Governance in the Sixth Schedule Areas in India’s North-East: Context, Content and Challenges

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-205
Author(s):  
Prabhat Kumar Datta ◽  
Panchali Sen
Keyword(s):  
Primary Objective ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Rebel Groups ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
E Region ◽  
Self Rule ◽  
International Boundaries ◽  
Background Context

Nestled in the foothills of the Himalayas in the eastern range North-East (N-E) has the ‘seven sisters’—Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura, along with a small and beautiful cousin in the Himalayan fringes, namely, Sikkim. Nearly ninety-eight per cent of N-E is surrounded by international boundaries and two per cent with the rest of India. Often known as ‘the ethnic cauldron’, this region is the home of extraordinarily diverse mosaic of ethnic groups having distinctive social, cultural and economic identity, more akin to their South Asia neighbours than mainland India. It is a habitat of a good number of ethnic rebel groups whose agendas vary from complete session from India to fighting for ethnic identities and home lands. The primary objective of the colonial rule in N-E was to ensure its administrative insulation which might have largely contributed to the continuation of the backwardness of the N-E region. It is probably the only political region in the country where every large state is a region unto itself within a sub-continental nation. This uniqueness is found reflected in the legislations and institutions like the North Eastern Council Act, 1971, setting a nodal agency for the economic development of the region with a secretariat of its own and a separate Union Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region created in 2001. In this article, an attempt has been made to analyse the background, context, content and significance of the Sixth Schedule in the Constitution of India which was incorporated to provide self-rule to the tribal population in the N-E India.

Implication of SASEC Tourism Initiatives on North Eastern States of India

2017 ◽  
pp. 34-52
Author(s):  
Supriya Dam
Keyword(s):  
South Asia ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
Autonomous Region ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
International Borders ◽  
Tibet Autonomous Region ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Look

India's North Eastern Region (NER) stretches from the foothills of the Himalayas in the eastern range and is surrounded by international borders with countries like Bangladesh, Bhutan, China (Tibet Autonomous Region), Nepal, and Myanmar. The landlocked region is constrained by a brief spell of insurgency, and dismal unemployment has affected the region's progress since 1947. The advent of the Look East Policy coupled with a number of South Asia sub-regional arrangements with neighboring countries opened a “Pandora's Box” for this region. The SASEC initiatives of ADB helped to improve the status of tourism and infrastructure, including roads, air connectivity, and also opened cross-border land routes and roads within the North East (NE). The present study takes stock of tourism development from a sustainability perspective and examines the implementation of the SASEC tourism project in eight NE States of India with a view to suggest priority areas for action for promotion of tourism in this region.

Implication of SASEC Tourism Initiatives on North Eastern States of India

2020 ◽  
pp. 690-709
Author(s):  
Supriya Dam
Keyword(s):  
South Asia ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
Autonomous Region ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
International Borders ◽  
Tibet Autonomous Region ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Look

India's North Eastern Region (NER) stretches from the foothills of the Himalayas in the eastern range and is surrounded by international borders with countries like Bangladesh, Bhutan, China (Tibet Autonomous Region), Nepal, and Myanmar. The landlocked region is constrained by a brief spell of insurgency, and dismal unemployment has affected the region's progress since 1947. The advent of the Look East Policy coupled with a number of South Asia sub-regional arrangements with neighboring countries opened a “Pandora's Box” for this region. The SASEC initiatives of ADB helped to improve the status of tourism and infrastructure, including roads, air connectivity, and also opened cross-border land routes and roads within the North East (NE). The present study takes stock of tourism development from a sustainability perspective and examines the implementation of the SASEC tourism project in eight NE States of India with a view to suggest priority areas for action for promotion of tourism in this region.

scholarly journals An econometric approach between human development and poverty in North Eastern Region of India

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-37
Author(s):  
Rudra P. Pradhan
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Regional Variation ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
North East India ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Econometric Approach

An understanding the linkage between human development and poverty in general and economic development in particular is very imperative in emerging economies in the globe. The objective of this paper is to study the regional variation and causality between human development and poverty in the north-east India. The major finding of this paper is that there exists significant regional variation between human development and poverty in the north eastern states of India. While human development is substantially high in Mizoram and Manipur, it is low in other states. On the contrary, poverty is very low in Mizoram and Manipur, while it is considerably high in other states. The estimated results confirmed that human development (and its individual indicators) has a significant role to alleviate poverty in the north east India.

