Population Growth in Assam 1951-1991

by Anil Sakikia, Atul Goswami, Homeswar Goswami

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The book estimates the volume of migration to Assam during 1951-1991 by applying sound demographic tools. It seeks to put at rest the wild speculation regarding the volume of migration made by different interest groups to suit their convenience. It provides an exposition of the various demographic tools used in the work before applying the same for the purpose of arriving at the estimates. The book also splits the estimated migrants into (i) inter-state and international and (ii) legal and illegal. Further, it assesses the total effect of migration on the growth of population of the same during the study period by taking into account both the migrants and their offspring. The book is likely to be immensely helpful in properly understanding the population dynamics of Assam. It is also likely to be extremely useful to all interested readers and policy makers in particular.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Homeswar Goswami

Dr. Homeswar Goswami (b.1943) is a Reader in the Post-Graduate Department of Economics, Dibrugarh University, Assam. He has seventeen years of experience in teaching at the Post-Graduate level. Dr. Goswami has specialized in population and Demography and has been supervising the doctoral works of research scholars in the said field. Dr. Goswami visited Italy and was with the institute for the Study of Population (JASP). His contributions have appeared in several learned journals. Besides, Dr. Goswami is also the author of two books on the Economics of Planning and Development with emphasis on the North-Eastern region of India.