One of the major objectives of Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, which imparts training to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers, is not only to sensitize them towards the plight of rural people but also to equip them with an in-depth understanding of rural issues. The IAS officer trainees are required tot prepare a village study report as a part of their district assignments after conducting extensive questionnaire-based household survey. The socio-economic profile of rural India is based on the data collected by the IAS officer trainees.

The four volume series of socio-economic profile of rural India is already published. The centre also initiated the publication of socio-economic profile of rural India series II in a similar way of series I. The present volume on North East India contains state papers of the states of Assam, Nagaland, Manipur and Tripura.