Question

Three measures for rapid economic development of North East India

Answer 1

Nothing describes the North eastern region (hereafter to be referred to as NER) of India comprising of 8 states better than  NER VISION which   describes the region as “a rainbow country—extraordinarily diverse and colourful ,mysterious when seen through parted clouds”. To me it is an admission of the state of understanding of matters related with the region and it is also painful because  it is so after six decades of independence. Most  of us have seen it only through parted clouds. A sense of urgency has been aroused   in response to the people’s pursuit for a place in the sun to ensure that the region catches up with  the country  by  including it in the process of development. The most important thing is to identify the  matrix of policy variables  impinging on  target  variables such as per capita income, employment,  expectancy of life at birth, literacy rate  and poverty ratio. However  unfortunately  economic policies have either failed to deliver or delivered an unrecognisable baby due to the simple fact that economic policies used to base on  fleeting glimpses of the North eastern reality seen through parted clouds. There is a persistent denial to recognise the  constraints to growth in the region. The issue of Interstate disparities in income growth has become  more prominent in the post reform era. The question   of convergence or divergence  has not been answered unequivocally. The Eleventh plan notes  a widespread  perception  all over the country  that disparities  among states and regions within  states, between urban and rural areas and between  various sections of the community have been steadily increasing  in the past few years. This has been vindicated by available statistics on a number of indicators. The North eastern region has always remained at the other side of the  divide. That  something is seriously wrong is clear from the turmoil  the region has been going through during the last few decades . In 2006 22.47% of civilian killings and 20.73% of security forces killings in terrorist  related violence in India occurred in the NER .1 This  is like  circumstantial evidence in a criminal case. What is attempted  here is to examine the nature of economic growth  among the states in the region



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