To the unfamiliar, two major ethnic communities − the Khasi and the Garo, living in Meghalaya appear to be homogenous ones. In reality, however, they are the heterogeneous groups socially, politically and culturally, defined by distinct tribal and clan markers. Each one of them ruled their own...

Present paper is a humble attempt to examine development trajectory of Meghalaya state vis-à-vis Mizoram and Tripura using secondary data. Analysis of data revealed that the state is well ahead of the country in terms of human development indicator but far behind Mizoram and Tripura in terms of...

The importance of physical infrastructure in economic development, trade, employment and in reducing disparity within the country/region has been acknowledged by many scholars. With the help of Composite Development Index of infrastructure, the present study explored that the volume of...