Changes in Levels of Living in North-East India

Abstract

India has experienced a lot of changes in different spheres ranging from production and employment to growth and welfare during the period of last one and half decades. Being a federal country, India has experienced a wide degree of disparity among its constituent states as evidenced from different studies. Most of the studies have concentrated on the conditions of major Indian states in the chosen fields of interest. On the other hand, this study has concentrated on the eight north-east Indian states namely, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, and Sikkim, which are not at all major in terms of population and production, employment and trade. Levels of living of the people in these states are examined during 2000-2012 in the context of demographic changes and economic growth. Specifically, the impact of demographic changes and growth divergence on the levels of living is examined.