Situational analysis of rural non-farm employment (RNFE) space in the North East India shows presence of severe regional variation. It also exhibits very high magnitude of feminisation and casualisation of employment in the construction sub-sector of RNFE. Although, the gender gap in the RNFE space in this region has virtually disappeared, gender deprivation is very much present and disquieting. This is reflected when women workers are increasingly pushed to undertake supportive, residual, casual and non-remunerative works vis-à-vis men workforce. Process analysis of structural transformation process of RNFE in north east region (NER) explains the role of both developmental as well as distress factors. The important identified developmental factors happen to be household income from agriculture, access to credit and distance from nearest urban centre. Poverty of households has emerged as one of the important distress factors pushing households to go in for non-farm activities as a strategy of survival. However, looking at the abrupt feminsation and casualisation aspects of women's employment during the period from 2004-05 to 2009-10, the distress factors seem to have acted heavy on the growth of RNFE in this region.

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Bhutan is an important tourist destination in South Asia, and its tourism industry has emerged as the second highest revenue generator next to hydropower. Retaining and enticing first-time tourists to revisit their country is an important policy adopted by many countries of the world. However, the growth trajectory of tourists’ flow to Bhutan changed with a sharp decline in the repeat tourists over the past straight 8 years (2011–2018) with an annual negative growth of 19.1%. Against this backdrop and the non-availability of any meaningful study on tourists’ revisit dynamics, this study investigates the factors associated with the Bhutan revisit intentions of regional and international tourists by using both quantitative and qualitative data. The quantitative data are analysed using multinomial logistic regression and are triangulated with qualitative findings. Factors such as perceived value of money, safety and control variables, viz. gender, age, category of tourists and employment are found significantly affecting tourists’ Bhutan revisit intentions. Eventually, this study also discusses policy implications at the level of the state and tour operators.

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Developmental issues of the North-Eastern States of India cannot be studied inisolation without accounting for the varied politico-socio-economic and institutional factors. This study covers a wide range of the socio-political issues and developmental gaps in the North-Eastern Region (NER) of India. It presents a broader picture and gives an understanding of the issues of governance and development prevailing in this region. Many issues pertain to paucity of developmental outcomes, ethnicity, demand for statehood, insurgency, absence of rule of law, corruption and so on, suggesting state’s ineffectiveness and people’s incompetence to take development to the front stage. An effort has also been made to trace the literature that deals with these issues.