Sikkim has adopted clear strategies for the sustainable development: Sewa


Gangtok May19: The Centre for WTO Studies, FACSI and FICCI held a Seminar on “Promoting Awareness on WTO Agreements: Towards Capacity Building of Stakeholders” at a local Hotel, in the State capital today.The seminar was organized in cooperation with the Commerce & Industries Department, Government of Sikkim and Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India.

Addressing the seminar, Chief Guest of the programme Neeru Sewa congratulated the FACSI and FICCI for organizing this outreach programme on World Trade Organization and greatly appreciated the interest shown by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India and Centre for WTO Studies to support this capacity building project in the State. “WTO is new to our State and it is our endeavour to create awareness so that our people could also take advantage from it” she added.

Sewa further said that the “Look East Policy of Government of India has ushered in a lot of opportunities in the North-East region and helped in dealing with economic backwardness, lack of economic awareness, amongst other important issues. Further Sikkim is in the globalization process and the Government has adopted clear strategies for the sustainable development of the State by playing the roll of a facilitator .The State Government has adopted an investor friendly policy and liberal Labour laws. She also highlighted on the Capacity Building and Skilled Development schemes of the State Government to enable the local youths to meet the requirement of Industrial ventures and other sectors.

She further stated that World Trade Organization is a multilateral, rule-based trading system and the importance of having a multilateral trading system in this global scenario has increased manifold. The main overall motto of WTO is to promote and ensure the international trade in member countries with the mantra of Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization, besides trade without discrimination.

The Seminar was also attended by Commissioner-cum-Secretary Industries M.G. Kiran, Director Industries K.K. Kafley, Sukhendu Bikash Ghose, President, FACSI, H.K.Guha Vice President FACSI, S K Sarda President,Sikkim Chamber of Commerce and other officials.