Nagaland

Nagaland was created as the homeland for the Naga people, an ethnic group that has fostered one of India’s longest-running insurgencies. The state’s unsecured border with northern Myanmar has benefited armed groups but has not led to significant licit trade. The state’s politics are dominated by the simmering conflict, with a single party uniting all interest groups. Economic development has long been low on the agenda.

State Summary

  • Size
    6,401 sq. miles
  • Population
    2 million
  • State GDP
    $2.74 billion (USD)
  • Legislative Assembly Seats
    60
  • Rajya Sabha Seats
    1
  • Lok Sabha Seats
    1
  • Party Affiliation
    Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP)
    Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Members of the Naga tribe look on during the annual Hornbill Festival at Kisama village. (CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP/Getty Images)
Tribal Naga farmers work in their water bedded rice paddy fields on the arrival of the monsoon at Kiwema Village. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)
Left: Members of the Naga tribe look on during the annual Hornbill Festival at Kisama village. (CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP/Getty Images)
Right: Tribal Naga farmers work in their water bedded rice paddy fields on the arrival of the monsoon at Kiwema Village. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)
Energy

Energy

India faces a complex energy challenge: it needs cheap and abundant energy to power high economic growth and lift its citizens into the middle class. But it also hopes to keep its commitments to the U.N. Climate Change Convention and achieve energy independence. India’s states have the resources to generate the energy India needs, but they take different approaches to fostering the growth of the industry. This section allows you to explore energy news from India’s states and offers the Wadhwani Chair’s analysis of India’s energy sector.

Subsectors

Coal  •  Energy Efficiency  •  Energy-related Transportation  •  Nuclear  •  Oil and Gas  •  Power  •  Renewables

Recent Articles

Nagaland joins center's UDAY power bailout initiative

Posted on November 29, 2017

Nagaland signed on to the central government’s Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY) scheme for improving state distribution utilities. Nagaland will participate only in the program’s operational improvement activities and will not take advantage of its financial restructuring elements.

Source: Yahoo News Go to
Sectors
Energy > Power
States
Nagaland, Center-State Relations

Related National Goals

Wind Performance Tracker — Nagaland achieves 0 MW (updated March 31, 2016)

Solar Performance Tracker — Nagaland reaches 0.50 MW (updated October 31, 2017)

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