In a country where most state governments are busy explaining their deficits, Arunachal Pradesh has just pulled off something genuinely remarkable. The state recorded a revenue surplus of 12.1 per cent as a share of its Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) in 2024-25 — the highest figure among all states and Union Territories in India … Read more
Every language that goes silent takes a world with it. That is exactly the kind of loss Arunachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein is determined to prevent. On August 9, the world observed the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples — and Mein used the moment to deliver a message that felt less … Read more
When two powerful neighbours get in the same room, things tend to move. And that’s exactly what happened in Guwahati on Saturday. Arunachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein made a significant trip to Guwahati on August 1, sitting down face-to-face with Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma at Lok Sewa Bhawan. The two leaders … Read more
Sitting on a Rs 36,607-crore budget and watching it collect dust was never going to be an option — and Chowna Mein made that crystal clear. The Man with Two Hats Means Business Arunachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein, who also holds the finance portfolio, called departments to account on Wednesday in a pointed … Read more
