ECONOMY OF NORTH BENGAL: A DISTRICT LEVEL STUDY Edited by Dr. D. C. ROY. NLP N. L. Publishers Shiv Mandir, Siliguri, Darjeeling : Paschim Banga
CONTENTS 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
ECONOMY OF NORTH BENGAL : A DISTRICT LEVEL STUDY 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 hay at 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 Comparative 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 Diversification in occupational Spectrum in Darjeeling 414 district of Bengal - Shri Gopal Chandra Mandal. 26. Decision making Status and Power Transformation in rural Households: A case study of 436 Darjeeling hills - Smt. Panchali Sengupta.
CONTENT 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 special 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 Envelopment 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
\ ECONOMY OF NORTH BENGAL : A DISTRICT LEVEL STUDY Saha & Shri Debjoy Bhattachaijya. 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 Development - Shri Pradip Chouhan. 650 41. Tourism: A Source of Economic Development of Malda District, West Bengal Smt. Barnali ^ Das. 669 List of Contributors ********** 683