Ethnic Conflict and its Impact on the Process of Development in Tamelong District of Manipur, India

Manipur is home to many ethnic communities, this ethnic diversity creates tension and conflict. Moreover, the basic infrastructure has not been developed. This study attempts to understand the overall impact of ethnic conflict on development process, and development in its true sense can only be achieved by developing facilities like education, health, and infrastructure for production and distribution facilities such as irrigation, power, transport, communication, marketing and banking. However, the frequent occurring of tension between the communities has been a stumbling block for development in state.