Assam wants more room for development around Kaziranga. At the same time, the Union government and NHAI are building a 34.5-km elevated wildlife corridor at a cost of nearly ₹6,956 crore. The two measures address different problems. Yet together, they raise a larger question: should Kaziranga’s ecological boundary follow science or convenience? Kaziranga Has a…
India’s handloom industry remains one of the country’s largest livelihood ecosystems. Yet its next phase of growth may depend less on launching another heritage brand and more on combining natural fibres, material science, world-class design and intellectual property to build globally competitive businesses. Walk through any premium handloom exhibition, browse a curated online marketplace or…
What the Stanford AI Index 2026 reveals—and why Northeast India must begin measuring its own AI economy. Artificial intelligence is no longer a technology waiting for tomorrow. It has quietly become part of everyday life—helping businesses draft reports, farmers monitor crops, entrepreneurs market their products, and students learn in entirely new ways. Across the world,…
Assam’s ₹1,164-crore A-SEMI initiative aims to build far more than a skilled workforce around Tata Electronics’ Jagiroad semiconductor facility. Can the state transform a landmark investment into a thriving semiconductor ecosystem owned and shaped by local enterprises? A Semiconductor Plant Can Create Jobs. An Ecosystem Can Create Prosperity. Economic history repeatedly shows that landmark industrial…
On June 8 and 9, something unusual happened in Guwahati. It was not another investment summit. It was not another memorandum of understanding destined to gather dust in official files. It was the physical beginning of a project that could reshape how Northeast India participates in the global natural ingredients economy. The Bhoomi Poojan of…
The North East of India has long been described as a biodiversity hotspot. That phrase, repeated often enough, has begun to lose its meaning. But strip away the cliché, and what remains is something far more consequential—an economic frontier waiting to be understood, structured, and scaled. At a time when India’s growth narrative is increasingly…
There are moments in a region’s history that arrive quietly—without spectacle, without noise—but with the power to redraw its future. The inauguration of the National Data Centre for the North East Region (NDC-NER) in Assam is one such moment. At first glance, it is a structure of steel, cables, and cooling systems—a G+5 building with…
The Union Budget 2026–27 may mark a turning point for North East India’s digital future. By offering a tax holiday until 2047 for foreign companies using Indian data centres, New Delhi has sent a strong signal: India wants to host global cloud infrastructure for the long term. For the North East, this is more than…
As India moves towards an ambitious target of registering 10,000 Geographical Indication (GI) products by 2030, the role of North East India is becoming increasingly important. Against this backdrop, GI Mahotsav 2026, scheduled from January 15 to 18, 2026, at Arya Vidyapeeth College, Guwahati, assumes special significance. The four-day event comes at a time when…
The MoU: A Milestone for Assam’s AI Ambitions On November 12, 2025, the Government of Assam and Google (Google Cloud) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Dispur, Guwahati, marking a major step in Assam’s AI-First Governance Strategy. The MoU was signed by Gopinath Narayan, Principal Secretary, IT Department, Government of Assam, and Ashish Wattal,…
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