Development Vision of North-East India Edited by JAYNAL UDDIN AHMED CONCEPT PUBLBfflNGCOMPANY(P) LTD, NEWDELHI-110059
Contents Foreword by Prof. SujitSikidar ' ' vii Acknowledgements. ix Introduction List of Contributors xv xxv Section I Deuelopment Revelation with reference to North-East India: Problems and Prospects 1. Development A Collective Journey Well-Being its 3 Destination: Some Reflections in the Context of Naga Society Chandan Debnath 2. Export from North-Eastern Region of India: 22 Opportunities and Challenges S. Sikidar, B. Bora and A. Adhikary 3. Perspectives of Economic Development in North-Eastern Region: Issues and Challenges 39 Lightsie Marbaniang 4. Micro-Finance and Rural Development: Analytical Issues for Model-II 47 Deepak Bhagat 5. Problems and Prospects of Rural Development in 58 Lunglei District of Mizoram Alaka Sarmah and Harendra Sinha
xii Development Vision of North-East India Section II Entrepreneurship and Industrial Development in North-East India: Issues and Challenges 6. Socio-Cultural Factors in Entrepreneurship 75 Development in North-East India: Some Reflections S.K Nanda 7. A Study on the Problems of Business and Industry in 100 Mizoram KC. Kabra 8. Role of Village and Cottage Industries in Economic 127 Transformation: A Study on Handicraft Industry D.Y.N. Verma 9. A Study on the Problems Faced by Entrepreneurs 150 in Assam Baharul Islam Laskar and Md. Abdul Rashid 10. Problems and Prospects of Rural Entrepreneurship 155 with Special Reference to Mizoram R.K.P.G. Singha and K.C. Kabra Section III Prospects of Tourism and Infrastructure Exposition in North-East India 11. Challenges to Development of Tourism in 175 North-East India: A Micro Study Komol Singha 12. Prospects of Tourism in North-Eastern Region of 191 India with Special Reference to Mizoram Bhartendu Singh and R.K.P.G. Singha 13. Entrepreneurship Development and Tourism Industry 208 in North-East India V. Ramabrahmam
Contents xiii 14. Services Rendered by State Bank of India: A Study 218 in Garo Hills Districts of Meghalaya J. U. Ahmed and Vtkas Kumar 15. Development of Communication in North-East India 236 with Special Reference to Arunachal Pradesh Ram Krishna Mandal Section IV The Case Studies on Agricultural Perspectives in North-Eastem Region of India 16. Efficiency of Credit Delivery Institutions in Spotlighting 253 A Dynamic Farming Sector: An Indicative Study faynal Uddin Ahmed 17. Pattern of Farm Decision-Making by Manipuri Women 269 Ng. Narahari Singh, T. Matouleibi Chanu and Angad Prasad 18. Dairying as A Means of Livelihood for Rural Poors and 279 Educated Unemployed Youth in N.E. Region of India B.K Misra 19. Agricultural Extension and Farmers of North-East India: 310 Application of Innovative ICT Tools and Unified Extension Model to Boost Agri-Business Development Deepak Bhagat 20. Inter-District Disparities in Distribution of Land 322 Holdings in Nagaland Santosh Singh and B.JFC Misra Section V Potential Resources and Promotional Activities with Reference to North-Eastem Region 21. Mushrooms and its Medicinal Value: An Outline 335 R.C. Gupta
xiv Development Vision of North-East India 22. Ethno-Botanical Accounts on Wild Edible Plants of 347 Manipur Ksh Dedril Kumar Singh 23. Forest Management System in Meghalaya. 364 Surojit Sengupta 24. Resource Productivity and Production Efficiency of 376 Paddy: A Case study B.K Mishra and Santosh Singh 25. Resource Potentiality and Big-Box Retailing in the 382 Context of North-Eastern Region D.H.Malini Section VI Traditional Knowledge and Education with Regional Dimension of North-East India 26. Development of Traditional Knowledge Under the 393 Intellectual Property Right Regime in North-East India Sharif Uddin 27. People's Participation A Key for Effective Development: 404 Its Relevance in Contemporary Nagaland G. Singaiah and Chandan Debnath 28. Schooling among Swiddeners: A Study of Amingokgre 431 Village in Meghalaya f.v. Madhusudhan andag. Khan 29. Unfolding the Teacher Education in North-Eastern 439 Region: A Step towards Bridging Learning-Teaching Divide Sambit Kumar Padhi Index 444