Socio-eocnomic development of north east India Dr. Sundaram A. Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Govt. Saiha College, Saiha, Mizoram Online published on 7 February, 2013. Abstract This study analyses data from the year1980 to 2006 and some data for the latest years in respect of 8 states in order to find out the level of Socio-economic development of North East India. It is, therefore, felt necessary to make a deeper analysis for socio-economic indicators for evaluating the prospects and imbalances of development in the north east region of India. In our analysis various secondary sources have been used, namely, EPW's Domestic Product of the States in India, 51 and the 61st Rounds survey of NSSO, Census of India, North Eastern Development Finance (NEDFi) Data Bank. Wide disparities are obtained in the level of development among different states. Rich economic resources of the region cannot be exploited due to lack of proper infrastructure. It would not be wrong to say that the region's mass agitations and other forms of arm conflicts are the result long neglected attitude towards the region by India government. Communication and transport, health and sanitation, power production and supply, agricultural modernization, flood control, erosion and land slide, technical education, employment generation, industrialization, social unity, terrorism are problems of this region which are to be realized by both of governments to solve population and workers problems. The trends primary sector or more specifically agriculture has fallen to nearly a quarter of the NSDP yet the workforce engaged in this sector has stagnated at about 75 percent in areas. On the other hand, there has been an increase in the workforce engaged in this se ctor in the urban areas. The secondary sector shows a marginal rise in its contribution to NSDP. But in terms of workforce employed there is hardly any significant change both in rural and urban areas. Moreover, whatever improvement that occurred in terms of contribution of this sector has come from construction. Manufacturing has shown a declining trend both in terms of state income and employment. The contribution of the tertiary sector has grown by more than 7 percentage points but it has failed to create additional employment opportunities. Among the youth, the rate of rural unemployment is higher among males other than in Assam and Tripura while for urban youth females outnumber males except for Manipur youth, female unemployment is substantially higher in urban areas. Top Keywords development indicators, inter-state disparities, level of development, potential target. Top |