Guwahati, March 14 -- Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh restated that the Central Government has been taking an initiative to transform the northeastern region into the next saffron hub of India.

Speaking at the foundation stone-laying ceremony of the North East Centre for Technology Application and Reach (NECTAR)'s permanent campus in Shillong, Meghalaya, on Thursday, the minister said, after Jammu and Kashmir, the northeast has the potential to emerge as the next saffron hub of India.

The minister also affirmed the Northeast's agricultural and technological transformation under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Minister said that the Mission Saffron program began in 2...