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Synopsis East India economy is an amalgam of the economies of advance state like West Bengal and the backward states like Bihar, Orissa and Assam. The North-East tribal states are under the Sixth schedule of the constitution but are not extraordinary in terms of progress which they should have been. Food insecurity and supply-side bottlenecks in orissa, agricultural stagnation in Bihar, Assam and some other states are examined. Along with the sick tea industry of Assam, the new dimension of industrial progress in Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura are certain fields of upcoming research which are included in the volume. Sustainable high rate of growth of West Bengal economy and the financial repression are also important issues of study. Compared to other regions, the east zone economies is, on average, marching ahead only slowly. The implicit classification of the researches are such: Section -I deals with macro aspects of planning models growth and the character of the civil society. Section-II attempts to make an incisive analysis of the food security of Orissa and the agricultural progress of Bihar and other states. Section -iii Presents The Industrial Progress in Eastern States and the financial repression of the east zone economy. Section-IV gives the Demographic transition of the region. Section -V upholds the land mark progress of democratic decentralization of west Bengal and the women land mark progress of democratic decentralization of West Bengal and the women empowerment in several other states. Section -VI opens up the Vision of North East. The East Zone economy thus provides the present state of the economic conditions of the region-its reform attempt, instability, stability and its advance to new directions and sectoral transformation.