Investments in the Northeast fail to generate employment
This generates a mere 18,007 jobs
Guwahati is where the buck stops, literally. So Assam gets most of the investments. Other states' capacity to invest is minimal and the industrial sector unwilling
Black hole
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for all investments into the Northeast is Assam |
| State |
Number
of units |
Investment
(Rs in crore) |
Percentage
of share |
Employment
(numbers) |
| Assam |
511 |
1,038.08 |
81.88 |
12,827 |
| Meghalaya |
49 |
190.24 |
0.15 |
4,244 |
| Nagaland |
48 |
19.63 |
1.55 |
439 |
| Arunachal |
10 |
10.29 |
0.81 |
140 |
| Tripura |
28 |
9.63 |
0.76 |
357 |
| TOTAL |
646 |
1,267.87 |
100 |
18,007 |
|
Source: SK Mishra 2002, 'AGRICULTURE IN THE NORTH-EASTERN REGION', Department of Economics, north east hill univeristy, Shillong.
Anon 2003, Basic Stastics for Northeast, North East Council, Shillong
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