IAS officers to model ethnic northeastern attire next week
NEWDELHI: Officers of the Indian Administrative Services (IAS) will take up the role of models at an event here next week to showcase the works of designers from the northeast.
The event is part of the ministry of development of north eastern region (DoNER)’s attempts to build bridges between northeastern states and the rest of the country.
The officers who will participate in the programme at the India Gate on September 9th and 10th belong to the 2015 batch and are posted as assistant secretaries in different ministries at the Centre.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has described the northeastern region as a ‘gateway to South Asia’ and said the Centre is keen on reducing the distance between them and the rest of the country through its ambitious ‘act-east policy’.
The DoNER ministry’s initiative is in line with the PM’s call, and comes in the wake of a spate of racially motivated attacks against the people of the region in cities such as New Delhi and Bengaluru.
Ira Singhal, assistant secretary in the DoNER ministry said, “there are many people who are unaware of the region and think Mizoram is not part of India. Since, most of us come from different parts of the country ourselves; our effort is to promote all aspects of the N-E region from culture to food.”