Cover Design: Rokovor Vihienuo Government of Nagaland Nagaland State Human Development Report © Department of Planning & Coordination Government of Nagaland First Published: October 2004 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior permission from the Publisher Published by Department of Planning & Coordination Government of Nagaland Designed, Typeset and Printed by New Concept Information Systems Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi. Phone: +91 11 26972748, 26973246 Fax: +91 11 26972743 Email:
[email protected] Price Rs 750.00 While every care has been taken to present accurate data, oversights may have occurred. Please convey errors, if any, to the Planning & Coordination Department, Government of Nagaland RAJ BHAVAN KOHIMA GOVERNOR OF NAGALAND Message It is a matter of great joy and pride that the first Human Development Report (HDR) of Nagaland State is being published after more than 40 years of the inception of the State. I take this opportunity to extend my heartiest congratulations to all those, including the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), a source of inspiration behind this document, for the initiative and pains they have taken to produce this historic document. The HDR has brought out not only the socio-economic and cultural background of the State of Nagaland but also the immense potentiality of its human and natural resources to emerge out of its economic backwardness. Though the State has a history mired in long periods of conflict and violence, it has not lagged behind in terms of parameters of human development. This innate strength of the State needs to be harnessed and developed by the “will to toil, deliver and govern”.