Special Category Status – Criteria

Published: April 12, 2018

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.

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