New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday claimed that the central government has invested Rs 21,000 crore in the education sector in the Northeast in the last 11 years.

Connectivity has also received a boost in the region during the period, with new states put on the railway map and several greenfield airports constructed, she added.

Sitharaman, who was on a two-day visit to Assam since Friday, was speaking after laying the foundation stone for the state’s first university focused on technical and vocational education and training at Bholaguri in Gohpur in Biswanath district.

The ‘Swahid Kanaklata Barua State University’ will be built at Rs 415 crore on a total area of 241 acres, with a built-up area of 7 lakh sq ft.

“Since 2014, the Centre has invested Rs 21,0

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