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Investments in the Northeast fail to generate employment

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Published: Tuesday 31 August 2004

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 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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