India’s north eastern-most State of Manipur, bordering Myanmar is facing onslaught of violence and conflict for long. Despite rich natural resources and geographical advantage of Indo-ASEAN trade, the State is lagging behind the national level in terms of trade and commerce. In the present...

In spite of India pursuing the policy of liberalization and globalization since early eighties and witnessing higher growth rates has not been able to achieve much on account of human development and welfare both at national level and at the level of North East India. Human development index is...

This paper systematically presents the geographical and historical forces that have shaped the resource base, infrastructure, connectivity, socio-economic milieu and consequently the economy of Tripura determining the level of human development in the state. In spite of a great burden of...

This study has presented data relating to human development in Nagaland and made an attempt to observe regularities in the same that may be meaningful for devising development policies. The findings indicate that per capita income, human development index and gender-related development index are...

The human development approach to development and growth as proposed by UNDP in 1990 is a widely accepted approach all over world. This paper in this connection is an attempt to describe in details about evolution of the concept of human development, its emergence as an approach to development...

The present paper is an attempt to assess the nexus between insurgency and underdevelopment in North East India. To achieve this end first various dimensions of insurgencies towards achievement of different goals in different states in the region are narrated. The impact of insurgency on...