Nagaland - Issues in governance

The paper attempts to analyse issues central to stare initiated development in Nagaland The status of earlier attempts are studied. The paper goes on to detail opportunities that were/are available with the state and civil society, and suggests that, given the historic opportunity available today because of the ceasefire, it is possible to transform the lost opportunities into realised potential by initiating a set of reforms. Nagaland today has a mature leadership that has experienced the futility of prolonged insurgency and the costs and 'benefits' of a corrupt state.