The paper traces the status of quality of life in India with particular reference to north-eastern states. It proposes a methodology to combine different dimensions of quality of life, such as income, education, health, employment and infrastructure, into Quality of Life Index (QLI) by applying Totally Fuzzy Analysis (TFA). The empirical findings suggest that the status of quality of life is substantially high in Goa, Kerala, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Mizoram. It is quite low in Bihar, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Assam. The other states are in the average level of quality of life. Coming to north-east India, the quality of life is substantially high in Mizoram, Sikkim and Nagaland and considerably low in Assam, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and Manipur. The position of these states remains unchanged during the last two decades. However between these two groups, the position of the individual state differs from one period to another. The paper at the end confirms that all the dimensions included in the study are very relevant to forecast the quality of life in the Indian economy in general and north-eastern India in particular.
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