CONTENTS:- I. Policy planning resolution and developmental philosophy: 1. Approach to development of Uttarakhand: the role of policy planning/B.K. Joshi. 2. Developing U.P. hills: notes on fifty years of uphill tasks/Chandresh Shastri. 3. Economy of Uttaranchal state: prospects and the case of tourism as a key sector/G.C. Pande and P.C. Pandey. 4. Developing entrepreneurship: key to regional development/S.S. Khanka. 5. Exploring energy options in the hills: issues in planning/Chandresh Shastri. 6. Biodiversity conservation approaches in the western Himalayas: past experiences and emerging trends/Virinder Sharma. 7. Integrated watershed management: an alternative development planning for the Uttaranchal hills/M.S. Rawat. 8. Planning regions: an experimental study/P.C. Pandey, Rajnish Pande and R.K. Pande. 9. The Himalayan threat/Sunder Lal Bahuguna. 10. An assessment of co-operative loaning policy in context of Kumaon hills/R.S. Jalal and Seema Kaira. 11. Statehood and beyond: revisioning the future of Uttarakhand/B.K. Joshi. 12. Conservation of the Himalayan agroecosystems: issues and priorities/L.M.S. Palni, R.K. Maikhuri and K.S. Rao. II. Natural resource management (land, water and forest thrust areas): 13. Participatory management of natural resources in the lesser Himalayan mountain ecosystem of Kumaon/P.C. Tiwari and Bhagwati Joshi. 14. Structure, technology and strategies to improve agrarian economy of Uttarakhand/V.S. Chauhan, J.C. Bhatt and R.K. Sharma. 15. Role of medicinal herbs and wildlife trade in mountain environments/Virinder Sharma. 16. Importance of non-timber forest products in Uttarakhand region/Deepa Pande and Sameer Pande. 17. Hill agriculture: opportunities and emerging challenges/V.S. Chauhan. 18. Banking development in the hills of Uttar Pradesh/J.R. Majhee. 19. Impact of market-oriented farming on income, employment, labour composition and migration: a case study/K.N. Badhani, Janki Suyal, C.S. Negi and S. Dangwal. 20. Tourism potential of Uttarakhand/G.M. Jaswal. 21. Diseases and insects affecting agrarian economy of U.P. hills with special emphasis to food crops/J.C. Bhatt, S.K. Pant and V.S. Chauhan. 22. Role of tea industry in the development of Uttaranchal/M.B. Tamang. 23. Management and development of water resources of Uttarakhand/B.N. Dhondiyal. III. Human resource development and employment generation: 24. Human resource planning and employment generation/Nisheeth Kumar. 25. Issues in employment planning for Uttarakhand/Rajendra P. Mamgain. 26. Balancing social costs and social benefits in the subsidised human resource development planning in Uttaranchal/L.S. Bisht and H.C. Joshi. 27. Human resource development in Uttaranchal: challenges and opportunities/R.R. Nautiyal and A.K. Nauriyal. 28. Development of entrepreneurship through market-oriented farming/K.N. Badhani, A.K. Pokhriyal and Janki Suyal. 29. Women in dryland agriculture of U.P. Himalayan region/D.C. Pant. IV. Seminar proceedings and recommendations. Appendix: List of participants/contributors.
DESCRIPTION
Present volume consists 31 papers categorized under three explicit sections contributed by noted scholars and social scientists. The themes of discussion are: the development philosophy and policy resolutions, natural resource management with specific thrust upon the land, forest and water resources, employment generation and human resource management. The fourth section of the volume consists of discussions on seminar proceedings conducted under various technical sessions.
The volume consists of both those thematic papers as well as action researches as may be of immense practical relevance for the policy formulation in the Uttaranchal state. It is hoped that the volume will throw open such inferences also which are not only relevant for the state but also have far-reaching applications at a national and international level in the context of developmental planning. It is also hoped that the volume will act as a crucial document both for researchers and planners through providing them with vital information about the social economy of Uttaranchal.
