NER Databank

A databank on the economy, agriculture, tourism, infrastructure, industry, and natural resources of the North Eastern Region of India; comprises seven states namely Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura (popularly known as Seven Sisters of India). The region (holds 7.9% of the total land space of the country) is of strategic importance for the country on account of the fact that nearly 90% of its borders form India's international boundaries. Thus information about population distribution, migration of peoples, vast natural resources, literacy rate, infrastructure development, cultural diversity, economy, etc. of this region are quite different from rest of the country.NER databank intends to provide information on multifarious activities of North Eastern states of India, thereby make it accessible to social commons. The North East Databank is a web portal created to provide a regional resource database for the North Eastern Region (NER).