RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN NORTHEASTERN INDIA: A NEED FOR PARADIGM SHIFT

Rural development in Indias northeast primarily indicates the developmental issues and aspects of the hilly tribes.The socio economic profiles of the tribes reflected a slow pace of development compared to the rest of India. The questions, therefore, arise regarding the causes and the challenges faced by the government in administering developmental programmes among the rural tribes in northeastern India. The question also arises whether the same approach to development being introduced and implemented elsewhere in India is applicable in rural Indias northeast.The paper attempted to examine and analyse the developmental paradigm and the need to revisit the entire approach of rural development in northeastern India.