Rural economy of India: problem, progress and prospects (Record no. 39986)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0706952340
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 307.72 AGR
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Agrawal, A. N.
245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Rural economy of India: problem, progress and prospects
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New Delhi
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Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Vikas Publishiing
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Date of publication, distribution, etc. 1990
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 403p.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Rural Economy of India covers many facets of the countryside. Agriculture as also industries and services are neatly documented and their state critically analysed. The book begins with a profile of the rural setting. This is followed by a discussion of its most important problems, namely mass poverty, massive unemployment and all-pervading backwardness.<br/>A large many chapters are naturally devoted to agriculture, being the most important activity of the people living in the rural areas. These describe its various aspects, document its progress, and evaluate its performance. The subjects covered include: role, backwardness and development of agriculture; land use and crop-pattern; production and productivity; irrigation; technological change, mechanisation and green revolution; finance including credit through the cooperatives, the com mercial and the regional rural banks; market ing of agricultural produce; agricultural ex ports; agricultural prices; food problem; land reforms spanning changes intenurial relations, ceiling on land, and farm-size. An important activity allied to agriculture, forests have been dealt with in terms of their role, problems, and government policy. Village and small industries, with a separate chapter on agroindustries, have been discussed. These highlight their placings in the rural set-up, their problems, their development, and their linkages with the growth of the Indian economy.<br/>The book will prove extremely useful for those preparing for the various university degrees and the competitive examinations. The book is written in a story-like style, and as such the general reader, interested in rural economy, will also find it an easy and absorbing reading.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Rural development
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Lal,Kundan
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