ABOUT THE BOOK

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

CONTENTS

VOLUME – I

Foreword . 9

Preface . 13

Introduction 17

List of Contributors . 31

SECTION - I
Banking, Resource Planning and Macro Economic Indicators

1. Role of Banks for the Development of the Mountain State of Uttarakhand: An Analysis with Some Major Indicators . 35
R.R. Nautiyal

2. Examining Select Macro-Economy Indicators for Uttarakhand . 59
Pankaj Naithani

3. Planning and Resource Allocation in the Himalayan State of Uttarakhand -An Appraisal of Last three Five Year Plans . 77
B.K. Joshi and Bharti Jaiswal

SECTION - II
Agricuture, Horticulture, Forestry and Climate

4. Uttarakhand Agriculture: Has there been a Paradigm Shift Over the Years? . 97
Subhash Nautiyal

5. Horticulture in Uttarakhand: Production, Marketing, Constraints and New Avenues of Development in Last One and a Half Decade . 115
Mamta Bohra, Ghan Shyam Abrol and B.P. Nautiyal

6. State of Forests and Biodiversity in Uttarakhand during Last 15 Years . 135
Jai Raj

7. Climate and Development: A Diagnostic Assessment since the Formation of Uttarakhand . 157
Vishal Singh and Anvita Pandey

SECTION - III
Industry, Power and Infrastructure

8. Dynamics of Uttarakhand Industries in last 15 years and the Future Agenda . 179
Sudhir Chandra Nautiyal

9. Power Scenario in Uttarakhand since its Formation 201
Avinash Chandra Joshi and Ajay Kumar Singh

10. Has Infrastructure Development Changed the Course of Development in Uttarakhand Anyway? 215
P.S. Rana and Akansha Rawat

SECTION - IV
People and the Issue of Transition

11. Uttarakhand’s Socio-Political Performance as a New Political Entity: A Judgement 239
Annpurna Nautiyal

12. Gender and Development: Some Evidences from Uttarakhand 261
Indoo Pandey Khanduri

13. Issue of Migration and Labour Market Policies in Uttarakhand 279
Atul Singh

14. An Inquiry into the Demographic Transition in Uttarakhand 309
Madhu Bisht and Jagriti Jaiswal
VOLUME - II

SECTION - V
Some Forte for the State

15. A Conceptual Framework on Tourism of Uttarakhand through Alternative Approaches 333
Kavita Bhatt

16. Water Resource and Mineral Resource Utilisation in Uttarakhand: A Dream Becoming Increasingly Elusive 349
A K Biyani

17. Animal Husbandry in Uttarakhand: A Potential Sector for Livelihood Generation and Economic Empowerment 375
Manoj Kumar Pant and Preeti Kathuria

SECTION - VI
Human Development

18. Labour Force Participation, Composition, Skill Requirement and Future Challenges: An Investigation for the Mountain State Uttarakhand 401
Dhanya M B and Rajlakshmi Datta

19. Child Health and Maternal Health in Uttarakhand: Where does this Hill State Stand after 15 years? 429
Rita Ray

20. Elementary Education in the Himalayan State of Uttarakhand: Examining the Past and the Present with a Future Agenda 473
Rajlakshmi Datta and Amrita Jaiswal

Index 515