Tuesday, 25 April 2023 | PNS | DEHRADUN
The governor lieutenant general (retd) Gurmit Singh said that the policy makers should pursue a development model for the state that is socially inclusive, environmentally sustainable and economically viable.
He was addressing the inaugural session of the two-day 18th Annual Conference of Uttar Pradesh-Uttarakhand Economic Association (UPUEA) at Doon University on Monday in an online mode. “A conference of this stature proves to be a uniform forum to deliberate over social change, growth, employment, sustainable development and economic prosperity,” the governor said while stressing upon the need to form economic policies for reverse migration for the state of Uttarakhand.
Stating that Uttarakhand has seen an increase in employment opportunities in the recent years, particularly in sectors such as tourism, information technology, and manufacturing, the governor said that while we should focus on branding of local products for global consumers, the state also should pursue organic farming as agriculture still remains the mainstay of the population in both the states.
Addressing the session in a video message, the chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami congratulated the organisers and said that such research-centric symposiums would aid the government towards crafting and implementing better economic policies.
The vice chancellor of Doon University Surekha Dangwal said that integration of women at the centre of policy making can help in mitigating the rigorous out migration. She also appealed to the participants to think about the Himalayas as a fertile land that can influence the sustainable development of the symbiotic economy.
In his keynote address, the president of the conference, Nagesh Kumar said that India has tremendous growth opportunities in manufacturing sector that need to be harnessed to the full potential and emphasised on manufacturing of export oriented products, sunrise industry products and green products for creating decent jobs, enchasing on demographic dividends and closing the gaps with regard to various social divides.
The president of UPUEA, Ravi Srivastava and head of department of economics, R P Mamgain also spoke on the occasion.