A New Act East Approach: Revisiting INDO-ASEAN Relations via Northeast Window

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hina Hassan Khaki
Keyword(s):  
Geographic Location ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
Land Bridge ◽  
Border States ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
East Region ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
The Look

The idea envisaged under the Look East Policy was to interact and build relationships with our immediate strategic neighbourhood in the east, namely Myanmar, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand. It was believed that trade with the neighbouring countries would resurrect the economies of the border-states in the region, bringing peace and stability. The objective of the policy predominantly focuses on the regional economic integration with renewed emphasis on the development of the North East Region of India. Most recently, development of the North Eastern Region has been the need of the hour and the Look East Policy for the advancement of the Region is Initiating a number of substantive endeavours. One among the several geostrategic imperatives that necessitate the development of North East Region is the border it shares with Myanmar. It was perceived if ASEAN was gateway to wider Asia Pacific Region, Myanmar was a land bridge to ASEAN and North East Region the gateway to Myanmar. In spite of being at a congenial geographic location to grasp the benefits from Indo-ASEAN cooperation the North East Region is cited as one of the remote landlocked regions of vibrant Indian Economy that has miserably failed to taste the fruits of development. This paper discusses how Look East Policy is fundamentally induced to diminish India’s internal development disparity by promoting the significance of the North east as gateway to east; to critically analyse the reasons for major disconnect between Look East Policy’s vision and ground realities so far as north east is concerned and to devise possible policy solutions for greater engagement and development of the region so that it will not remain just a corridor.

A Review of Institutional and Developmental Issues in North-East India

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 206-218
Author(s):  
Nicodim Basumatary ◽  
Bhagirathi Panda
Keyword(s):  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Institutional Factors ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Developmental Issues ◽  
North East India ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
North Eastern

Developmental issues of the North-Eastern States of India cannot be studied inisolation without accounting for the varied politico-socio-economic and institutional factors. This study covers a wide range of the socio-political issues and developmental gaps in the North-Eastern Region (NER) of India. It presents a broader picture and gives an understanding of the issues of governance and development prevailing in this region. Many issues pertain to paucity of developmental outcomes, ethnicity, demand for statehood, insurgency, absence of rule of law, corruption and so on, suggesting state’s ineffectiveness and people’s incompetence to take development to the front stage. An effort has also been made to trace the literature that deals with these issues.

Land, Agriculture and Livelihood of Scheduled Tribes in North-East India

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reimeingam Marchang
Keyword(s):  
Medium Size ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
Private Land ◽  
North East India ◽  
Agricultural Income ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Food Grains ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Primary Means

Land is collectively owned and governed by the community among the Scheduled Tribe (ST) in the north-eastern region. As a result, households without land were less prominent among the ST households, than all-social groups, particularly in the ST-population-dominated states. Private land ownership has also evolved in recent times. Land is the basic resources and agriculture, especially shifting cultivation, is the primary means of livelihood for majority of them. ST households mostly cultivated a small and medium size of land rendering to a subsistence economy. Recently, a gradual relinquish from the dependence of agriculture for employment and livelihood is evident. Concurrently, agricultural income has significantly declined. Ironically, the region continues to produce inadequate food grains production that is insufficient to cater the rapidly growing population. Economy of STs revolves around a subsistence agricultural economy. Nevertheless, ST means of livelihood has converged towards diversified modern market-oriented employment and economy.

