Journal articles: 'Bengali entrepreneurship'

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Sarkar, Suvobrata. "In Pursuit of Laxmi:." Archiv orientální 82, no. 2 (September 10, 2014): 263–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.47979/aror.j.82.2.263-295.

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There is an abundance of literature on the history of industrialization in India. This has engaged the attention of scholars for long and even today has a huge audience. It has been generally recognized that the colonial government consciously and deliberately adopted policies that had deleterious effects on the economy and industry of the subject country. Along with such exploitation paradigm, there are few issues which need to be investigated in the interest of a more comprehensive understanding of the dynamics of economic change during the British rule. The attitude adopted by the Indian promoters of industry for the selection of technology for their industrial ventures is one of such issues. Were they self-sufficient in the realm of production technologies or the borrowers of such technologies from the west? Can one locate Bengali entrepreneurship in the engineering industry? How did the Bengali entrepreneurs situate modern technical knowledge in the project of establishing large-scale industries? For example, Prafulla Chandra Ray, the great chemist, endeavoured to make his science directly relevant to the immediate needs of the society. He started the Bengal Chemical and Pharmaceutical Works Ltd. (1892) which sought to put scientificknowledgetoimmediateindustrialuse.Taking into account two case-studies,Sir Rajendra Nath Mookerjee and Dr. Prafulla Chandra Ray, the article investigates the perceptions and response of the Bengali entrepreneurs towards modern technology and their role in transforming the industrial life of Bengal.

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Sarkar, Suvobrata. "In Pursuit of Laxmi:." Archiv orientální 82, no. 2 (September 10, 2014): 459–514. http://dx.doi.org/10.47979/aror.j.82.2.459-514.

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There is an abundance of literature on the history of industrialization in India. This has engaged the attention of scholars for long and even today has a huge audience. It has been generally recognized that the colonial government consciously and deliberately adopted policies that had deleterious effects on the economy and industry of the subject country. Along with such exploitation paradigm, there are few issues which need to be investigated in the interest of a more comprehensive understanding of the dynamics of economic change during the British rule. The attitude adopted by the Indian promoters of industry for the selection of technology for their industrial ventures is one of such issues. Were they self-sufficient in the realm of production technologies or the borrowers of such technologies from the west? Can one locate Bengali entrepreneurship in the engineering industry? How did the Bengali entrepreneurs situate modern technical knowledge in the project of establishing large-scale industries? For example, Prafulla Chandra Ray, the great chemist, endeavoured to make his science directly relevant to the immediate needs of the society. He started the Bengal Chemical and Pharmaceutical Works Ltd. (1892) which sought to put scientificknowledgetoimmediateindustrialuse.Taking into account two case-studies,Sir Rajendra Nath Mookerjee and Dr. Prafulla Chandra Ray, the article investigates the perceptions and response of the Bengali entrepreneurs towards modern technology and their role in transforming the industrial life of Bengal.

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Taneja, Leena. "Losing and Finding Braj: Commodification and Entrepreneurship in the Sacred Land of Krishna." Religions 14, no. 5 (May 10, 2023): 643. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel14050643.

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Braj is a sacred place revered by Bengali Vaishnavas, followers of the bhakti sect of Vaishnavism, one of four branches of Hindu devotion. Followers of the sect worship the God Krishna, who it is believed manifested in Braj and carried out many divine feats and activities that are imprinted onto the land. Braj today is dotted with thousands of holy shrines, temples and natural places connected to Krishna. Devotees connect to Krishna through the landscape of Braj; it is where the transcendental and the physical realms meet. Braj has been transformed in a multitude of ways with the influx of money from Western sources, commercial enterprises and developers that wish to modernize and commercialize it for the new religious consumer. New infrastructure, condo developments and other changes illustrate both the challenge and the promise of modernity. This paper examines how these transformations are impacting the region of Braj.

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Chakraborty, Arpita. "A Comparative Analysis of Women Entrepreneurship Vs Men Entrepreneurship in West Bengal." RESEARCH REVIEW International Journal of Multidisciplinary 5, no. 8 (August 17, 2020): 233–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.31305/rrijm.2020.v05.i08.055.

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Sharma, Madhuri. "Book review: Suvobrata Sarkar, Let There Be Light: Engineering, Entrepreneurship and Electricity in Colonial Bengal, 1880–1945." South Asia Research 42, no. 1 (January 23, 2022): 145–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/02627280211058371.

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Sharma, Madhuri. "Book review: Suvobrata Sarkar, Let There Be Light: Engineering, Entrepreneurship and Electricity in Colonial Bengal, 1880–1945." South Asia Research 43, no. 2 (July 2023): 305–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/02627280231165799.

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Chaudhury, Shrimoy Roy. "Book review: Suvobrata Sarkar, Let there be Light: Engineering, Entrepreneurship and Electricity in Colonial Bengal, 1880–1945." Studies in History 37, no. 2 (August 2021): 242–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/02576430211069168.

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Mandal, Rina. "Family Law and Entrepreneurship in a Bengal Town." Sociological Bulletin 38, no. 2 (September 1989): 235–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0038022919890205.

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Venkataraman, Viswanathan. "Book review: Suvobrata Sarkar (2020), Let there be Light: Engineering, Entrepreneurship and Electricity in Colonial Bengal, 1880–1945." Science, Technology and Society 26, no. 3 (October 12, 2021): 508–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09717218211030759.

