EMERGENT DEVELOPMENT APPROACH: A critique of 'Money-bags' Centre directed 'Dole-development' in North-East India.

North-East of India has been characterized by extremes of uneven development and a consciousness of deprivation bulwarked against the silhouette of ethno-politics. The paper attempts at letting statistics speak for themselves while analyzing the sustainability dimensions of the development process dependent solely on Central assistance and grants-in-aid. The paper argues the need to develop an emergent pattern of development approach Within the realm of development economics, and search for a right combination of community, market and State for promoting economic growth and allow the trickle down effect of growth to reach the grass root level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]