Some Empirical Aspects of Economic Growth and Diversification in India’s Emerging Economy Prof. Pranab Kumar Chattopadhyay A.K. Dasgupta Centre for Planning and Development (A Centre Sponsored by the Planning Commission, Govt. of India) Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, West Bengal NEW DELHI PUBLISHERS New Delhi Some Empirical Aspects of Economic Growth and Diversification in India’s Emerging Economy, New Delhi Publishers, New Delhi © A.K. Dasgupta Centre for Planning and Development Santiniketan, West Bengal First Edition 2014 ISBN: 978-93-81274-54-5 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, by any means, electronic mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without written permission from A.K. Dasgupta Centre for Planning and Development, Santiniketan, West Bengal New Delhi Publishers 90, Sainik Vihar, Mohan Garden, New Delhi – 110 059 Tel: 011-25372232, 9971676330 [email protected]/gmail.com Website: www.ndpublisher.in Dedicated to the Memory of Prof. Amiya Kumar Dasgupta Acknowledgement This book has been a collaborative effort between the A.K. Dasgupta Centre for Planning and Development (a centre sponsored and funded by the Planning Commission, Government of India) and the authors of the papers based on the field studies conducted by them. I am grateful for their valuable inputs and co-operation. I am thankful to the two advisers to the Centre, Ms. Sudha P. Rao, Advisor (SER Division), Planning Commission and Sri V.V. Sadamate, Advisor (Agriculture), Planning Commission for earmarking some fund for undertaking research works. I am thankful to the Upacharya Prof. Sushanta Dattagupta and the Registrar of the University Dr. D. Gunasekaran for support and encouragement. I also acknowledge my debt to the different sections of Visva-Bharati for extending necessary help in carrying out activities. Thanks are due to the faculty members, particularly Professor Sudipta Bhattacharyya, HOD for extending all necessary supports. The editor appreciates the cover design by Dr. Santadas Ghosh, Associate Professor, Department of Economcis & Politics, Visva-Bharati. Acknowledgement will remain incomplete if special thank is not given to Shri Daya Shankar Kushwaha (Secretary to Professor A.K. Dasgupta Chair, A.K. Dasgupta Centre for Planning and Development, Visva-Bharati) without whose untiring effort this book could be a reality. Shri Kushwaha worked day and night and gave hard labour to organize the whole thing. Professor Pranab Kumar Chattopadhyay Professor A.K.Dasgupta Chair in Planning and Development A.K.Dasgupta Centre for Planning and Development Department of Economics & Politics Visva-Bharati Contents Acknowledgement v List of Contributors xi Introduction xv 1. Achilles’ heel or Chained Elephant: Technology, Growth and Efficiency in Indian Agriculture since the Inception of Green Revolution ........................................................................................................... 1 Atanu Sengupta and Chandan Kumar Maity 2. Social Work Practice with Street Children- An Insight ............................... 23 Debotosh Sinha and Swati Chakraborty 3. Education and Women in A Backward Region of West Bengal .................. 37 Kaberi Pal 4. Topic of Study: Deaths not Meant to be: An Evaluation of infant and Maternal Death Audit System in Haryana .................................................... 49 Nabhojit Dey 5. Prevention and Rehabilitation of Disability in Children through RCH ..... 71 Gargee Basu 6. Integrated Water Resources Management (Iwrm): A Rural Livelihood Perspec- tive ...................................................................................................................... 83 Pulak Kumar Patra 7. The Spell of Information Technology on the Minds of Developing Children............................................................................................................. 93 Sisir Gurung 8. Social Exclusion: Health Concerns over Tribal Women and Children in Attappady, Kerala ............................................................................................ 99 Ajay Pathalil and Thresy Vallikappen (viii) 9. Disease and Disaster in Lepcha Traditional Knowledge: A Case Study .......... 111 Aritra Samajdar 10. Agricultural Status and Trend: A Village Level Study ....................................125 Krishna Gopal Ghosh and Priyanka Das 11. Women and Child Development: A Crying Need of the Hour ..........................143 Amit Banerjee 12. Dissemination of Farm Technologies for Poor Farmers: A Paradigm Shift ............................................................................................ 149 Sarthak Chowdhury and Prabuddha Ray 13. Girl Child : Early Marriage Issue and Media ............................................ 