The newly floated regional party, Assam Jatiya Parishad, has roped in noted economist and former high commissioner to the UK, Jaimini Bhagwati, to head its economic planning advisory council which will suggest measures to strengthen the state’s economy.
AJP president Lurinjyoti Gogoi said on Tuesday that they formed the council as the party, formed last year to “oust the divisive” BJP from power in the state, was committed to ensuring the economic and social security of all “legitimate” residents of Assam.
“We are taking an initiative to develop a financial and economic road map with practical short, medium and long-term steps to strengthen Assam’s economy through government and self-help steps so that in the future the government can provide adequate employment, infrastructure and environment wherein entrepreneurship can flourish,” Lurinjyoti said.
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New Delhi: India and the UK are expected to take the first step towards a comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA) by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a smaller trade deal, known as ‘early harvest’, during British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s visit later this month.
Johnson has been invited by Modi to be the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations.
Now that the UK has finalised and signed a trade deal with the European Union (EU), thereby exiting the union’s single-market access completely, London is expected to increase pressure on New Delhi for an FTA, sources told ThePrint.
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