One trillion dollars investment for North-East

One trillion dollars investment target for North-East in next five years-The Centre has fixed a target of one trillion dollars for investment in the North-East in the next five years. This will be done by attracting viable projects on public-private-partnership model where fifty per cent funds will come from the private sector. Talking to newspersons at Tezpur University in Assam yesterday, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said the Centre has given the utmost priority to develop connectivity in the region to make the Look East Policy of the Country with SAARC and ASEAN Nations a grand success.