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Sinha, J. N. "Book review: Suvobrata Sarkar, Let There Be Light: Engineering, Entrepreneurship and Electricity in Colonial Bengal, 1880–1945." Studies in People's History 8, no. 1 (June 2021): 154–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2348448921997026.

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Iqbal, Iftekhar. "Cooperative credit in colonial Bengal: An exploration in development and decline, 1905–1947." Indian Economic & Social History Review 54, no. 2 (April 2017): 221–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0019464617695673.

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The article examines the performance of cooperative credit movement in the last four decades of colonial Bengal. Despite high hopes at the beginning, the cooperative institutions proved unsustainable due to unusually high rate of loan default and consequently failed to play a role in rural wellness as promised. The article argues that the seeds of failure were ingrained in the movement as it was used as a tool to engage and contain nationalist and communist politics in the late colonial environment. The possibility of a successful experiment on the association of a global model of non-firm financial entrepreneurship with forms of local social capital that existed in Bengal was suspended by a political process which aimed at retaining the authority of the colonial state by privileging a select social group. Social capital, the cornerstone of cooperative movement, was ineffective in Bengal because it had to operate on a ground fiercely contested by political capital.

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Chakraborty, Arpita. "The Gender Gap in Entrepreneurship and How to Overcome It: A Study of Women Entrepreneurship Promotion in West Bengal." RESEARCH REVIEW International Journal of Multidisciplinary 5, no. 9 (September 15, 2020): 292–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.31305/rrijm.2020.v05.i09.071.

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Jana, Sebak Kumar, Badal Chandra Das, Siddhartha Shankar Manna, Tapas Payra, Adwaita Maiti, and Pranjit Kr Paul. "Women entrepreneurship in backward region: A study in Jhargram District of West Bengal." Asian Journal of Multidimensional Research (AJMR) 8, no. 3 (2019): 222. http://dx.doi.org/10.5958/2278-4853.2019.00099.5.

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Folmer, Henk, Subrata Dutta, and Han Oud. "Determinants of Rural Industrial Entrepreneurship of Farmers in West Bengal: A Structural Equations Approach." International Regional Science Review 33, no. 4 (October 2010): 367–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0160017610384400.

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Dasgupta, Tapati, Atanu K. Roy, and R. N. Chattopadhyay. "Gender Entrepreneurship in a Rural Scenario: A Case Study of South West Midnapore, West Bengal." Journal of Social Sciences 12, no. 2 (March 2006): 151–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09718923.2006.11978385.

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Dutta, Arindam. ":Let There Be Light: Engineering, Entrepreneurship, and Electricity in Colonial Bengal, 1880–1945." Isis 113, no. 4 (December 2, 2022): 884–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/721933.

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Hazra, Kalyan, Deepak Kumar, Sreya Dutta, Anupam K. Mangal, and Gajji Babu. "Life and works of Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray: A man with ultra luminosity." Journal of Research in Ayurvedic Sciences 8, Suppl 1 (May 2024): S105—S109. http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jras.jras_300_23.

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Abstract Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray was one of the most prominent scientists and an industrialist of the Indian subcontinent. He brought academia and industry under one umbrella with his farsightedness and dedication. His inventions in synthetic chemistry and profound knowledge of ancient Rasayana Vidya (chemistry) recognized him as a father figure in the Indian chemical industry. He was born in the early sixties of the nineteenth century with a profound family background in Bengal province. Academically profound, Ray acquired several awards and accolades in his life. His entrepreneurship in the Industrial setup in India made him the father of modern chemistry. The man with simple living and high thinking left for his heavenly abode at eighty-three, leaving the footsteps for future generations.

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van der Straeten, Jonas. "Let There Be Light: Engineering, Entrepreneurship and Electricity in Colonial Bengal, 1880–1945 by Suvobrata Sarkar." Technology and Culture 63, no. 2 (April 2022): 550–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/tech.2022.0068.

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Maity, Sudarshan, and Tarak Nath Sahu. "Women Entrepreneurs and Determinants of Their Success: An Empirical Study." SEDME (Small Enterprises Development, Management & Extension Journal): A worldwide window on MSME Studies 47, no. 2 (June 2020): 115–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09708464211032546.

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Using a Logistic regression model the present study investigates the important factors that influence on ease of doing business by the women entrepreneurs. The respondents are from the four different backward regions in West Bengal, India. The goodness of fit of the model is checked in terms of the Hosmer–Lemeshow test. Moreover, a large share of the women-owned business is a single person enterprise, generates lower revenues, and is smaller in size. The study shows that most women are engaged in small entrepreneurs to help their families financially. Though, women entrepreneurs are facing challenges of financing and non-cooperation from their family members. Even from non-cooperation from the family, they are engaged in entrepreneurship after managing their households’ work. The level of productivity will be enhanced significantly in case easy access to credit and support received from the family members. The support may be in terms of mental as well by helping in households’ work. Further, the application of the Welch’s t-test shows the non-existence of a significant difference in income level among the two groups, who have faced complexities and who have no complexities into running the entrepreneurship. To improve the socio-economic status of the female counterpart of the society, initiatives from the grassroots level are absolutely essential.

