Small Scale Industries In North East India

Study with reference to Assam.

The economy of North East India is predominantly agricultural economy. With tremendous potentiality in industrial sector, North East India fails to fulfil its industrial needs. Economic backwardness leads this sector over emphasized and flood damage to agriculture is resulted production uncertainty. Equally, there is no such large-scale industry except oil and tea. In this situation, feasibility of small-scale industry is preferable to large-scale industry for initiation of high production as well as changing over all industrial patterns. The small-scale industries of North East India are using the traditional technology, which is mostly labour intensive and has been low productive capacity. Therefore, it is important to analyse the efficiency of labour intensive technique in small-scale industries. The book also expects to highlight the real picture about the internal problems and prospects of industrialization in Assam and North East India.

On small scale industries in north east India; papers of a seminar held at Guwahati, 1985.

Papers presented at the National Seminar on Rural Development in India: Prospects and Retrospect, held at St. Joseph's College, Jakhama in Nagaland, India; organized by St. Joseph's College, Jakhama, India; sponsored by University Grants Commission, North Eastern Regional Office, at India.

This collection analyzes the potentials of the North East Indian economy, discussing ways in which it can be reconnected to the mainstream economic activities of India. Gauging through the historical factors responsible for the economic failure of the North East Region (NER)—the partition in 1947, weak infrastructure, lack of technological know-how, and poor access to marketing networks—it assesses the region’s production scenario at present.