Special Category Status – Criteria
The National Development Council (NDC) granted the status of Special-category based on a number of features of the States which included:
- Hilly and difficult terrain,
- Low population density or the presence of sizeable tribal population,
- Strategic location along international borders,
- Economic and infrastructural backwardness and
- Non-viable nature of State finances.
Originally written on
April 12, 2018
and last modified on
November 17, 2019.
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