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 | | The Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, today regretted that the North Eastern Council had been reduced to "a fund disbursing body," mechanically allocating whatever little resources it had among the States of the region. |
 | | The NEC and the Planning Commission should have "total synergy" between them to ensure that implementation of its programmes was efficient, effective, expeditious, economical and in perfect coordination with the Central Ministries and the State Governments. |
 | | The NEC Chairman and Minister of Tribal Affairs and Development of North-Eastern Region, P.R. Kyndiah, said the Government was making efforts to tap the potential of resources such as oil, gas, bamboo, silk, minerals in the region. |
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