Arunachal Pradesh to come up with new wellness tourism policy
Arunachal Pradesh state budget for 2024-25 proposed to come up with a healing and wellness tourism policy this year. Arunachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein on Wednesday presented a Rs 993.08-crore deficit budget for 2024-25, focusing on infrastructure, urban development and healthy human resource.
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Mein, who also holds the finance portfolio, said the budget estimate is pegged at Rs 35,840.79 crore, a 20.85-per cent increase over the 2023-24 figure.
Mein said, " The Year of Youth is an acknowledgement and tribute towards the role and responsibility our youth. In moving ahead with this year’s Budget speech, I commit at the outset to allocate a minimum of Rs 100 crore towards various activities for the empowerment and fulfilling aspirations of our youth. These include a holistic and inclusive approach across various sectors focussing on health, education, skill upgradation, tourism, sports etc".
The budget stated, “The inauguration of the Donyi Polo Airport, Arunachal Pradesh’s first greenfield airport, has connected us into the national aviation map for the first time since independence. However, the high cost of training for Commercial Pilot Licenses often deters our youth from pursuing careers as pilots. Therefore, I am delighted to announce that the State Government will cover 75% of the training and associated fees for obtaining
