SUFFiciENcy EcONOMy ANd GRASSROOtS DEvElOPMENt

The Meaning of Sufficiency Economy
International Conference
317
Sufficiency Economy Practices in Hill Area of India:
Case of Uttarakhand
Abstract
Uttarakhand is a state which has witnessed big difference in the development
of its plain and hill region. People of hill region were suffering from lack of various
facilities like education, employment, health facilities, credit facilities and skill
development. Due to which migration of male population has increased to other
areas in the search of livelihood. Burden of female has increased due to dual
responsibility of house and field. For putting halt on the migration government and
local communities has launched various schemes like Joint Forest Management,
NREGA, National Rural health Mission, Right to Education and others. This paper
analyzed the impact of these schemes on the tendency of migration of local male
population. The role of these schemes in creating self sufficiency of the region has
been analyzed with the help of questionnaire survey. The study limitation and future
scope has been proposed in the end of study.
Introduction
Uttarakhand is a Province of India formed on November 9, 1999. The state’s
vision is to include both human and economic development (Dewan and Bahadur,
2005), and economic development should be supported with environmental
conservation. Most of its part is distributed over Himalaya hills and divided in to
two parts Garhwal and Kumaon. Uttarakhand covers an area of 53 485 km2, of
which about 68% is nominally under forest cover (Sati, 2005). It consists of 13
districts namely, Chamoli, Pauri, Tehri, Uttarkashi, Dehradun, Haridwar and
Rudraprayag in the Garhwal region and Nainital, Almora, Pithoragarh, Udham
Singh Nagar, Champawat and Bageshwar in the Kumaon region.