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However, ‘while the identity of individuals in terms of caste, religion, ethnicity, gender and language has been found to have significant bearing … to remain crucial to the nature and outcome of the transactions, both economics and political’ (Mishra, 2013, p. 2).
‘The development of the tribals or the tribal areas has … hardly left any space for human agency’ (Mishra, 2013, p. 4).
‘The states of the North East, including Arunachal Pradesh, have been heavily dependent upon … has undergone substantial changes over the past decade or so’ (Mishra, 2013, p. 7).
‘Non-special category states on [an] average raised revenues to finance over … more than four times than that of the average transfers received by general category states’ (Mishra, 2013, p. 17).
‘The state, since then, has not treated individuals as equal citizens but has differentiated between them… identity as the single most important marker of their actions and articulations’ (Mishra, 2013, p. 10), thus having a significant role in policy formulations.
Firstly we have to understand that ‘along with the monetisation of the exchange process and gradual commercialisation of the economy, interpersonal inequalities … the most important aspect of their emergence is their access to the resources of the state’ (Mishra & Upadhyaya, 2004), and hence, the variations originate.
‘The fundamental challenges facing the state government and civil society in Arunachal Pradesh today … role of civil society in this transformation can hardly be overstressed’ (Mishra & Upadhyaya, 2004).
‘The traditional economy of the state is largely based on shifting cultivation, hunting … rapid urbanisation and gradual integration with the regional and national economy’ (Mishra, 2007). [This was wrongly cited as Mishra, 2008.]
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