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Development of Rural Entrepreneurship in Tamil Nadu

The labour force in India is increasing at 205 percent per annum but employment is increasing only by 2.2 percent annum. Agriculture is not able to provide gainful employment to the surplus rural labour. Development planners are, therefore turning towards non-farm employment generation. Employment p...

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Main Author: Soundarapandian, M
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2000
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520 |a The labour force in India is increasing at 205 percent per annum but employment is increasing only by 2.2 percent annum. Agriculture is not able to provide gainful employment to the surplus rural labour. Development planners are, therefore turning towards non-farm employment generation. Employment potential of cottage and rural small industries. Size and composition of family and hired labour, differential contribution of men and women to the household employment among the workers, wage rates and intensity of employment are some of critical issues that need to be analysed to comprehend the employment and income aspects of rural entrepreneurs. In the preperation of every Five Year Plan, and formulation of industrial policy, the Government of India has repeatedly expressed that employment and income generation for the rural poor as its policy adjective and underlined the need to promote the rural, small and labour intensive industries. Approach paper the Eighth Five Year Plan 1990-95 observed that the numerous state interventions reservations, fiscal discrimination favouring small industry, subsidies, promotional measures during the last three decades have been half hearted and... 
650 |a Tamil Nadu 
650 |a Rural Entrepreneurship Development 
650 |a Rural Entrepreneurship 
650 |a Entrepreneurship Research 
650 |a Entrepreneurshipesearch 
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650 |a Biennial Conference Papers 
773 |a Fourth Biennial Conference on Current Trends in Entrepreneur Research  |d November 8-10, 
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