Industrial development in hilly areas of mizoram

The industrial development is an important parameter and essential key tosocio-economic development of a country. The industrialist countries are more progress and itscomplexes promoting the growth centers and act as an agent of developmentnot only in the core region but also periphery of rural, hilly and inaccessible region as technological advancement extends the degree of social, economic and political powers of the state. However, imbalances and unequal expansion of industrial growth leads to social and political problems of the country. The present paper analyzed the level of disparity in terms of industry in the selected eight districts of the hilly region in Mizoram by using nine variable indicators with the help of Z-Score techniques in Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). It finds that there is a high degree of disparity in industrial sectors which may leads to inequality and social disharmony in the study area.