• ANNU YUDIK

India unlike any other nation strived for economic growth and development since Independence. In order to achieve this goal, India needed huge generation and consumption of energy to turn the wheels of industries. But the issue of global warming has pushed for cleaner generation of energy. It is within this context that the hydropower generation has taken a centre stage in field of energy generation and had been justified on many grounds for being a cleaner energy. However, this justification has been opposed by the communities that are affected or to be affected by the hydropower generation projects. This paper deals with the rising discontents among the people of Arunachal Pradesh against the hundreds of upcoming hydropower projects in the state. The paper focus on issues of whether the state needs mega-dams as well as what should be the road map of economic development for the people in the state?

Economic Growth, Development, Hydropower, Arunachal Pradesh, Tribal discontent, Sustainable Development

"Economic Development and Tribal Discontent in Arunachal Pradesh", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no.643-648, December-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1812492.pdf

"Economic Development and Tribal Discontent in Arunachal Pradesh", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no. pp643-648, December-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1812492.pdf