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Chatterjee, Somnath, and Arindam Laha. "Decision on Institutional Choice in the Healthcare Sector: Micro-empirical Evidences from West Bengal (India)." Journal of Health Management 21, no. 1 (February 25, 2019): 177–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0972063418822214.

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An attempt has been made in this article to shed some light on the decisions of patients on their institutional choice in accessing healthcare services within micro empirical framework in the state of West Bengal, India. The determinants of such decisions are also recognized in this article. In conscientious, statistical methods are anticipated to frame the socio-economic and decisional variables, that influence the decision. Principal component analysis and ordered probit analysis have been deployed to scrutinize the same. It is observed that the economic status of the patients, their level of schooling, their income and some other decision variables have a strong influence on their access of healthcare institutions. The study has projected that intra-category and inter-category competition among available alternative service providers needs to be introduced and social entrepreneurship model in state-owned hospitals can be pioneered with due considerations.

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Chowdhury, A. K., P. M. Bhattacharya, A. Roy, S. Bandyopadhayay, B. N. Chakraborty, Usha Chakraborty, and A. S. Ninawe. "Entrepreneurship Development through Rural Bio-Resource Complex with Adoption of Integrated Farming with Mushroom, Aquaculture, Organic Farming and Value Addition in North Bengal Region of West Bengal." International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 9, no. 11 (November 10, 2020): 1797–805. http://dx.doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2020.911.213.

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Prasad, Ritika. "Let there be Light: Engineering, Entrepreneurship and Electricity in Colonial Bengal, 1880–1945 by Suvobrata Sarkar." Journal of Interdisciplinary History 52, no. 4 (2022): 644–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/jinh_r_01795.

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Chowdhury, Arijit, and Ramchandra. "Impact of Microfinancing on Socio Economic Status and Employment Condition among the Rural Farmers in Murshidabad District of West Bengal, India." Journal of Experimental Agriculture International 45, no. 9 (July 20, 2023): 46–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.9734/jeai/2023/v45i92174.

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Micro-financial institutions are embodiment of hope in the poverty-driven sector of our country. More importantly, the role that this play can be validated by a thorough study undertaken within the rural community who are the beneficiaries of micro-financial institutions. The present research entitled “The Impact of Microfinancing on Agriculture in District Murshidabad of West Bengal” was carried out during the year 2022-23. The object of this research enterprise is to make a specialised study on the workability of the microfinance and SHG in the present socio-economic scenario in the economies of the purposively selected district of West Bengal. 80 farmers were selected randomly from the study area. The paper examines two basic research questions. First, the paper tries to conducts an in-depth profile evaluation based on the demographic parameters of the respondents of the selected study area. Secondly in addition to that the paper tries to attempt a study on how Microfinancing and the credits obtained from them have shaped the life of the respondents in terms of income generation and employment condition and ground reality of the situation. The empirical findings are also followed by a statistical analysis. The study reveals that that microfinance is playing an important role in improving living standard, minimising financial crisis, increasing income and increasing savings and employment opportunities. The economic development of India and the socio-economic upliftment of the rural poor will largely depend on the entrepreneurship, employment and mobilization, utilization and generation of capital by this section of the society.

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Jolly, Suyash. "Role of institutional entrepreneurship in the creation of regional solar PV energy markets: Contrasting developments in Gujarat and West Bengal." Energy for Sustainable Development 38 (June 2017): 77–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.esd.2016.10.004.

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Bhattacharya, Arunima. "Under Utilization Of Human Resource And Its Management- A Case Study Of Purba Khairbari Village, Alipurduar, West Bengal." International Review of Business and Economics 4, no. 2 (2020): 215–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.56902/irbe.2020.4.2.13.

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The notion that workers could be seen as a potential asset was subsequently in use during the 1910s and 1920s and was termed “human resource”. Human resources play an important part in developing and making a country. Women education and participation is vital for economic development because it can directly influence on entrepreneurship, productivity growth and then increases employment opportunities and women empowerment. The paper throws light on the gloomy scenario of under utilization of women work power in the Purba Khairbari village (J.L. No. 36), Madarihat Block of Alipurduar District, West Bengal. It also shows the positive correlation between education and employment of women. However, certain corrective measures are also suggested to improve upon the present scenario. The nearby cities and towns have not acted as proper growth poles encouraging human resource management in the study area. The socio cultural and infrastructural background also does not provide am impetus for changing the scenario. Social and cultural awareness can create a large and growing women labour force, which is expected to deliver spin-offs in terms of growth and prosperity in the region through a number of routes.

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Sarkar, Victor, Biman Maity, and Kausik Pradhan. "Impact of Self – Help Group in Case of Change in Income of the Rural Women in Cooch Behar District of West Bengal." Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology 41, no. 3 (February 25, 2023): 7–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.9734/ajaees/2023/v41i31852.

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Women empowerment through self- help group constitutes an emerging and rapidly expanding trend towards social and economic development of the nation. Self Help Groups (SHGs) are a cutting-edge and critically important concept to promote women's entrepreneurship, self-employment, and empowerment. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of women Self-Help Groups on women empowerment through income generation, increased communication skills, decision-making ability and awareness, and improved social status. The study was conducted in Coochbehar-I and Coochbehar-II block of Coochbehar district. The present study used multi-stage, purposive and simple random sampling methods. The district was selected purposively and blocks, gram panchayats and respondents were selected randomly. The total number of respondents for the study was one hundred eighty (180) women SHG members. After joining SHG, changes in annual income among the members were in low level and changes in empowerment were in medium level among the members of women SHG after joining the women SHG. The prime reason for joining SHG of the women SHG members in the study area is for promoting their savings.

