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This book examines the various aspects of human development in North East India. Covering sixteen districts across six states--Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura, it makes an analytical study of the indicators of human development in the region, with special focus on different socio-economics, linguistic and ethnic groups.Taking a close look at the present scenario of education and health status, it deals with the quality of life ...
Price formation process in the Indian economy examines and analyses the strategies followed by the six agro-linked industries in India, in the determination of prices. These industries are Fertilizers (Inorganic and Mixed), Agricultural Tools and Implements, Pumpsets, Tractors and Harvesters and Earth Moving Machinery. Production functions, cost functions and price functions of these industries are determined using the rich cross-section and time-series data base ...
Economic reforms in India, with its urban bias and overemphasis on the industrial sector have pushed agriculture totally to the background. The existence of a dynamic agricultural sector is crucial not only for industrialisation of an economy, but for the overall growth and development. In a less developed country like India it is the agricultural sector which plays a dominant role in gearing the country into the desired channels of growth. The strength of the ...
This book having 29 papers presented at a national seminar, organized by the North East India Council for Social Science Research, Shillong, attempts to assess the prospects and constraints facing North East India in absorbing the New Economic Policy in its political economy. Analyzing the implications of New Economic Policy for the development of the North East region, the contributors address a wide range of issues concerning the market-oriented reforms in ...