Governor RN Ravi, Chief Minister, Neiphiu Rio and their wives and Speaker NLA, Sharingain Longkumer during the 'Governor's At Home' luncheon meeting at Raj Bhavan, Kohima on August 15. (Photo Courtesy: PRO Raj Bhavan)
Kohima, August 16 (MExN): Nagaland Governor RN Ravi on August 15, expressed concern over the “worrisome” investment climate in Nagaland.
In his Independence Day message, Ravi stressed on building an investment friendly eco-system in the state in order to encourage investors from outside and within the state to have sufficient confidence to set up enterprises.
Ravi pointed out that the government jobs are the main source of employment and that economy is largely based on salaries of government servants.
“Even our agriculture and horticulture sectors which are the mainstay of our state’s economy are in distress,” he said while adding that the relative decline is more obvious during the recent decades.
He also called for encouraging and incentivizing the entrepreneurship.
The Governor observed that the “legitimate expectation” of the people of Nagaland peace – freedom from fear of guns, better health, better education, better infrastructure, better livelihood opportunities, an atmosphere to dream and an eco-system to pursue their dreams, was dividend of peace when the security forces and the Naga armed groups agreed to suspend operations against each other and paved the way for political settlement. “Incongruously a deeply entrenched network of vested interests has emerged during the period which has misappropriated the dividends of peace and did not allow them to reach the people,” he noted.
Ravi noted that there is “mass scale mayhem and miscarriage of dreams and expectations of the people of Nagaland” which is unendurable and unacceptable.
Asserting that Nagaland cannot be left behind in India’s grand march forward, he said the people of the state have their natural right of a dignified future.
To achieve this, the institutions of accountability, justice and fair play have to be built and strengthened, Ravi said.
“We will have to break the vice-like grip of the vicious circle of the network of vested interests and make way for the virtuous circle of peace, prosperity and happiness for our people,” he said.
Ravi said the cooperation of the two million people of the state is needed as this cannot be achieved by the government alone. “I have deep and abiding faith in the inherent goodness and capability of our people,” he added.
