Charkha And Chip: Rural Industries And Technology

Modern industrilaisation- a prime defining feature of the present era- is generally taken as synonymous with the preponderance of large scale, mass produciton enterprises in an economy leading to enormous increase in labour productivity, urbanisation and a large and growing middle-income group specialised in the generation and utilization of high technology.
About Author :
Kamal Nayan Kabra was for nearly three decades a Profesor of Economics, Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi. He is a political economist, obtained his PhD in economics from Delhi School of Economics. He was the first Nehru Scholar of the Nehru Memorial Trust at the University of Cambridge; taught economics a Ramjas- a Delhi University College- for a decade. Shri Laxmi Dass is a social activist and a rural development practitioner. Influenced by Gandhian ideology at the age of 15, he got involved in the process or rural reconstruction on Gandhian lines. As a Chairman Akhil Bharatoya Gramodyog Mahasangh, he is devoting all his time for the promotion of village industries and the technologies required for his sector.
Contents :
Preface Acknowledgements List Of Contributors Policies For Rural Industrialisation Technological Progress, People`s Development And Liberalization Technology And Human Development Notes On Internediate Technology India`s Rural Poverty And Possible Solutions Rural Transformation Through Decentralized Technologies Technological Nurseries For Rursal Industrialisation And Entrepreneurship Development New Technology Options For Rural Industrialisation Rural Industrialisation Som enew Initiatives --etc