Armed opposition groups in Northeast India

Hoenig, Patrick; Kokho, K.

doi:10.4324/9780429489877-4

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“…Demographic power strengthens the ethnopolitical movements and leads to ethnic hegemony of the majority over the minority, resulting in ethnic conflict. Kuki-Naga clash and Kuki-Zomi violence in the 1990s in Manipur and surroundings are notable instances (Brahmachari 2019 ; Hoenig and Kokho 2018 ; Haokip 2015 ; Shimray, 2004 ; 2001 ). Indeed, the ethnopolitical issue has been the internal security concern of India as a nation.…”

Section: North-east As An Ethnopolitical Disturbed Frontiermentioning

confidence: 99%

Migration from North-East India During 1991–2011: Unemployment and Ethnopolitical Issues

Mistri

2022

Ind. J. Labour Econ.

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Eight sister North-East states of India are unique in diverse flora and fauna and manifest distinctive social and ethnocultural identities. Meanwhile, North-East states exhibit common problems ranging from ethnic conflict, insurgency, and secessionist movement, illegal taxing and extortion, and drug trafficking to poor transportation and communication and immigration issues. The region incurs prolonged ethnopolitical turmoil, which left imprints on the migration from this region. The present study examines the level, trend, and pattern of interstate migration from the North-East during 1991–2011 and associates it with prolonged ethnopolitical turmoil. The exodus of workers to the mainland Indian states implies a lack of employment opportunities. Employment elasticity suggests that income growth in North-East states lacks inclusiveness and fails to sensitise the employment opportunities, inducing the workers to migrate from North-East into mainland Indian states. Not only the labour migration but the student migration is also conspicuous, which exhibits the weakness of the educational system. The decades-long ethnopolitical unrest and enforcement of AFSPA of 1958 for more than 60 years caused predicaments of economic developments, employment opportunities, and challenge to the fundamental human rights and social well-being, resulting in people being forced to move out in the 1990s and 2000s.

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Section: North-east As An Ethnopolitical Disturbed Frontiermentioning

confidence: 99%