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datestamp: 2015-11-20 04:57:31
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creators_name: Kumar, R
creators_name: Deb, U
creators_name: Bantilan, C
creators_name: Nagaraj, N
creators_name: Bhattarai, M
icrisatcreators_name: Kumar, R
icrisatcreators_name: Deb, U
icrisatcreators_name: Bantilan, C
icrisatcreators_name: Nagaraj, N
icrisatcreators_name: Bhattarai, M
affiliation: ICRISAT (Patancheru)
country: India
title: Economic growth and rural transformation in Eastern India: Strategies for Inclusive Growth
ispublished: pub
subjects: s2.4
divisions: D6
crps: crp1.14
full_text_status: public
keywords: Rural transformation, infrastructure, diversification, growth
abstract: There is an emerging consensus that the well-being of rural households
improve with the blending of farm activities with non-farm economic
activities. The diversification of rural livelihood positively impacts the wellbeing
of the rural households. Eastern states however remained laggard in
rural transformation due to myriad of endogenous as well as exogenous
factors. With uneven distribution of production assets, poor infrastructure
and governance, low levels of literacy, skills, awareness and connectivity
and limitations of alternative options for livelihood, the high prevalence of
poverty in the region becomes the structural corollary. This paper delves
into its multiple dimensions of rural transformation with focus on selected
eastern states of India. Considering very small landholding of the farmers
and thereby negligible employment elasticity to agricultural growth,
creation of non-agricultural opportunities, diversification, and
transformation of rural economy towards expanding rural non-farm
employment are adjunct to the strategies of managing vulnerabilities
associated to the region bringing meaningful structural change in the rural
socio-economic conditions.
date: 2015
date_type: published
publication: Indian Journal of Economics and Development
volume: 11
number: 3
pagerange: 779-797
refereed: TRUE
issn: 2277-5412
citation:   Kumar, R and Deb, U and Bantilan, C and Nagaraj, N and Bhattarai, M  (2015) Economic growth and rural transformation in Eastern India: Strategies for Inclusive Growth.  Indian Journal of Economics and Development, 11 (3).  pp. 779-797.  ISSN 2277-5412     
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