Arunachal Govt Seeks to Promote Entrepreneurship through 'Smart Village Movement'

Itanagar, February 6, 2020:

Arunachal Pradesh government on Thursday took another step forward to accelerate entrepreneurship opportunities under the Smart Village Movement (SVM).

Arunachal Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Thursday held discussions with the enterprises focusing on different sectors in order to boost the Smart Village Movement in the state. The aim of the meeting was to draw the roadmap potential projects in various districts of the state.

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Khandu discussed possible ventures in the Agriculture, Health, Energy, Transportation and E-commerce sectors in order to further promote entrepreneurship.

It may be mentioned here that the Arunachal government had inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Smart Village Movement (SVM) to facilitate relevant technology innovations, R&D, open innovation, technology interventions and curriculum development in select villages of the state to increase the overall standard of living.

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Khandu took to Twitter and posted, “Strengthening livelihood opportunities of budding entrepreneurs. Interacted with enterprises in the sectors of Agri, Health, Energy, Transportation & e-Commerce under #SmartVillageMovement. A roadmap for future course of projects in various districts of Arunachal was discussed.”

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