The book makes an indepth study of agricultural finance relating to institutional sources. It seeks to examine in detail their role in providing agricultural finance. Problems faced by the agriculturists in obtaining finance and likewise the problems faced by the beneficiaries and institutions suitable measures have been suggested to overcome these problems.

This book will certainly prove beneficial to the Government, the Reserve Bank of India, the teacher, and the researchers, the students of Economics at every level and for preparing various competitive examinations.

Given the limited scope of farm sector to generate additional employment in the light of the increasing labourforce so as to sustain the livelihood of rural households, the expansion of different non-farm activities has been recognized as an important alternative for solving the problems of unemployment and poverty in rural areas.

Keeping this in mind the present book deals with various issues related too the structure of growth, factors influencing to the expansion; contribution in creating employment and income opportunities and problems existing in the proper functioning of different non-farm activities. Finally, the book suggests various options and measures which may be initiated for developing different segments of non-farm sector for achieving increasing employment opportunities and attaining sustained livelihood for the rural households in Uttaranchal. Since Uttaranchal is a newly formed state and is faced with the issues of employment and growth the book should prove useful for both researchers and policy makers.

Of late, Rural Development has been attracting special importance and attention of the policy-makers, planners and researchers. For a number of years, developing countries have been promoting rural development and some of them have achieved success in their efforts. Many models of rural development have been proposed, and there is no comprehensive model which analyse the integration among the forces of economic, social, cultural and political changes in the integrated manner. The present work is an attempt to provide a comprehensive approach covering aspects of reading materials as well as some critical analysis. It also encompasses a wide range of contents and approaches in its ambit and, as such, it is expected to be of much interest to a vast spectrum of scholars, planners, policy makers and researchers.

Industrial sickness-a continuing problem in the small sector of Indian economy resulting in heavy losses of production, income and employment - has been generally associated with capital and techno-managerial factors working under physical economic constraints, while the more important influences of the personality of entrepreneurs have been mostly overlooked. This book approaches the problem in terms of the personality dynamics of entrepreneurs and examines the various aspects of its factorial impact on an enterprise making it a success or a failure. This study is an indepth enquiry into the multifarious causes of industrial sickness in the small sector in light of entrepreneurs' personality.

The author has displeased throughout his treatise a keen awareness of the involved problems and has suggested various measures to overcome the sickness. Offering valuable insights into the complexity of the problem, this volume presents a very interesting and though-provoking study, and is an important contribution to the field of Organizational Psychology.