Proceedings of UGC Sponsored National Seminar on Regional Dimensions of Social Development in India: Policy Perspectives Edited by Bhaskar Chaudhuri Assistant Professor Department of Geography, Saheed Kshudiram College Kamakhyaguri, Dist. Alipurduar, West Bengal, India Organised By Department of Geography, Saheed Kshudiram College Kamakhyaguri, Dist. Alipurduar, West Bengal, India in collaboration with Red Cross Society, Alipurduar 2017 Ideal International E – Publication Pvt. Ltd. www.isca.co.in 427, Palhar Nagar, RAPTC, VIP-Road, Indore-452005 (MP) INDIA Phone: +91-731-2616100, Mobile: +91-80570-83382 E-mail:
[email protected] , Website: www.isca.co.in Title: Proceedings of UGC Sponsored National Seminar on The Regional Dimensions of Social Development in India: Policy Perspectives Editor: Bhaskar Chaudhuri Edition: First © Copyright Reserved 2017 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored, in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, reordering or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. ISBN: 978-93-86675-13-2 The Regional Dimensions of Social Development in India: Policy Perspectives iii Dedicated To Late President of India Prof. (Dr.) A.P.J. ABDUL KALAM Ideal International E- Publication www.isca.co.in The Regional Dimensions of Social Development in India: Policy Perspectives iv Preface The book is an edited version of papers presented in the UGC sponsored national seminar held in Shaheed Kshudiram College, Kamakhyaguri, in Alipurduar, India from 17th to 18th February 2017. The proceeding has collected the papers selected for the first volume. The topic of the seminar was 'Regional dimensions of social development in India: policy perspectives'.