Synopsis This volume contains twenty-six Research Paper contributed by eminent scholars and experts on the North-East. The Papers introduce new concepts and innovative ideas which are unique and different from other stereotyped strategies for regional development of North-Eastern Region. The book pleads for the re-orientation of development strategy for the seven states of the Region in the backdrop of the economic reforms opportunities. Besides touching many vital issues like food and nutrition, significance of technological education, sustainable agricultural development, model of interregional trade for the North-East, the book contains Micro Level Studies dealing with unplanned urban growth, Marketing structure and problems of horticultural products, and the educational and health status of backward tribes in the Region. The book also focuses on socio-political aspects and gender issues being factors of economic and income disparities leading to ethnic violence and insurgencies. Certainly, the innovative and unique features of the book will attract widespread attention of the planners, policy makers, and administrators as well as academics and the general readers.