The North Eastern Region comprises 8 states: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim. The Region has different habitat, heavy rainfall, extremely rich bio-diversity, mountains and hills, high seismicity and a drainage pattern marked by lateral valleys in the north and transverse valleys in the south, dissected by major rivers. The region has the potential of its own natural resources for economic development. The development of the North East Region arises from its unique situation. There is a need of identification and removal of infrastructure bottlenecks, provision of basic minimum services, and optimization of natural resources for development purposes without compromising environmental issues.