Rural Development is backbone of total development of a nation-state. Amidst the plenty of literature, the present book is unique. The salient features of the present book are: Integrated Rural Development Programme: Retrospect and Prospect; Planning for Integrated Rural Development; Integrated Rural Development Programme in India; Reorientation of Rural Development Programmes; Integrated Rural Development Programme; Community Development and Rural Extension Scheme "Garibi Hatao"-Can IRDP Do it? Integrated Rural Development: Rural Programmes; Lessons from the Experiments; Experience and Opinions; Evolution of Rural Development Programme and Experiment of IRDP, etc.

No doubt, administrators, policy planners and officials, executing the development programmes at the grass root level will be benefited immensely by this book. Students, researchers and academics in the field will also find this book most useful and informative.

Rural Development is backbone of total development of a nation-state. Amidst the plenty of literature, the present book is unique. The salient features of the present book are: Economic Study on Agricultural Wages; Economic Upliftment of Landless Agricultural Labourers through Dairying; Working Capital in Agriculture; Rural Financial Savings; rural Physical Investment; Income and Expenditure of Rural Labour Households in Different Regions of the Country; Multivariate Analysis on Scientific Productivity of Agricultural Scientists; Credit Facilities for Promoting Self-employment; Role of District Industries Centres in Promoting Rural Industries; How Agro-Based Industries can Promote Rural Development; District Composite Rural Training and Technology Centre-A Conceptual Framework, etc.

No doubt, administrators, policy planners and officials, executing the development programmes at the grass root level will be benefited immensely by this book. Students, researchers and academics in the field will also find this book most useful and informative.

Tribal identity has long since been an issue of much controversy and speculation. The classification colonial ethnographer's depiction of 'tribes' as small, self contained, self-sufficient, homogenous and autonomous communities has been subjected to severe test both by the sociologist and the political economist.

The present work assumes that the tribe is a 'class' configuration since a large segment of its population is an integral part of the peasant society and as such, participates in the process of change. The process of change has affected the social and economic structure, though in relatively small degrees, by introducing some sort of division of labour. As a corollary of economic differentiation, the traditional economic structure has weakened no doubt but new political avenues have opened before the tribals. The book makes an attempt to study the pattern of tribal political behaviour especially their political participation in the context of changing economic scenario in an in-depth manner.

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.