1Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Economics, Rajiv Gandhi University (A Central University), Rono-Hills, Doimukh-791112, (Arunachal Pradesh)
2Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Assam Down Town University, Guwahati-781068, (Assam)
*Corresponding author's email debajit.bhuyan@rgu.ac.in
Online published on 15 January, 2021.
The study is an attempt to construct a standard of living index (SLI) using principal component analysis method and to measure the living standard of tribal population in rural areas of the north-east region of India. The study stands on secondary data source namely census report 2011. The principal component analysis (PCA) method was deployed to analyse the data and deal with the objectives of the study. The study found that the North-East region as a whole belonged to the medium category in terms of living standard of tribal households. Mizoram ranked top among the north-eastern states by securing the highest living standard of Mizo tribes while Assam scored the lowest living standard of tribal communities.
North-East India, Principal component analysis, Standard of living, Tribal population
