Economic Reforms And Agricultural Development In North East India

This book attempts to trace out such relevance of different issues for North-Eastern region. The research articles contributed by established scholars present a fairly comprehensive account of the agricultural economy of the North-Eastern region, analyse the strength and weakness of the agricultural sector in the perspective of economic reforms initiated in 1991 and work out key policy measures for accelerating agricultural growth"--Dust jacket.

East India Economy Is An Amalgam Of The Economies Of Advance State Like West Bengal And The Backward States Like Bihar, Orissa And Assam. The North-East Tribal States Are Under The Sixth Schedule Of The Constitution But Are Not Extraordinary In Terms Of Progress Which They Should Have Been. Food Insecurity And Supply-Side Bottlenecks In Orissa, Agricultural Stagnation In Bihar, Assam And Some Other States Are Examined. Along With The Sick Tea Industry Of Assam , The New Dimension Of Industrial Progress In Arunachal Pradesh And Tripura Are Certain Fields Of Upcoming Research Which Are Included In The Volume.

Papers presented at the National Seminar on Rural Development in India: Prospects and Retrospect, held at St. Joseph's College, Jakhama in Nagaland, India; organized by St. Joseph's College, Jakhama, India; sponsored by University Grants Commission, North Eastern Regional Office, at India.

Papers presented at a national seminar organised by the North-East India Council for Social Science Research, Shillong during 12-13 Dec. 2004.

Since 1991, the Indian economy has been exposed to economic liberalization and globalization in line with structural adjustment and stabilisation policies initiated by IMF and World Bank. This analysis outlines the controversial shift in Indian economic policy from State-oriented development strategy to market-oriented development that leaves decisions of production and distribution to be made by the market.

Contributed papers presented at a seminar held at and organized by St. Anthony's College, Shillong, on Apr. 25-26, 1997.