Guwahati, Nov. 6 -- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced on Thursday that Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will travel to Assam on November 7-8 and 9, respectively.

He confirmed that the Union Finance Minister will arrive in Guwahati on November 7 and inspect the new semiconductor projects in Jagiroad.

During her 2-day visit, the Union Finance Minister will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of several projects.

"Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will come tomorrow (November 7); she will inspect the new semiconductor plant at Jagiroad. She will inaugurate a new land water terminal which has been constructed to world standard. She will also inaugurate a riverfr...