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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 ...
The primary message to mankind in this book is, that the religion of Bharatvarsh (India) is direct descension of the Grace of God, which is manifested in the form of our Divine scriptures. It would appear that this history of India had been distorted by the British. The book eliminates the distortions that were created by the Western and westernized scholars. The book is not just for Indians; it is for the people of the world, who are helplessly seeing the fast ...
On the issue of relationship between the tribal people and the caste-Hindus in India, we find two different views. One is that many social and cultural traditions of the Hindu great tradition have organic links with the tribal society and culture. On the other hand, some maintain that the tribal and the Hindu traditions are separate; tribal people do not have more than casual contacts with the caste-Hindus. Papers in this book reveal the fact that caste-Hindus ...
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 ...
Numerically, though women in India are almost equal to men and participation-wise have entered all lines of gainful employment, but their participation in the entrepreneurial activity seems to be disproportionately low. Therefore entrepreneurship among women has become an important subject of concern in the country. To quantify women's contribution to the economy to strengthen their position in the context of future challenges is a key issue. This book is a ...