ECONOMY OF NORTH

BENGAL:

A DISTRICT LEVEL STUDY

Edited by
Dr. D. C. ROY.

NLP

N. L. Publishers
Shiv Mandir, Siliguri,
Darjeeling : Paschim Banga
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Preface *
INTRODUCTION
1. Development of North Bengal: Problem and Pros- 1
pect - Prof Manas Dasgupta
SECTION-I: COOCH BEHAR
2. Economic Dynamics of Cooch Behar District - Dr. 9
Bimal Kumar Saha
3. Interest Rates Determination in Backward Agri- 16
culture Dr. Debabrata Chakrabarti
4. Access to Formal Agricultural Credit and Income 27
of the Farmers: A Study of Cooch Behar district
- Shri Mishit Baral
5. Does SHG Reduce the Vulnerability of the Poor 50
people? A Study of an area Economy of Koch
Behar Dr. Sadhan C. Kar
6. Small holder Milk farm in Koch Bihar district: A 67
Grass Root study Dr. Gour Krishna Saha
7. Exploring Financial Resources and Utilization of 87
Gram Panchayat in Cooch Behar - Dr. Chanchal
Kumar Mandal 8s Shri Nishit Baral
8. Eco-Tourism Management in Cooch Behar: A 104
study of Rasik Bill forest village - Shri Surya
Narayan Ray
SECTION -II: JALPAIGURI
9. Teesta Command area in Jalpaiguri district: An 123
Evaluation Er. Bablu Roy
10. Poverty and Rural Unemployment in Jalpaiguri 144
district: A Geographical Analysis - Shri Bipul
Chandra Sarkar
11. Inadequate Banking upon the Rural Banks? 153
Dr. Sekhar Chatterjee
12. Economic history of Tea Industry in Jalpaiguri - 166
- Dr. Sailen Debnath
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13. An Overview of North Bengal Tea industry: A case 187

of Jalpaiguri district - Shri Dibyendu
Bhattacharya.
14. Tourism Landscape in Jalpaiguri district: A Geo- 204
Economic spatial study -- Dr. Madhusudan
Karmakar.
15. The Economy of tribes of Jalpaiguri : A Case of 224
Totos Dr. Bimalendu Majumdar
16. Pane hayat Raj 4th Level of Governance : A 237
case study in Jalpaiguri district , West Bengal
Dr. Debkumar Mukhopadhyav
SECTION - III: DARJEELING
17. Resource Based Development of Rural Darjeeling 260
(hills): Few Alternatives Shri Anjan Chakrabarti
18. SGSY: An Alternative Source of Eployment and
Income Generation in Darjeeling Hills -Shri 273
Manojit Dasgupta
19. Demographic Profile of Darjeeling: A Compara
tive Study Shri Atish Chandra Roy & Dr. D. C. 292
Roy.
20. Economic Composition of Population in
Darjeeling district Dr. Sherap Bhutia. 312
21. Development of Tea Industry in Darjeeling: A
study on its Area, Production and Marketing - 331
Dr. Madhusudan Karmakar
22. Livelihood Trajectories in the Terai Tea Belt:
Belgachi Tea Estate in context -- Shri Lalit 346
Premlal Tirkey
23. Tourism in Darjeeling Dr. Kanchan Datta
24. Tourism in Darjeeling Hills - Problems and Pros- 368
pects -Fr. Babu Joseph SDB 397
25. Economic Development and Adoptive Diversifi
cation in occupational Spectrum in Darjeeling 414
district of Bengal - Shri Gopal Chandra Mandal.
26. Decision making Status and Power Transforma
tion in rural Households: A case study of 436
Darjeeling hills - Smt. Panchali Sengupta.
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27. Domestic outsourcing and Call centres: Constru- 452

ing Outmigration in Darjeeling Shri Anup
Shekhar Chakraborty
SECTION - IV: DINAJPUR (North & South).
28. Coping with the Supply-Demand Gap of Agri- 463
cultural labourers: A case Study of Uttar
Dinajpur district of West Bengal - Shri Tapan
Kumar Roy & Dr. Kanak Kanti Bagchi.
29. Economic Backwardness of Uttar Dinajpur: A 484
Block level Analysis - Shri Chandan Roy.
30. The Eclipse of Danga village in Dakshin Dinajpur: 502
An aspect of Brick field in a Tribal area Dr.
Asit Kumar Pal & Shri Samidh Pal.
31. Economic Status of Women in Uttar and Dakshin 518
Dinajpur districts: An Analysis Dr. Samhita
Chaudhuri.
32. Finances of Panchayats in North Bengal- A Field 535
level Study of Dakshin Dinajpur district - Shri
Tapan Kumar Ghosh
33. Economic viability of Urban Local Bodies: A Com- 553
parative Study of Dinajpur district (North &
South) - Dr. D. C, Roy & Shri Asit Roy Karmakar
34. The Marginalised Tribal Community of North 566
Bengal and their Resistance Movement with spe
cial reference to Dinajpur - Dr. Partha Sen
SECTION - V : MALDA
35. Importance of minor Irrigation in Malda district 575
of West Bengal Dr. Sankar Kr. Sarkar
36. Efficiency Evaluation of Branches of United Bank 585
of India at Malda, West Bengal: A data Envelop
ment analysis approach - Shri Manas Kumar
Baidya
37. Co-operative Movement: Success or Failure? A 615
case of Malda Shri Sisir Poudyal.
38. Sericulture as a Tool for Economic Development 629
in Malda Dr.Dilip De Sarker, Shri Subrata
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39. Mango Cultivation in Malda District: Its Area,
production and Economic Importance-- Smt.
Popi Karmakar 639
40. Employment Empowerment of Scheduled
Castes of Maldah district through Economic De
velopment - Shri Pradip Chouhan. 650
41. Tourism: A Source of Economic Development
of Malda District, West Bengal Smt. Barnali ^
Das. 669

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