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ABOUT THE BOOK

The North-East India comprised the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, popularly known as the ‘Seven Sisters.’ North East India is full of hills, streams and rivers. The hills are covered with dense forests because of the heavy rainfall. The Northeast region can be physio-graphically categorized into the Eastern Himalaya, the Patkai and the Brahmaputra and the Barak valley plains. The region is covered by the mighty Brahmaputra-Barak river systems and their tributaries. It is hoped that the present edition of this book will be beneficial to all concerned of the society, in general and students, lawyers, advocates, academicians, human rights institutions, researchers and NGOs working in Economics field, in particular.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Prof. Neelkanth Gajanan Pendse (MA, PhD) is former Head of the Department of Post Graduate Studies and Research in Economics, and Presently Chairman Board of Studies in Economics, Rani Durgavati University, Jabalpur M.P. He specializes in Econometrics and Development Economics. He has published more than 100 research papers in professionally reputed Journals. He has six books to his credit and 4 books are in pipeline. He is also member of Editorial Board of Departmental Journal “Katilya Varta”. He is expert member to several academic bodies and life member of IEA, ISAE, ISLE, ICA, MPEA and IIOA. He is the first economist in the state of Madhya Pradesh to win young scientist Award in Social Sciences awarded by MAPCO S T, Bhopal.

Dr. Sukanta Sarkar is a distinguished scholar in the field of Economics. He did bachelor and master degree in economics. He awarded doctorate degree for his work on rubber tappers. He qualified UGC-NET Exam in December /2006. He presented many research papers in various seminars, conferences and symposiums. Various research papers have been published in foreign and national journals. He has authored books relating to Corruption, Human trafficking, Orphan children, Rubber plantation, Corporate social responsibility, Handicraft workers, Deforestation, Environmental pollution, Agrarian economics and Social security