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100			_aRamabrahmam, Ivaturi
245			_aInstitutional framework for development of north-east India: The role of the North-Eastern Council
260			_c2016
300			_ap.889-904.
362			_aOct-Dec
520			_aThe North-Eastern Region (NER), in the decades following the independence of India, was faced with administrative challenges including socio-economic backwardness, huge infrastructural gap with mainland India, regionalism and insurgent movements for independence. With the emergence of new political units as a result of the reorganisation of the region, the North-Eastern Council (NEC) was created by an Act of Parliament in 1971 to act as an intergovernmental organ and to coordinate the constituent units towards a planned development. This article also analyses how this institution can be made more efficient and vibrant. - Reproduced.
650			_aEconomic and social development - India, North East
650			_aEconomic and social development
700			_aHnamte, Lalnundika
773			_aIndian Journal of Public Administration
909			_a113625
999			_c113619 _d113619