India, June 23 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:

In a significant step towards promoting sustainable technologies and circular economy in India's Northeast, the CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR-NIIST), Thiruvananthapuram, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the North East Centre for Technology Application and Reach (NECTAR), an autonomous body under the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India.

The MoU facilitates the transfer of CSIR-NIIST's plant-based vegan leather technology to NECTAR for establishing common facility centers and manufacturing units in Meghalaya and other north-eastern states. These centers will support farmers, MSMEs...