A Review of Institutional and Developmental Issues in North-East India
| Author | Bhagirathi Panda,Nicodim Basumatary |
| DOI | 10.1177/0019556120916884 |
| Published date | 01 June 2020 |
| Date | 01 June 2020 |
A Review of Institutional
and Developmental Issues
in North-East India
Nicodim Basumatary1 and
Bhagirathi Panda1
Abstract
Developmental issues of the North-Eastern States of India cannot be studied
inisolation without accounting for the varied politico-socio-economic and insti-
tutional factors. This study covers a wide range of the socio-political issues and
developmental gaps in the North-Eastern Region (NER) of India. It presents
a broader picture and gives an understanding of the issues of governance and
development prevailing in this region. Many issues pertain to paucity of devel-
opmental outcomes, ethnicity, demand for statehood, insurgency, absence of
rule of law, corruption and so on, suggesting state’s ineffectiveness and people’s
incompetence to take development to the front stage. An effort has also been
made to trace the literature that deals with these issues.
Keywords
Development, governance, institutional, insurgency, North-East India
Introduction
The North-Eastern Region (NER) of India extends to north and east of the narrow
Siliguri corridor (West Bengal) and comprises the states of Arunachal Pradesh,
Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura. These
eight states cover an area of 2,62,189 km2, constituting 7.98 per cent of the
country’s total geographical area and accounting for around 3.77 per cent of the
country’s population (2011 Census). The region has a long international boundary,
with China and Bhutan in the north, Myanmar in the east, Nepal in the west and
Bangladesh in the south west. Most of the hill states in the region such as
Article
Indian Journal of Public
Administration
66(2) 206–218, 2020
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1 Department of Economics, NEHU-Shillong, Meghalaya, India.
Corresponding author:
Nicodim Basumatary, PhD Research Scholar, Department of Economics, NEHU-Shillong, Meghalaya
793022, India.
E-mail: nico.basumatary@gmail.com
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