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Agartala: Union Minister Jyotiraditya M. Scindia urged industry leaders to bet on Tripura during the Destination Tripura Business Conclave 2026. He pitched the state as a rising economic hub. It is no longer just a frontier region. Instead, it serves as a gateway to Southeast Asia for the entire nation.
Scindia credits Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Act East Policy for the shift. The government spent a decade building roads, bridges, and digital links to open the area. Officials point to the India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway and the Sabroom Special Economic Zone as proof of this progress. Agartala now sits at the center of a massive trade network. It provides direct access to the ASEAN economic bloc of 670 million people.
The state has plenty to offer business owners. It boasts large reserves of natural gas, bamboo, rubber, and tea. It also houses India’s third International Internet Gateway. Scindia summarized his pitch for the assembled investors by noting, "investment follows confidence, confidence follows infrastructure, and infrastructure follows vision."
The minister highlighted Tripura as the country’s top bamboo producer and second-largest rubber source. He believes these raw materials create big opportunities for manufacturing and food processing. By turning a landlocked state into a port for the Bay of Bengal, the central government aims to make the Ashtalakshmi states the drivers of India’s future growth.
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