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ECONOMIC CONDITION OF MON DISTRICT
The main occupation
of the people of this district is agriculture with nearly 90 per cent of the work force engaged in it. The
economic condition of the people lags behind when compared to the living conditions of the
people of other districts in Nagaland. As it is located in the remotest part of Nagaland,
its economic development has not been satisfactory. Mon has great potentialities for
economic development if her forest resources, human resources, water resources etc. can be
re-generated. Due to ignorance, lack of capital, scientific and technical know-how,
infrastructure inadequacies, the Mon District has failed to lift her up to the level of
other districts. The recent trend in the District is tea-cultivation by the local people.
The gentle slopes of Mon provide ample scope for developing the Mon District for the
cultivation with all modern techniques. Though the Government has provided funds but the
local people fail to channelise the funds for economic growth and development. If the
central agencies like the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) can establish
demonstration farms to teach the villagers about the modern farming, inclination towards
cash crops and horticulture, rearing of orchids by scientific means can offer ample
opportunities to the people of the Mon District for regenerating employment opportunities
and for economic development in the District.
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