Role of Village Industries in Socio-Economic Development of People in Arunachal Pradesh with special reference to An Empirical Study / Deb, Sukamal.

By: Deb, Sukamal
Material type: ArticleArticlePublisher: 2013Description: 606 - 619Subject(s): Arunachal Pradesh | Weaving Centres | Handicrafts | Textiles | Village Industries | Rural Industries | Social Entrepreneurship | Non Government Organizations | Ngos As Ventures | Entrepreneurship | Tenth Biennial Conference On Entrepreneu | Biennial Conference Papers In: Tenth Biennial Conference on EntrepreneurshipSummary: Arunachal Pradesh, the 13th geographically largest frontier State of India covering an area of 83,743 sq. km. in hilly terrain of Eastern Himalayas having a population of 13,82,611 persons as per 2011 Census has 3,863 villages with 77.33% of its population living in rural areas (2011 census) and 43% below Poverty Line where illiteracy still prevails. In the state, there is hardly any scope for employment in the private sector as there are few private enterprises. Scope to establish large scale industry is extremely narrow primarily because of its hilly terrain. In the job market, there is only Government sector which is over saturated. In the State the rich is very rich and the poor are very poor. The difference is growing day by day. It is therefore necessary to create more employment opportunities in villages by utilizing local resources, local skills so that people can get work in their villages itself. This would also reduce the rural-urban migration. The State has rich natural resources for industrialization. The emphasis on hill area development emerged from the growing concern over inter-regional disparities, inequalities, rural poverty. The State is still comparatively...
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Arunachal Pradesh, the 13th geographically largest frontier State of India covering an area of 83,743 sq. km. in hilly terrain of Eastern Himalayas having a population of 13,82,611 persons as per 2011 Census has 3,863 villages with 77.33% of its population living in rural areas (2011 census) and 43% below Poverty Line where illiteracy still prevails. In the state, there is hardly any scope for employment in the private sector as there are few private enterprises. Scope to establish large scale industry is extremely narrow primarily because of its hilly terrain. In the job market, there is only Government sector which is over saturated. In the State the rich is very rich and the poor are very poor. The difference is growing day by day. It is therefore necessary to create more employment opportunities in villages by utilizing local resources, local skills so that people can get work in their villages itself. This would also reduce the rural-urban migration. The State has rich natural resources for industrialization. The emphasis on hill area development emerged from the growing concern over inter-regional disparities, inequalities, rural poverty. The State is still comparatively...

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