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This volume, Jaintia Hills: A Meghalaya Tribe—its Environment, Land and People is an important study of a tribal population in transition. They are on international border with Bangladesh. A trans-border culture is a two way traffic. Jaintia Hills, a part of the state of Meghalaya, have immense possibility of development. It has growing trans-border trade relations with neighbouring Bangladesh in respect of rich mineral resources, particularly of coal and lime ...
The volume analyses and suggests remedies for countering the degrading social situation. The towns are fortresses of wealth surrounded by hungry people, the victims of poverty. The poverty is due to low land-man ratio, dependence of the poor on wage income and their inability to find wage employment throughout the year in the villages. The papers included in this volume are an attempt to study the issues.
This volume contains twenty-six Research Paper contributed by eminent scholars and experts on the North-East. The Papers introduce new concepts and innovative ideas which are unique and different from other stereotyped strategies for regional development of North-Eastern Region. The book pleads for the re-orientation of development strategy for the seven states of the Region in the backdrop of the economic reforms opportunities. Besides touching many vital issues ...