G S Mehta
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Situated in the Indian Himalayan region, the Uttarakhand state of India continues to remain one of the most underdeveloped states of the country. Most of the people depend upon agriculture for their livelihood and employment. Making use of a variety of secondary data as well as first hand information gathered through field survey in select areas, the present study attempts to examine the extent and nature of options available for diversification of farming ...
Keeping into consideration the unsatisfactory progress that has been achieved in improving socio-economic status and empowerment of women in the past, it has increasingly been felt desirable to maximise the partnership of women with the Panchayati Raj Institutions and its various activities, including the matters related to decision making process and the implementation of different rural development programme and welfare scheme. With this objective the 73 ...
Given the limited scope of farm sector to generate additional employment in the light of the increasing labourforce so as to sustain the livelihood of rural households, the expansion of different non-farm activities has been recognized as an important alternative for solving the problems of unemployment and poverty in rural areas. Keeping this in mind the present book deals with various issues related to the structure of growth, factors influencing to the ...
Creation of employment according to increasing trend of labourforce and avenues of income for sustaining the livelihood of households in agriculturally backward areas, especially in hilly regions have been emerging as the major challenge for policy makers in the country. And farm sector alone is hardly in a position to meet these challenges. In this context initiating planning for rural industrialization is sought to be an instrumental policy option. In this ...