New Delhi, Jul 15 : Paban Singh Ghatowar, a tea garden leader from Assam has a dream plan to boost progress of Northeastern region. Ghatowar, who has been inducted in the UPA-2 ministry as minister for the Development of Northeastern Region (DoNER) told NEWS LIVE that his thrust will be to see faster development of Assam and the Northeast.
He said that his prime aim will be to boost up infrastructures of the region so that the backwardness of it is removed speedily and can advanced like other developed states of India.
Paban Singh Ghatowar, a veteran Congress leader from Assam who was inducted into the central council of ministers Tuesday (July 12), is a tea garden leader from Assam.
Ghatowar, 59, the new minister of state with independent charge of the Development of Northeastern Region (DoNER), has represented the Dibrugarh parliamentary seat for five terms since 1991.
He was Union deputy minister, labour, in 1991, and then took charge as deputy minister, Health and Family Welfare, in 1993.
In 1995, his status was upgraded when he was inducted as union minister of state, health and family welfare.
Ghatowar was president of the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee in 2002. His wife Jibantara Ghatowar is a legislator in Assam.
Ghatowar joined the Congress in 1986 but was associated with the various trade unions during college days. He actively led the Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha, the apex union representing nearly 800-odd tea gardens in Assam.
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