155 Aditi Bhowmick 14. Women and Computer Science: Gender Disparity (A Case Study) ........... 165 Praveen Mukhia Titimus 15. Land reforms in North Bengal: A Case study of Siliguri Sub Division .... 175 Udai Kumar Shaw 16. Rural Development Programme of Govt. of India and their effectiveness: An assessment ................................................................................................. 187 Neelmani Jaysawal 17. Rural Tourisam Development Programme of Ministry of Tourism, Govt of India and their Effectiveness –An Assessement:A Case Study on Pochampally Rural Tourism .................................................................... 201 G. Mahender Reddy and YSR Nithm 18. A Critical Evaluation of IEC Strategy of MGNREGA, Developed by Ministry of Rural Development of Govt. of India ....................................... 213 Arita Samajdar 19. Status of women:power empower welfare and development in India ....... 229 Sashi Sekhar Biswal 20. From women empowerment to Entrepreneurship Development Through SHG’s Finding ,Observation and Analysis by Focus Group Discussions ...................245 Bikas Majhi 21. Community Development Society— the Platform for Empowerment of Urban Poor Women: A Study in Selected Municipal Areas of West Bengal .................................................................................................... 271 Kuntak Ghosh 22. Deplorable Health Conditions In Rural India : A Thematic Review ........ 283 SudeshnaSaha (ix) 23 Health Care System in India –Issues and Intricacies ..................................... 295 AlluriV.N.Varma, K.A.S.P.RamaRaju and J.S.P.Rao 24. Land Reform in Darjeeling Hills and its Consequences .................................303 Durga K. Sahu 25. Maternity Matters’ in Colonial Malabar: the Politicalization and Medicalization of Obstetrics..................................................................................................... 311 K. Mamatha 26 Endangered Gender:Discrimination by Default Decision ...............................325 K.C.Sahoo, Kalyani Sahoo and Sashi Shekher 27. Field level Constraints as Experienced by the Vegetable Growers Regarding the Proper Use of Pesticides in Vegetable Cultivation............. 313 Prabuddha Ray and Sarthak Chowdhary 28. Prevalence of Substance Abuse Among Street Teens of Purulia District, West Bengal .................................................................................................... 345 Somnath Mukherjee and Pranab Kumar Chattopadhyay 29. Farm Women’s Access to Farm Information: A study In Bolpur Sub- Division of Birbhum District ......................................................................... 351 Sarthak Chowdhury and Suparna Bose 30. An Ecological Analysis of Eco-Tourism in Sikkim: A Case Study of Kechopalri lake .............................................................................................. 359 Hasibul Rahaman 31. Promoting Grasspea (Lathyrus sativus L.) Cultivation in Rice-Fallows of West Bengal ................................................................................................ 367 M. K. Bhowmick, B. Duary and P. K. Biswas 32. Rural Health Scenario of the Districts of West Bengal Theme...................... 375 Kaustuva Banerjee 33. Technological Change, Land Holding Structure and Crop Diversification of the Farmers: A Study of West Bengal Agriculture ....... 387 Tushar Das Index ........................................................................................................................407 List of Contributors Kaustuva Banerjee Dr. Kalyani Sahoossistant Assistant Professor (Geography) Professor in Education Loreto College A.C. Training College Kolkata,West Bengal Jalpaiguri North Bengal University B. Duary Darjeeling, West Bengal Department of ASEPAN Institute of Agriculture Dr. K.C. Sahoo (Palli Siksha Bhavana), Head, Institute of Education Visva-Bharati,Santiniketan Vinaya Bhavana, West Bengal Visva-Bharati,Santiniketan West Bengal Dr. Tushar Das Headmaster, Aditi Bhowmick Sadananda Mission High School, Guest LecturerMass Communication and Howrah,West Bengal Journalism SikkimManipal UniversityMIECE Dr.(Mrs.) Swati Chakraborty Howrah,West Bengal Programme Officer, Goal India Kolkata,West Bengal Ajay Pathalil Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Dr. Atanu Sengupta Kalady, Andhra Pradesh Associate Professor Burdwan University Amit Banerjee Burdwan,West Bengal Assistant Public ProsecutorJudicial Department Dr. Bikash Majhi Government of West Bengal Programme Officer Writers Buildings, Rural Extension Centre PSV Kolkata,West Bengal Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, West Bengal Aritra Samajdar Dr. Somnath Mukherjee Research Scholar Assistant Professor of Geography Department of Anthropology