Factors Affecting Development: a Study in a State of North Eastern India.

After two decades of gaining statehood, Arunachal Pradesh a state in north eastern India has still a long way to go as far as development is concerned. Since approximately 80 per cent of the people of Arunachal Pradesh are residing in rural areas, this study was carried out to explore the factors responsible for the lack of development in Arunachal Pradesh by knowing people's perception in this regard, so that the discrepancies in the development process are brought into light. This study is a descriptive research based on both primary and secondary data. Some of the important findings that the respondents perceived about lack of development in Arunachal Pradesh were corruption, lack of awareness of the various government schemes and problems related to their implementation. Thus this study could be helpful in understanding the discrepancies in the development process in Arunachal Pradesh, so that some viable socio-economic steps may be carried out to minimize the identified gaps. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]