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Cottage Industries in Relation to Bengal’s Industrial Progress

1940

Inspite of the weakening of village solidarity of the early days the Indian village still remains the most important single factor in India's life and hence the neglect of the Intelligentsia of the country towards the material aspect of life of the Indian villagers has made the struggle for existence more acute among the poor working classes. [...] Any solution of this dire economic condition of the Province must consist in finding employment for the unemployed and also raising the standard of living of the mass and special attention will have to be paid towards the improvements of the condition of the Bengali white colour" or the "Bhodrolok" class and of the agricuturista. [...] So what is required is better organisation among the cultivators for mutual improvement of the condition of their cultivation and of the process of distribution and sale of their products with less of intermediaries and more direct access to the market by trying to bridge the gap between the price of the farmer and the price of the commodity in the retail bazar. [...] 17 the present dislocation of trade are reflected in the very high figures of unemployment in.different countries.* As regards the depression in agriculture and the severity of the fall in the prices of raw material it has been observed in the 'League of Nations World Economic Survey' that "Although the fall in the prices of agricultural products has been particularly severe and the suffering [...] The principal recommendation of the Commission was as follows :—We have elsewhere expressed the opinion that at the root of much of the poverty of India and of the risks to which they are exposed in seasons of scarcity lies the unfortunate circumstances that agriculture forms almost the sole occupation of the mass of the population and that no remedy for present evils can be complete which does

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Pages
267
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.145521
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
i-i Satyendra Roy view
Frontmatter
i-vii Satyendra Roy view
Chapter I. An Economic Survey of the Indian People Past and Present
1-9 Satyendra Roy view
Chapter II. Economic Mal-Adjustment and the Consequent Slump in Prices
10-22 Satyendra Roy view
Chapter III. Mass Production Vs. Production under Domestic System
23-26 Satyendra Roy view
Chapter IV. A General Survey of the Industrial Development in Bengal
27-37 Satyendra Roy view
Chapter V. A Comprehensive Scheme for the Development and Expansion of Cottage Industries through out the Length and Breadth of Bengal
38-66 Satyendra Roy view
Chapter VI. What Cottage Industries are Suitable for Bengal
67-118 Satyendra Roy view
Chapter VII. Existing Arts and Crafts of the Different Districts of Bengal in Different Localities
119-130 Satyendra Roy view
Chapter VIII. Cooch Behar
131-184 Satyendra Roy view
Chapter IX. Value of Co.Operation in the Economic Regeneratation of the Masses
185-216 Satyendra Roy view
Chapter X. Post-War Industrial Development in India
217-221 Satyendra Roy view
Chapter XI. Industrial Agricultural and Economic Developments in the Coochbehar State
222-233 Satyendra Roy view
Appendix
i-xi Satyendra Roy view

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