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Make Guwahati the ‘New York’ of NE and Manipur ‘Gateway’ to ASEAN

Dr Bishanjit Loitongbam The Northeast of India has not seen “balanced development” since independence. Most of the economic activities in the Northeast states of India are government dependent and these have made our economy dormant. It has been postulated that landlocked, poor infrastructure, poor governance, corruption, lack of investment, small market size, law and order […]

Dr Bishanjit Loitongbam The Northeast of India has not seen “balanced development” since independence. Most of the economic activities in the Northeast states of India are government dependent and these have made our economy dormant. It has been postulated that landlocked, poor infrastructure, poor governance, corruption, lack of investment, small market size, law and order […]

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Make Guwahati the ‘New York’ of NE and Manipur ‘Gateway’ to ASEAN

The Northeast of India has not seen “balanced development” since independence. Most of the economic activities in the Northeast states of India are government dependent and these have made our economy dormant. It has been postulated that landlocked, poor infrastructure, poor governance, corruption, lack of investment, small market size, law and order (both external and internal), etc. engender the North Eastern (NE) States of India one of the most economically backward region in this country. It is believed that lack of connectivity within the region has hindered more significantly on the region’s economic growth than the isolation from the rest of the country. To end the region’s geo-political isolation and to enhance social and economic mobility and market integration, improving connectivity is an important precondition. Connectivity infrastructure in Manipur is the worst among the NE states. Shipping link (private and public line) is necessary. Trilateral roads has not exploited into economic exploitation and need to update infrastructure. There is no holistic approach of how to use this trilateral in order to promote economic development of this region.

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The Northeast of India has not seen “balanced development” since independence. Most of the economic activities in the Northeast states of India are government dependent and these have made our economy dormant. It has been postulated that landlocked, poor infrastructure, poor governance, corruption, lack of investment, small market size, law and order (both external and internal), etc. engender the North Eastern (NE) States of India one of the most economically backward region in this country. It is believed that lack of connectivity within the region has hindered more significantly on the region’s economic growth than the isolation from the rest of the country. To end the region’s geo-political isolation and to enhance social and economic mobility and market integration, improving connectivity is an important precondition. Connectivity infrastructure in Manipur is the worst among the NE states. Shipping link (private and public line) is necessary. Trilateral roads has not exploited into economic exploitation and need to update infrastructure. There is no holistic approach of how to use this trilateral in order to promote economic development of this region.

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New approaches towards North East industrial development

The Industrial development of the North-eastern States (NES) of India is in an infant stage. The value added by the manufacturing sector in the net state domestic product (NSDP) for Arunachal Pradesh is 7% in 2013 as against 11% in 2009, Assam 13.4% i…

The Industrial development of the North-eastern States (NES) of India is in an infant stage. The value added by the manufacturing sector in the net state domestic product (NSDP) for Arunachal Pradesh is 7% in 2013 as against 11% in 2009, Assam 13.4% in 2013 as against 20% in 2009, Manipur 10% in 2013 as against 11% in 2009, Meghalaya 13.2% in 2013 as against 18.3% in 2009, Mizoram 3.7% in 2013 as against 3.8% in 2009, Nagaland 4.3% in 2013 as 6% in 2009, Sikkim 61% in 2013 as 59% in 2009, Tripura 7.4% in 2013 as 7.4% in 2009. It indicates that except for Sikkim and Tripura, the contribution to NSDP is not only small but also declining. Some of the main reasons contributing to prolonged underdevelopment are low demand, high trade costs, poor infrastructure, law and order, and lackadaisical nature of the government.

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