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The Governor of Assam , Prof. Jagdish Mukhi inaugurated the two day regional conference on "Physical and Social Infrastructure for Regional Development" in Guwahati, Assam. This conference was organized by Ministry of Finance, Government of India in association with the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) , Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS) and FICCI. The Theme of the conference is 'Physical and Social Infrastructure for Regional Development'. This is aimed to bridge the regional disparity through investment in physical and soft infrastructure. Since Assam is at the heart of Centre's Act Easy Policyand it is at close proximity to the neighboring south Asian countries, the focus on investment for thephysical infrastruce will enable better communication with the remote areas and the social infrastructure will be enhanced by providing good health care services and education.