scholarly journals Integrated Management of Land, Water and Bioresources for Sustainable Agriculture in North Eastern Region of India

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 136-150
Author(s):  
Sanjay-Swami
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Integrated Management ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Ecosystem Approach ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Land Water

The ecosystem approach is a strategy for the integrated management of land, water and living resources that promotes conservation and sustainable use in an equitable way. There is no single way to implement the ecosystem approach, as it depends on local, provincial, national, regional or global conditions. The North Eastern Region (NER) of India represents three geographies (East Himalayas, Brahmaputra Valley, and North East Hills) and covers about 7.7 percent of the total geographic area of India. Around 56 percent of the cultivated area of the NER is under low altitude (valley or lowland), 33 percent under mid-altitude (flat upland), and the rest under high altitude (upland terrace). The environment, local conditions, socio-economic and socio-cultural life of different tribal communities and the rituals associated with agricultural practices have developed many Indigenous farming systems, which have in-built eco-friendly systems for conservation, preservation and utilization of natural resources. However, with the passage of time, some of these practices have been further refined and modified to cater the location specific present day needs for conservation of natural resources, particularly soil and water resources. The present article is to discuss some important ecosystem approaches/traditional practices followed in the North Eastern Region with recent innovations to make agriculture more efficient and more sustainable.

INDIA-ASEAN TRADE OPPORTUNITIES UNDER ACT EAST POLICY AND INDIA’S NORTH EAST

2020 ◽  
pp. 49-53
Author(s):  
Dr. Basanta Kalita
Keyword(s):  
International Business ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Main Challenge ◽  
Strong Player ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Merchandise Trade

The Act East Policy of the Govt. of India was started in 1991to strengthen falling economic situation. The basic idea was to link Indian economy with flourishing economies of the South East Asian nations to enhance India’s economic fortunes. The north eastern region being the gateway of the whole engagement is supposed to play the most crucial role in delivering the anticipated result. The paper has tried to study India-ASEAN trade opportunities in terms of merchandise trade vis-s-vis the opportunities for the NER. It is found that the merchandise trade has increased many folds between India and ASEAN specially in the post AIFTA period. The main items of India’s export to and import from the ASEAN reveal that the NER can be a strong player in the business activities as it has tremendous potential in producing those commodities due to the natural advantages it possesses. However, the main challenge is the lack of infrastructural facilities in the area which are absolutely necessary for international business and investment. KEY WORDS: ASEAN, Act East Policy, NER, AIFTA

scholarly journals Twelve new additions in the orchid flora of Tripura, north-east India

Check List ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-25
Author(s):  
Arjun Adit ◽  
Monika Koul ◽  
Rajesh Tandon
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
The State ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
North East India ◽  
Detailed Survey ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern

Despite the discovery of several new plant species from India every year, there is dearth of information on species of orchid, especially from the North Eastern Region . As a detailed survey seemed necessary for reliable documentation, we looked into the diversity of orchids in Tripura state. We document the first records from the state for 12 species of orchids, including two genera (Crepidium Tausch and Dendrolirium Blume). Geographical distributions along with detailed descriptions and photographs of the species are provided.

scholarly journals MIGRATION PATTERN WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO NORTH EASTERN REGION OF INDIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 122-130
Author(s):  
Dipamoni Ozah ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
Migration Pattern ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
Arunachal Pradesh ◽  
North East India ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
The World ◽  
Unique Identity

North East India, popularly Known as Seven Sister States, comprising Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland , Tripura and recently including Sikkim can earned a diverse and unique identity within and outside the nation. The Siliguri corridor, which connects mainland India with the rest of the North Eastern states, is regarded as the Mongoloid Fringe, from where the land of the Mongoloid races starts. This uncommon area of nations with natural boutiques attracts the migrants from all over the world leading different problems on local people. This paper mainly tries to examine the pattern of migration of North Eastern region by considering impacts of migration on the migrated region.

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