Jagiroad, Nov 7: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday lauded Assam’s growing role in India’s technological transformation, describing the state’s new semiconductor facility at Jagiroad as a “turning point” for the Northeast and a model for innovation-led development.

Speaking at an interaction with students, entrepreneurs, and startups during ‘Enterprise Assam – Viksit Bharat 2047’ in Morigaon district, the Minister urged the youth of Assam to seize this “golden moment” and take bold strides toward entrepreneurship.

“It’s one thing to have a policy or funding — but true development happens when favourable facilitation brings investments to new and unconventional regions,” Sitharaman said, highlighting Assam’s emergence as an industrial hub.

“The semiconductor facility in

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