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Vijay, Devi, and Debabrata Ghosh. "The Sabar Shouchagar Project (toilets for everyone): making Nadia District the first open-defecation-free district in India." Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies 8, no. 1 (January 19, 2018): 1–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/eemcs-03-2017-0061.

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Subject area Public Sector Management. Study level/applicability MBA or postgraduate program courses in public policy and management. MBA or postgraduate program courses on social innovation, social entrepreneurship and public or collective entrepreneurship. Management development programs for public policy professionals, non-governmental organizations and social enterprises. Case overview Despite several country-wide campaigns to improve sanitation levels, India continues to be the country with the highest number of people, over 600 million, practicing open defecation. This case outlines the Sabar Shouchagar Project (Toilets for Everyone) undertaken by the District Administration of Nadia District in West Bengal that transformed the region into the first open-defecation-free district in India. The case begins with providing the context of the problem of open defecation, why it has been hard to eliminate and how undertaking a project to eliminate open-defecation-free practices has myriad institutional and economic challenges. The case then details the conceptualization and execution of the complex Sabar Shouchagar Project which involved a loose coalition of various state programs and civil society organizations. The case ends with questions on the continuity of this project beyond the tenure of the current District Magistrate and on the replicability of such an ambitious project in other parts of the country. The setting of this case, a government agency, is different than most cases and provides an opportunity for students to talk about a state agency and its interstices with civil society. This case explores how to create change through large government machinery and allows the student to explore aspects of social mobilization, social change and social innovation. If taught within a postgraduate or MBA program, the case would serve well to dispel stereotypes and biases about government bureaucracies (such as slow timelines, limited efficacy of projects and so on). Expected learning outcomes After discussion and analysis of the case, students will be able to: appreciate how administrators within a large government bureaucracy address an ambitious and complex public health issue in a developing world context. Understand the on-the-ground challenges that arise when a change agent pursues a worthwhile goal. There are difficulties such as getting resources beyond what a government office has access to, getting alignments between different key actors within the local community and forging coalitions. Understand initiatives for social transformation within a developing country context. Specifically, the case unpacks the cultural, political, economic contexts that determine how social innovations may be pursued. Understand capacity-building and change management. Evaluate efforts required to sustain social change efforts and the challenges and pathways with respect to replication of successful social change projects in other geographies. Appreciate the design of civic engagement practices in public policy implementation. Supplementary materials Teaching Notes are available for educators only. Please contact your library to gain login details or email www.support@emeraldinsight.com to request teaching notes. Subject Code CSS: 10: Public Sector management.

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Roy, Malancha, Rimi Das, Anupam Debsarcar, Pradip Kumar Sen, and Joydeep Mukherjee. "Conversion of rural abattoir wastes to an organic fertilizer and its application in the field cultivation of tomato in India." Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems 31, no. 4 (August 12, 2015): 350–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1742170515000289.

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AbstractSophisticated capital intensive waste-recycling technologies are unviable in small rural abattoirs in India due to low volume of wastes (principally blood and rumen digesta) generated and lack of infrastructural facilities. We report recycling of slaughterhouse wastes as an organic fertilizer, ‘bovine-blood-rumen-digesta-mixture’ (BBRDM). Bovine blood and rumen digesta were mixed in 3:1 ratio in a metallic container, boiled and stirred continuously till the mixture was largely free of water. The mass was sun-dried for 3 days to obtain the final product. BBRDM was applied for field cultivation of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L., local variety ‘Patharkuchi’) in West Bengal state (India) during 2012–13 and 2013–14. We compared tomato yields obtained with BBRDM (N:P2O5:K2O 30.36:1:5.75) and conventional inorganic fertilizers [diammonium phosphate (DAP), N:P2O5:K2O 18:46:0 + potash, N:P2O5:K2O 0:0:44]. BBRDM was applied at a higher rate compared with DAP + potash to meet the farmers’ desire for enhanced yields. 75 kg ha−1 was applied at the 2nd week while 150 kg ha−1 was applied at the 8th week after transplantation. Yields (total fruit weight) obtained from BBRDM-treated plants were higher in comparison with DAP + potash-fertilized plants by 46–48% as the former supplied 2.5 times more nitrogen (N) than the latter. The partial factor productivity of DAP + potash was 73–76% higher than BBRDM. Conversely, as BBRDM was produced through local entrepreneurship from slaughterhouse wastes, the cost of this organic product would be expected to be much lower than the commercial inorganic fertilizer. Furthermore, application of BBRDM negates the environmental cost of treating slaughterhouse effluent. Considering the same cost of applying 225 kg fertilizer ha−1, higher yield with BBRDM should result in greater potential revenue for the farmer compared with yields with DAP + potash. The C/N ratio of BBRDM is 4.8, having relatively high N content. Accordingly, rapid release of plant-available N was observed in BBRDM-fertilized soils. The temporal increase in soil NH4+may be attributed to lack of soil N immobilization. Local farmers are willing to accept the new fertilizer as a substitute for currently used chemical fertilizers.

