Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Honors Meghalaya's Culture and Heritage

Sitharaman concludes 4-day Meghalaya visit with stop at century old Ramakrishna Mission School in Sohra

On the final day of her four-day visit to Meghalaya, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman visited the historic Ramakrishna Mission Ashram School in Sohra. During her visit, the Minister paid floral tributes at the statues of Swami Ramakrishnanda and Swami Vivekananda. She was shown the Mission's vocational training facilities, where around 100 women are being trained in weaving free of cost. Swami Anuragananda, Secretary of the Ramakrishna …

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Honors Meghalaya's Culture and Heritage

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman concluded her visit to Meghalaya by celebrating cultural heritage and infrastructure development. She praised Ramakrishna Mission's educational and women's empowerment efforts in Sohra, interacted with communities preserving ecological practices at Siej Village, and inaugurated development projects in Shillong, underscoring Meghalaya's commitment to sustainable progress.

Stakeholders raise high logistic costs with FM - India Seatrade News

Stakeholders have brought to the notice of Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman of the high logistics costs due to the geographical challenges in the Northeast. Business leaders, entrepreneurs, industry representatives, and citizens who attended an interaction with Sitharaman called for rationalised transport subsidies to improve competitiveness in the region. The key issues taken up at the stakeholders’ consultation i…

Meghalaya Visit Ends with School Tour, Focus on Local Initiatives and Infrastructure

Nirmala Sitharaman’s four-day visit to Meghalaya culminated in a visit to the historic Ramakrishna Mission Ashram School in Sohra. She honored Swami Ramakrishnanda and Swami Vivekananda with floral tributes and observed the women’s weaving training program. According to Swami Anuragananda, the Minister expressed keen interest in the mission’s history and operations and was deeply moved by the empowerment initiatives. She also enquired about the …

Union Minister Sitharaman concludes Meghalaya visit; inaugurates multiple projects

Shillong, July 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman concluded her four-day Meghalaya visit on Sunday with a trip to the historic Ramakrishna Mission School in Sohra, where she paid homage to Swami Vivekananda, government officials said. During Union Minister Sitharaman's visit to the state, Meghalaya marked a significant milestone in its development journey as she inaugurated and laid foundation stones for multiple key p…

FM Sitharaman invokes Khasi Philosophy to promote ethical governance, sustainable growth

SHILLONG : Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday invoked the timeless wisdom of indigenous Khasi Philosophy to highlight the need for ethical business practices, sustainable development, and human-centric governance. She was addressing a gathering at the foundation stone laying ceremony of key development projects at Umsawli in the New Shillong Township near here. Calling the occasion a “remarkable and de…