The North East (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura) is endowed with abundant natural resources, ideal climatic conditions for agriculture, tea, rubber, sericulture and a largely untapped hydropower potential. It is also is one of the most bio-diverse regions in the world, consisting of large portions of land under tropical forests, with various Non-timber Forest Product (NTFP) like Bamboo and precious medicinal herbs. The region shares 2,000 Km. of international borders with Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, Myanmar and Bangladesh – making it a geo-politically charged region with significant unorganized cross-border trade and cultural exchange. The literacy rate in the North Eastern region is around 78% which higher than the national average of 74%. The highest literacy rate is recorded in Mizoram at 91% while the lowest is in Arunachal Pradesh at 65% as per 2011 census[1]. Still the entire North Eastern region accounts to only around 3% of India’s total GDP[2].  Opportunities for economic development lies in tourism (adventure and eco-tourism), renewable energy, agriculture, horticulture, medicinal / aromatic plants, forest resources and food processing. But Low levels of physical and digital infrastructure services combined with socio-economic unrests have kept capital flow from the private sector muted in the region.