International Relations in India & Beyond
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...
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,...
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....
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’,...
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...
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...
