Indigenous culture and tribes of North-East
Available ancient texts reveal North East as a part of the country known as Pragjyotisha and Kamrupa. Pragjyotisha is found in the great epics of the Mahabharata and the Ramayana and also in some...
Category: Arunodoi
Connecting Diverse North-East within and to the mainland
North East presents a huge potential in terms of the contribution it can make to the country. However, historically, and unfortunately even since independence, the region has been administered in relative isolation. Further, this region...
Offsetting the Cost of Extending Arms: An analysis of the Act East Policy
Connectivity, Commerce and Culture are the ‘three C’s’ of the Act East policy (AEP), for which the Indian state is expending such effort. However, a rise in all three C’s will be severely bottlenecked,...
The Organic Hub of India : Asthalakshmi States
Northeast cannot compete with states like Punjab or those along the Gangetic plains in terms of production. In Assam despite having fertile soil, the cropping intensity is very less and agriculture is mostly monocropping....
Five ideas for a Developed North East by 2030 | K Yhome
One can only say that the people of North East are not the only ones carrying ‘geographical tags’ as people from other parts of the country have tags such as ‘South Indian’, ‘North Indian’,...
Five ideas for a developed NE by 2030 | Pradip Phanjoubam
The major trade routes are still the sea routes, and the percentage share of this trade the Northeast gets is still very little. If this is to improve, one of the thrust areas will...
Five ideas for a Developed North East by 2030 | Dr Rashmi Baruah
Agriculture is the mainstay of the North-East economy. This sector accounted for close to 30 percent of the region’s National Skills Development Programme (NSDP) and is a major source of employment and livelihood for...
