There were, however, significant inter-state variations within NES with the growth performances of three states, viz., Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura being better than the all-India average (Table 1). The low growth in Assam and Manipur was mainly due to the poor performance of agriculture and industry.
While the growth rate in agriculture has been particularly low in Assam and Mizoram, the growth rate of agriculture in Nagaland was high. An important lesson from this is that if the states replicate the best sectoral growth pattern within the region, growth in NES could easily surpass the allIndia level.