Economic formulae for Nagaland

Abstract

Lying in the extreme northeastern part of India, with an area of 16,579 square kilometers, bordering with Assam, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and Myanmar; Nagaland is a home of hills with 16 unique recognized tribes speaking over 60 dialect1 . Christianity being the major religion, is practiced by around 98% of indigenous Nagas2 and was introduced to the Naga-hills in the late 19th century by theAmerican missionary Edward W Clark in early 1970s3 . In 1966, the Government of British India created the Naga-hills district. The Naga-Hills district was declared as backward by the Act of Government 1919 and as such Naga-Hills district was considered as separate entity from the British Indian Empire4 . Post second world war, A. Z. Phizo and his Naga National Council led an unsuccessful independent movement. Subsequently, in 1957 the Naga-Hills district and the Tuensang Division (the two region encompasses the present Nagaland) were put under the care of the Ministry of External affairs until 1972 when it was transferred to the Indian Home Ministry. More negotiations followed with the separatist groups and finally in 1963, the Naga-Hills district and the Tuensang Division officially became Nagaland, 16th state of the Indian Union5