CESS MONOGRAPH 41 RULNR MONOGRAPH - 23 Improving Livelihoods or Intensifying Poverty? Coal Mining in Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand M. Gopinath Reddy Prajna Paramita Mishra Assisted by Ch. Nagaraju CENTRE FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STUDIES Begumpet, Hyderabad-500016 February, 2016 CENTRE FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STUDIES MONOGRAPH SERIES Number - 41 February, 2016 ISBN 978-81-931589-4-4 Series Editor : M. Gopinath Reddy © 2016, Copyright Reserved Centre for Economic and Social Studies Hyderabad Note: The views expressed in this document are solely those of the individual author(s). Rs. 200/- Published by : Centre for Economic and Social Studies Begumpet, Hyderabad-500 016 Ph : 040-23402789, 23416780, Fax : 040-23406808 Email :
[email protected], www.cess.ac.in Printed by : Vidya Graphics 1-8-724/33, Padma Colony, Nallakunta, Hyderabad - 44 Foreword The Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS) was established in 1980 to undertake research in the field of economic and social development in India. The Centre recognizes that a comprehensive study of economic and social development issues requires an interdisciplinary approach and tries to involve researchers from various disciplines. The Centre's focus has been on policy relevant research through empirical investigation with sound methodology. Being a Hyderabad based think tank, it has focused on, among other things, several distinctive features of the development process of Andhra Pradesh, though its sphere of research activities has expanded to other states as well as to issues at the nation level. The Research Unit for Livelihoods and Natural Resources (RULNR) was established in the CESS in the year 2008 with financial support of Jamsetji Tata Trust.