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Paul, B. N., N. C. Sahoo, R. N. Mandal, S. Ghosh, F. Hoque, A. Das, A. Hussan, et al. "Livelihood Improvement to Entrepreneurship Development: The Journey of Aquafarmers, Sonarpur, West Bengal." JOURNAL OF AQUACULTURE, October 28, 2023, 9–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.61885/joa.v30.2022.261.

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This study highlights a transfonnative initiative in the villages of Saheberabad I & II and Baburabad, located in South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, aimed at enhancing livelihoods and fostering entrepreneurship among marginalized communities. The region primarily relies on agriculture, with limited cultivable land and scarce irrigation facilities. Two Fanner Field Schools, the Aquaculture Fanner Field School (AFFS) and Livestock Fanner Field School (LFFS), were established in Saheberabad I & II, fostering knowledge sharing and community-building. Capacity-building initiatives, such as training sessions, exposure visits, and technical support, were conducted, benefitting 530 farmers. In summary, ICARCIFA's intervention has significantly impacted the rural development of Sonarpur, West Bengal, empowering 350 farmers and farm women. This initiative has not only improved their livelihoods but also promoted self-sufficiency, knowledge sharing, and entrepreneurship in the region, marking a remarkable journey in aquaculture development.

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Chatterjee, Susmita, and Debabrata Datta. "Entrepreneurial Ability and Development of Micro Enterprise." Arthaniti: Journal of Economic Theory and Practice, November 9, 2020, 097674792094640. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0976747920946405.

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Self-help groups (SHGs) are set up by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) with the objective of supporting poor people of India to set up micro enterprises. However, it is not at all easy to become an entrepreneur. The empirical observation shows that while some members of SHGs succeed in becoming entrepreneurs, other continue to remain just members. This article tries to identify the factors that help this entrepreneurship. It first develops a theoretical model and then carries out an empirical exercise with the help of ground-level surveys of SHGs in several districts of West Bengal. This empirical exercise with the help of logistic regression finds out that state help, financial access and existence of marketing opportunity are necessary for entrepreneurial success. Contrary to the general belief, more years of education does not help entrepreneurship. More revealing is the finding that protective social support deters entrepreneurship.

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Patra, Debjyoti, and Sumahan Bandyopadhyay. "Turning Waste into Means: Human Hair Business in a West Bengal Village." International Journal of Business Anthropology 13, no. 2 (December 15, 2023). http://dx.doi.org/10.33423/ijba.v13i2.6594.

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The present study is a part of an ongoing research conducted on human hair business at a rural-level entrepreneurship run by the people living in Lohabarh village under Bhagwanpur-1 Block in Purba Medinipur district of West Bengal, India. This business is also found in many other villages of this administrative block. It deals with the fallen hair tangles which serve as the main raw materials collected from different rural and urban areas of West Bengal. The products like hair wigs or hair extensions are sold in national and international markets through local and foreign traders or through online platforms. Therefore, a large network of business organizations is involved in the whole process. The study aims to know the process of turning the waste into reusable product along with the exploration of the nature of business organization and to understand the networks connected to international market from such a rural-level entrepreneurship so that the local and global interaction is realized in this context. The study reveals how people do this work at the village level and how it is circulated outside the village. It has enquired about the people involved and the extent of dividends contributing to their economic prosperity. It is revealed that a group of economically backward people had an occupational shift to this work, and it helped them to uplift their economic conditions considerably.

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Bhaumik, Rahul. "Let there be light: engineering, entrepreneurship and electricity in colonial Bengal, 1880-1945." South Asian History and Culture, September 2, 2021, 1–3. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19472498.2021.1975371.

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Das, Anirban, and Biswajit Pal. "Status of Rural Entrepreneurs in Post Pandemic Situation: A Study in Selected Blocks in Nadia District of West Bengal, India." South Asian Journal of Social Studies and Economics, September 10, 2022, 9–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.9734/sajsse/2022/v15i330406.

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India is a rural-based country. The economic development of our country is largely dependent on the development of the rural sector. In rural areas, people are shifting their source of income from agriculture to entrepreneurship. According to Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), the registration portal for entrepreneurs has registered more than 51% of rural entrepreneurs so far, but the rural entrepreneurs are deprived in many ways. They are facing different challenges due to not having proper educational qualifications, lack of skills, insufficient capital, lack of management skills, and various others. The research paper asserted the present status of rural entrepreneurs after the pandemic. The aim of the research was to study the socio-economic profile, entrepreneurship profile, the impact of lockdown, and psychological factors associated with rural entrepreneurship. In this study, Ranaghat-II and Chakdaha Blocks of Nadia district in West Bengal were selected purposively. 15 rural entrepreneurs from each block were selected as samples and data were collected from 30 respondents by using a semi-structured interview schedule. Various aspects of business, their socio-economic condition, entrepreneur's profile, the impact of lockdown on their enterprises and psychological impact have been studied. It has been found that most of the rural entrepreneurs know about different govt facilities related to MSME and SIDBI but did not get any support from the govt schemes during the period of lockdown. A major section of the entrepreneurs (88 %) faced uncertainty in their livelihood and faced psychological problems due to different adverse entrepreneur situations that arose during the lockdown period. Rural entrepreneurship is still very much deprived. Despite having government schemes, they were not able to get that. They need more skill-based training, financial support and managerial assistance and also more women’s participation in this field will boost the rural economy as a whole.

