the mineral sector, which are already benefiting eastern states. He called for diversification beyond minerals into sectors like food processing, marine products, animal husbandry, and IT. He stressed the need for law and order to attract industrial development and job creation.

(With inputs from agencies.)