Synopsis In this book an attempt has been made to analyse the resource potentials, existing infrastructural facilities, patterns of industrial development, policies adopted by the state governments in the line of the new industrial policy, 1991 of the Govt. of India and the opportunities for starting new industries in the region. The book makes a critical study of the various aspects of industrial development in the region. It discusses in detail about the factors like locational, infrastructural, financial, marketing and entrepreneural etc. available in the region. The book is expected to be an important contribution to the scanty literature on industrial development in the region, in general and to be a valuable guide to investors, planners and administrators in specific.