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"Entrepreneurship, Financial Literacy and Women: A Study of Street Vendors of Purulia District of West Bengal." Indian Journal of Economics and Development, March 25, 2021, 218–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.35716/21212.

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The evaluation of financial literacy was undertaken across poor and marginalized women engaged in entrepreneurial activities across major markets of Purulia town, West Bengal. The poor performance of women entrepreneurs on the Financial Literacy Score (FLS) was noticed. A significant gap was observed between the information about the financial system and access to their instruments. The study suggested developing financial literacy through induction programs and awareness camps among local entrepreneurs. The bank correspondence model can serve more efficiently by extending cooperation and trustworthiness.

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Maity, Biman, Tarun Kumar Das, Victor Sarkar, Kshouni Das, Ankur Adhikary, Kausik Pradhan, and Bablu Ganguly. "Opportunities and Constraints Faced by the Rural Shital Pati Weaver for Sustainable Livelihood." Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology, August 27, 2020, 85–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i2530888.

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The migration of villagers is very much predominant in developing country like India in search of the remunerative enterprise. At present, many farmers are not satisfied with their agriculture production. The villagers struggle to get rid of subsistence livelihood. The shital pati / cool mat weaving is to be one of the potential enterprises for sustainable livelihood generation in the Cooch Behar district of West Bengal. In this perspective, the study was conducted in Dholuabari, Deochorai, Barokodali, Dhalpal villages of Cooch Behar district in West Bengal in December 2019 to January 2020 know the perception of cool mat weaver related to cool mat weaving entrepreneurship. Randomly 100 respondents who were engaged in cool mat production were selected for the study, and from each village 25, of respondents are taken. An interview schedule was designed to collect the primary information where secondary data were collected from panchayat pradhan, mediators, literature, research papers and internet. The study revealed that many farmers were engaged in this enterprise to get more remuneration from secondary agriculture and thereby improve their socio-economic status in a sustainable way.

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Roy, Debarshi. "Entrepreneurship-driven Migratory Behaviour Among the Tea Estate Workers in West Bengal: An Exploratory Study." Vikalpa: The Journal for Decision Makers, September 19, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/02560909231184775.

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AGARWALA, VARUNA, SUDARSHAN MAITY, and TARAK NATH SAHU. "FEMALE ENTREPRENEURSHIP, EMPLOYABILITY AND EMPOWERMENT: IMPACT OF THE MUDRA LOAN SCHEME." Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, April 1, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s1084946722500054.

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Improved access to credit influences socio-economic growth. Accordingly, financial support schemes have been used widely as a development tool to help underserved individuals grow and elevate themselves out of poverty. Uplifting women, who are subject to unfair treatment because of gender biases, have been a major target of these programs. Therefore, the present study examines one such government microcredit scheme, the Mudra Yojana, which supports individuals financially to start an enterprise or expand the existing one by providing collateral-free loans. Further, it encourages female participants by charging lower interest rates. The present study, based on 417 female beneficiaries from the tribal districts of West Bengal, India, investigates how financial support has benefitted women in their socio-economic growth. It evaluates the scheme’s effect based on women’s employability and empowerment level. To analyze the data, the study employs ordered logistic regression, Wilcoxon Sign test, effect size, etc. The results suggest micro-credit through Mudra Yojana encourages female entrepreneurship, raises earnings and employability, and thereby empowers them financially, socially, psychologically and in the political arena. The findings of these studies reinforce the fact women could be “active agents of change” and play an important role in both the family and society.

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Das, Shreya, and Partha Pratim Pal. "Assessment Of Entrepreneurship Development Through Attracting And Retaining Youth In Agriculture (ARYA)." Journal of Survey in Fisheries Sciences, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.53555/sfs.v10i1s.2304.

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Declining rural economy and increasing migration of rural youth are affecting the growth of India’s economy. To encourage rural youths in agriculture Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) had initiated a programme on Attracting and Retaining Youth in Agriculture (ARYA) through selected Krishi Vigyan Kendras of the country. The programme was also carried out through nine KVKs on Zone V located in Odisha and West Bengal. It has been observed in a study that rural youths are eager towards entrepreneurship development but lack of technical expertise and financial constraints are preventing them. Under ARYA potential enterprises of the districts were identified and on and off campus trainings were provided. After continuing the project for three years (2019-20 to 2021-22) through nine KVKs, an assessment on income improvement, employment generation and socio-economic status was carried out with a sample size of 240 ARYA beneficiaries. The result revealed that 42 enterprising units, 29 groups and 223 enterprises were established. 272 nos. of employment were also generated through 130 successfully running enterprises. Among the enterprises poultry provided highest average income followed by mushroom, fishery, apiary, horticulture nursery, goatery, vermicompost and scientific lac cultivation.

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"Role of Microfinance towards Personal Empowerment of Women: An Empirical Study." Indian Journal of Economics and Development, June 6, 2020, 301–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.35716/ijed/20012.

