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Challenges of Development in North-East India : Economic Nationalism : Education and Skill Levels : Challenges in Governance : Defeating Terrorism Through Development : Economic development is considered as a symbol of progress and prosperity of any country or society. India since independence, has been consistently striving to attain uniform economic development through rapid industrialization, liberal economic policies and new legislations. A new beginning in the economic history of India was initiated with the introduction of Five Year Plans to facilitate balanced progress and development in the country. However, the efforts of uniform development in the sub-continent suffered a major blow due to widespread regionalism and other institutional factors. As a result even today the states of North East India remain relatively less developed when compared to other parts of the country. There is constant failure of the state machineries which are compounded with rising insurgency, inabilities of educational system to translate peaceful existence, rising corruption with other social problems such as youth unrest, drug addiction, kidnapping, gun-culture, extortion, crime and violence with huge socio-economic inequalities which are impediment to sustainable development. These inadequacies have potential to produce adverse inter personal conflicts and today the region has become a haven of movements and crises which jeopardize the peaceful existence of multi-ethnic groups. In such a complex situation, the question of development and its implementations become a critical issue to address.