Sub-Regional Cooperation for Trade, Investment, and Employment in North-East India

Sub-Regional Cooperation for Trade, Investment, and Employment in North-East India analyses the growth and development approach of the eight states that make up India's North-Eastern region--Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Tripura.This region shares a significantly long international border with five countries but is connected to its own country only through a narrow stretch called the 'Chicken's Neck'.Although the states are collectively referred to as North-East India, they are separate entities that became part of the Indian Union at different times.Each state of the region shares an international border with one or more countries and consequently depends on these neighbouring countries for its growth and development strategy.The Government of India has implemented the Act East Policy (formerly, Look East Policy) and the Neighbourhood First Policy to strengthen relations with the neighbouring countries, including economic cooperation, cul