Development finance should be used strategically to improve governance, service delivery in Northeast: FM Sitharaman
Published on: June 19, 2026, 10:44 p.m. | Source: Livemint
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that externally aided project funding to India's Northeast has risen nearly eightfold to ₹76,000 crore since 2014, and urged states to use such finance to strengthen governance and service delivery.
