In India's discussion on financial inclusion for development, the critical issues of areas in the North Eastern Region which have been excluded all the six decades because of the typical property rights regime prevailing there are never touched. The paper is an attempt to emphasize the necessity...

Of late there has been an increasing articulation of economic and political interests along ethnic lines in North East India. Consequently events like blockades and counter blockades on the highways are becoming more frequent than necessary. The time has come to seriously articulate and debate...

This paper was presented as the Key Note Address at the National Seminar on Political Economy of States of North East India held at the Manipur College, Imphal, India on March 2, 2012. The paper spells out the significant realities of the region which must be kept in mind while attempting to...

The paper is Presidential Address to the North Eastern Economic Association 11th Annual Conference held at the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India on 18 December 2009. It is an attempt to articulate the conflict situation in the North Eastern Region of India within the framework of...

This is Report of a study to identify development intervention requirements for three mountain districts of Manipur, India. These districts are institutionally different from the others and geographically mountainous. Besides absence of measurable data is also a big problem. The Report...

In this presentation, my main purpose is to highlight the research needs in social sciences in Manipur. I also try to emphasize the areas where state and institutional support is needed to take the level and depth of research forward

This is a presentation the author made at the Reserve Bank of India Platinum Jubilee Celebration held at Imphal, Manipur, India on 22 February 2010. Here the author argues that the Inclusiveness agenda of India would be meaningless in the absence of Financial Inclusion. In this context he argues...

The paper is an attempt to analyse the dynamics of the evolution of Indian policy towards her North Eastern Region of the country. It traces how political and strategic considerations have compromised the development trajectory of the region. It also speaks of the risks and uncertainties such...