India, March 16 -- The Centre has formed a high-level task force headed by Tripura chief minister Manik Saha to boost investment in the region.

A statement from the Tripura Chief Minister's Office (CMO) said that the decision to constitute a high-level task force was adopted during the 72nd Plenary session of the North Eastern Council (NEC) held at Agartala in December last year.

"Accordingly, it has been decided to constitute a High-Level Task Force in which Dr Saha appointed as Convener, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Union Minister of MDoNER, Conrad Sangma, Chief Minister of Meghalaya, Neiphiu Rio, Chief Minister of Nagaland and Prem Singh Tamang Chief Minister of Sikkim appointed as Members of the Task Force," said the statement.

The newly-...