Out-Migration Of Youth From North-East India: A Youth Development Perspective

Abstract

The demographic significance of the youth in India has drawn much attention in academic and political discourses in recent years, knowing that the potential of a country’s future lies in its young population. As the north-eastern states of India are still struggling to overcome several socio-economic and political disadvantages resulting from decades of being isolated from rest of the country, catering to the needs and emerging aspirations of their young population play significant role in determining their power and status in contemporary India. Therefore, to understand the challenges and needs of the youth has become an important field of study. This paper attempts to identify some key issues of concern for the youth belonging to different north-eastern states, using secondary research.