Meghalaya: How insurgency and poor infra are pulling the state down

Meghalaya will vote in state elections on February 27; Congress looking to retain its turf as BJP expected to win sizeable number of seats

Meghalaya, a picturesque hilly state in the sub-eastern Himalayan region, nearly matches India’s richer states on the best health outcomes. However, insurgency and poor infrastructure impede its progress on other development indicators, shows an IndiaSpend analysis of the state’s performance on 20 development indicators in comparison with nine other states and the national average.

This rare matrilineal state–where family descent is traced through the mother rather than the father–is also slipping on gender indices, reflecting a wider change.

Meghalaya will vote in state elections on February 27, 2018. The incumbent Congress party