India, Jan. 24 -- Northeast has emerged as the engine of India's growth under the Narendra Modi government's "Ashtalakshmi" vision as part of which the region has received Rs.6.50 lakh crore in investment over the last decade, Union minister for development of north eastern region Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Friday.

"The Modi government has brought a revolution in the region. It has spent Rs.6.50 lakh crore in the Northeast during the last decade, with the decision of allocating 10% of the budgetary outlay of every ministry to the region," Scindia said while addressing a programme in Agartala, where he inaugurated development projects worth Rs.365 crore.

"Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ' Ashtalakshmi' vision, the Northeast is no ...