Ram Madhav writes: A new vision for the Northeast

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The Ministry of Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER) is organising “Rising Northeast: The Investor Summit” this weekend in Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, DoNER Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, and the chief ministers of all eight states of the region will be participating in the event, which will showcase the investment potential and developmental activity across the region. For decades after Independence, the region was mired in insurgency-related challenges. Several insurgent groups, like the Naga and Mizo separatists, had a field day until the 1980s. When the Centre resolved those challenges through negotiations, violent movements in Assam (for example, ULFA and NDFB)...