The North Eastern Council : Organisation, Management and Its Role in Socio-Economic Development of North-East India

North East India with its huge untapped resources like hydei power, mineral resources, virgin forests, fertile land, vast water resources and potential human resources remain in the backyard of development. In the twenty first century the crucial challenge facing North East India is how to achieve a balance between economy and ecology in order to ensure sustainable social and economic development preserving the basic cultural matrix, ethical values and equalitarian ethos. The aim of this book which is based on an empirical study to analyse the working of the North Eastern Council set up by the Central Government in terms of the N E Council Act 1971 (Act No 84 of 1971) for integrated and co-ordinated development of the entire region. The study in confined in NEC,s role during the period 1972-1997 for reducing backwardness of the region by initiating measures of infrastructure development in Agriculture and Allied sector, in the sphere of large scale and small scale Industries and in respect of Manpower development. The focal point of this study is on the NEC, since its inception in 1972 to the end of eight five year plan in 1997, which could be the institutional mechanism as a regional body for development pervading the region. Further no systematic study has been done on this subject so far covering various aspects of NEC. It is my sincere hope that the study likely to be of immense value to the academics and policy makers.