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The Tourism Ministry's Swadesh Darshan initiative now includes five Northeast Indian states: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, and Tripura. The progress of the Swadesh Darshan Scheme, a major project aimed at the integrated development of theme-based tourism circuits across India, was recently announced by the Tourism Ministry. The Swadesh Darshan scheme, which was introduced in 2014–15, has since evolved into Swadesh Darshan 2.0, which places a greater focus on creating responsible and sustainable travel destinations. Under the Swadesh Darshan initiative, 76 projects totaling Rs. 5,287.90 crore in investment were approved; 75 of these projects have been physically finished. 34 new…