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Woman encompasses a heap of potential which could contribute to the progress of the society. Empowering women is a multidimensional holistic approach. Personal empowerment of women could be considered as one of the essential aspects of the development. It involves an increase in autonomy, a sense of self-worth, satisfaction with life, and the right to control own life. This empirical study was conducted to quantify the level of personal empowerment of women, identify the role of microfinance, and socio-economic factors essential for sustainable personal empowerment. This study was based on the primary data collected from 414 women residing in nine blocks of South-24 Parganas district of West Bengal. It was found that involvement in microfinance activities had a positive impact on the achievement of the empowerment level and helped those who utilized their borrowed funds for entrepreneurial activities. The study identified the age, education of the respondents’ and family members as influencing factors towards the decision of the respondent to use the borrowed money for carrying out entrepreneurial activities. In the target area, there was a lack of skilled entrepreneurial activities as educated women were not interested as demanded as entrepreneurship was taxing. So, to ensure sustainable entrepreneurship in the rural area the government should set up organization exclusively for helping the women to understand the market opportunities of the business, helping them with cost curtailing techniques of production and use of latest technology in their business which could ultimately help these small entrepreneurs to achieve sustainable entrepreneurship.

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Kalita, Bidyut Jyoti, and Anjan Bhuyan. "Prospects of Women Entrepreneurship in the Jute Industry of Assam: An Analysis." SMS Journal of Enterpreneurship & Innovation 7, no. 01 (July 25, 2021). http://dx.doi.org/10.21844/smsjei.v7i01.28721.

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Jute is an important fibre crop in Assam in terms its economic and social relevance. Assam is the third largest jute producing state in India after West-Bengal and Bihar. Large amount of jute cultivation takes place in the rural and riverine areas of Assam since British colonisation. Based on the availability of raw material and entrepreneurial supports initiated by the National Jute Board (NJB), women entrepreneurship in the jute industry have grown-up in the last two decades. Rural women primarily produce various decorative handicraft and handloom products which are getting wider acceptance in the regional and national markets. Growing environmental awareness and effort to replace polypropylene among environment conscious consumer has created opportunities for the entrepreneurs of the jute industry because of the inherent ecological attributes of this natural fibre. This paper is an attempt to analyse the contemporary scenario of women entrepreneurship in the jute industry of Assam. Production process, marketing practices as well as the constraints are also taken into consideration in the study. The paper is based on both primary data and secondary data. Primary data was collected from 120 women engaged in the process of jute crafts selected through snowball sampling procedure. It is found that, scarcity of time due to family and social responsibilities act as a major hindrance in the process of jute entrepreneurship. However, marketing practices are less troublesome then the production process. The study suggest for ensuring uninterrupted supply of fibre and other inputs to undertake production as a full economic activity among the women entrepreneur.

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"Women Entrepreneurship in Travel and Tourism Industries: A Study on Opportunities and Challenges during Pandemic Covid-19 in West Bengal and Assam." Recent trends in Management and Commerce 3, no. 2 (August 1, 2022): 87–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.46632/rmc/3/2/4.

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Travel and Tourism Industry is an important contributor to world economy. As per WTTC’s Economic Impact 2019 report, India’s Travel & Tourism GDP contribution grew by 4.9%, which was third highest after China and Philippines. Entrepreneurship is always recognized practice in tourism industry as it encourages in creative freedom and accepting challenges. Women plays very important role in this industry. Their contributions are not only restricted to employees, but also equally in business and entrepreneurship. The present study has been conducted to understand the opportunities and challenges faced by women entrepreneurs in this field. Due to outbreak of pandemic Covid 19, the travel and tourism industry has been highly affected. Some of the challenges faced by entrepreneur are non-availability of finance, pressure of domestic responsibilities, stiff competition, problems pertaining to expansion/ diversification, less scope for diversification, requirement of professional expertise, lack of guidance, direction and government support etc. This paper studies the revival strategies taken up by Durga and Bihu and infers how they focus on few priority areas like maximizing use of technology in the tourism sector; promote sustainability, going green and foster partnerships to enable tourism to survive in times of Covid 19. It is also important for the entrepreneurs to follow current trends tourism trends in response to consumer behavior, especially after the corona virus pandemic. Both these entrepreneurs have initiated new concepts like ‘satiations’, short trips taking extra care for safe travels to not only revive their businesses but also do well during this pandemic time.

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Datta, Pritha, and Soumik Das. "Model-based strategic planning for strengthening mushroom entrepreneurship: insights from a sub-Himalayan Region of West Bengal, India." GeoJournal, August 12, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10708-019-10063-9.

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De, Indranil, Saswata Narayan Biswas, and Devleena Dey. "Micro-entrepreneurship, Institutional Environment and the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comparison of Weaving Clusters in West Bengal, India." Journal of Entrepreneurship, February 25, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09713557241233904.

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This article compares micro-enterprises’ performance and the entrepreneurial ability of weavers as perceived by the weavers themselves under two different institutional environments: one dominated by a cooperative society and the other dominated by private traders. Weavers in the private trader-dominated institutional environment are more likely to introduce new designs, develop new products and usher client satisfaction. However, the determinants of overall entrepreneurial ability reveal that after controlling for several factors, the weavers associated with a cooperative society seem to have significantly higher abilities. Analysing the marginal effects of the institutional environment, it is observed that the perceived quality of handlooms, weaver’s ability to bargain for returns and ability to efficiently manage business finances are much better in the cooperative-dominated cluster as compared to the private trader-dominated cluster. Furthermore, the resilience of enterprises during the COVID-19 pandemic was much higher in the cooperative-dominated business environment. Enterprises using more unpaid female household labour were more resilient than others during the pandemic.

