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Recent Trend of Village and Small Enterprise Sector: Exploring and Exploiting its Opportunities in the North Eastern Region of India Touching Upon its Profile and Barriers
- Source :
- SSRN Electronic Journal.
- Publication Year :
- 2007
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2007.
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Abstract
- Development of village, micro and small enterprises in India has a special significance with regard to bridging up the disparities between urban and rural sectors of the economy on the one hand and the more industrialized and the less industrialized states on the other. It would also channelize to the mainstream the forces of development in the rural and remote areas presently strewn with the immense possibilities of manufacturing and service activities. Mahatma Gandhi had envisioned this long back, but Indian planners exhibited their preference to development of large-scale industries first. However, after having taken a step further to globalization and liberalization, India has recognized the relevance of small enterprises. Enactment of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 is an instance of the action taken in the wake of this recognition. The North Eastern Region (NER) of India comprises eight states: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura, all well known for their handicrafts. The Schedule Tribes form the majority of population there. Most of these states are hilly and have remained agriculturally as well as industrially backward. Promotion of small enterprises is most suitable for their timely development. In this paper we present a statistically detailed profile of small enterprises in the NER. We explore the possibilities of development of the small enterprises sector and discuss the constraints on the same.
- Subjects :
- jel:Z0
Economic growth
education.field_of_study
Liberalization
Economic sector
media_common.quotation_subject
Population
jel:L80
jel:D24
jel:L60
jel:L88
jel:O53
Globalization
Geography
Promotion (rank)
jel:D29
Handicraft
Service (economics)
Small and medium-sized enterprises
Micro and small enterprises
small-scale industries
North Eastern Region
India
MSME
MSE
rural
village
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Tripura
Sikkim
development
prospects
constraints
education
media_common
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15565068
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- SSRN Electronic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....49d3468738bade3e87d388a94a3f5216