<p style='text-align:justify;'>Northern region, one of the largest regions in India constitutes 30.8 percent of country's total area
              and 31 percent of the country's population, contributing over 26 percent to the national GDP. This
              region has numerous unique strengths such as significant pool of highly skilled and unskilled labour,
              abundance of natural resources, vast land banks, growing infrastructure, continuous government
              support and many more. Together, these factors make the region a viable investment destination.</p>
              <p style='text-align:justify;'>Keeping in view the strong potential of Northern Region, ASSOCHAM formed a Northern Region
              Development Council which is currently covering the 3 Indian States i.e Haryana, Himachal Pradesh
              and Punjab & 2 UT&apos;s i.e Chandigarh and Jammu & Kashmir.</p>
              <p style='text-align:justify;'>International Tractors Limited (Sonalika), Vice Chairman,   Amrit Sagar Mittal &   Suneet
              Kochhar, Director, Khanna Paper Mills took the charge of ASSOCHAM's Chairman & Co-Chairman for
              Northern Region Development Council.</p>
              <p style='text-align:justify;'>Elaborating on the priorities for the year 2021-22 and beyond, ASSOCHAM Northern Region
              Development Council will work closely with the State Governments of the northern region as an
              equal partner for the holistic and sustainable growth of the industry sectors in the region.</p>