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Goswami, Munmun. "InGreens: The Road Ahead." Emerging Economies Cases Journal, January 20, 2022, 251660422110709. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/25166042211070925.

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This case is based on the company InGreens, which is an agri-mobile platform, one which works in connecting the rural B2C and G2F service space (those related to agriculture—soil health card, farm insurance, online licensing for seeds, pesticides, fertilizers, etc.). It was incubated from Science and Technology Entrepreneurs’ Park (STEP), IIT Kharagpur and supported by the Government of West Bengal. The key motive was helping the farmers and the agricultural process as a whole, using technology for better and efficient connectivity between the government people and the farmers, on a real-time basis. They were facing dilemma on the ways to expand their functioning, through their third-party recruits (Gram Doots) and the case brings forth these challenges. InGreens was planning to utilize the reach of the Gram Doots for venturing into rural m-commerce, in the agricultural as well as the consumer products sectors. The case was written keeping in mind the students of HRM and entrepreneurship.

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Roy, Debraj, S. K. Achaya, Arindam Ghosh, Debashis Mazumder, Swagata Ghoshal, Monirul Haque, and Amitava Biswas. "Socio-Ecological Foundation of Marketable Surplus Generation in Agriculture: The Complexity and Compliances." Journal of Economics, Management and Trade, November 10, 2020, 11–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.9734/jemt/2020/v26i930286.

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The study was conducted on Rice and Poultry entrepreneurs in Memari-1 block, Purba Barddhaman district of West Bengal, India. This has been conducted to assess their socio-personal, agro-economical and techno-managerial skills. Several entrepreneurial aspects are considered in this study to portrait a well discernible picture of their entrepreneurship. The acquired data and other information was critically examined with several statistical tools like range, mean, standard deviation, variance, correlation coefficient, stepwise regression analysis, multiple regression analysis, factor analysis and cluster analysis. Total 18 variables were considered for the study in which 15 of them are independent variables and 3 of them dependent variables. Correlation coefficient is significant for the independent variables in case of one dependent variable i.e. produce marketed (y3). After performing Stepwise Regression analysis several satisfactory conclusions were drawn for the study which well described the current neo agricultural scenario in rural Bengal. It has been recorded that when the economic land is more, then the marketed surplus becomes lower as because small holdings entrepreneurs concentrate more in the production phase. Marketed surplus has a positive relationship with the Education level. It has been recorded that Marketed surplus has a positive relationship with electricity consumption also. Having a higher marketed surplus indicate more advancement and betterment in terms of entrepreneurial management and thus fuel use efficiency becomes more prominent and fuel consumption is reduced. It has been recorded that when the innovation proneness and market interaction is higher for the respondents, the marketed surplus is also higher.

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Ghosh, Subhendu, and Suruchi Pachori. "Role of women entrepreneurs of MSME sector for socioeconomic & regional development of Hooghly District, West Bengal." International journal of health sciences, April 22, 2022, 5676–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.53730/ijhs.v6ns2.6444.

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Women entrepreneurs make major contributions in all parts of the economy. Strong desire to achieve anything beneficial provides amazing position in their community and family. Women entrepreneurship has gained pace in previous three decades dramatically expanding the number of women entrepreneurs and their contribution towards economic growth and regional development of their working area. According to central government report, Bengal has set a record with 29 lakh women starting their own business (UNI, 2019). J.A.Schumpeter claims that “Women who innovate, imitates, or undertakes a commercial activity is termed women entrepreneur’’. This study is fully concerned with the role of women entrepreneurs of MSME sectors for the regional development and economic growth of Hooghly district. Primary Data collection was done by personal interview on randomly selected women entrepreneurs who engaged in MSME’s in the study area. Secondary data was gathered from a variety of government data handbooks, internet sites, published articles and journals, and other sources. Collected data are compiled & represents by statistical figures. The study reveals the growth of women empowerment, decision making power, Economic stability of the women entrepreneurs, which is help to improvement the Regional development of the Hooghly District.

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Datta, Pritha, and Soumik Das. "Correction to: Model-based strategic planning for strengthening mushroom entrepreneurship: insights from a sub-Himalayan Region of West Bengal, India." GeoJournal, February 22, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10708-020-10140-4.

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Bhattacharya, Ananya, and Madhura Dutta. "Empowering Heritage Entrepreneurs: An Experience in Strategic Marketing." Journal of Heritage Management, October 2, 2022, 245592962211204. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/24559296221120471.

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This article describes an Indian experience in building rural, community-based enterprises that respond to heritage marketing challenges and opportunities in a huge creative economy. In an era often dominated by market-driven approaches, the NGO ‘banglanatak dot com’ has innovated its art for life (AFL) approach, offering a robust model for empowering rural communities through entrepreneurship and community-led micro-enterprises. Sensitive to issues of cultural integrity and ownership, the AFL model includes a strong rights-based commitment along with continuous innovation, branding and the use of marketing tools. These include building digital capacities, use of social media and partnership with the tourism industry. The banglanatak experience responds to the fast-changing consumer trends of a globalized and digital world, thus often characterized by a lack of connect between traditional artists and evolving markets, inadequate market awareness on the intrinsic and outstanding value of a particular craft or art form, lack of cultural sensitivity among stakeholders working with traditional artists and frequent violation of the creative rights of makers. This article shares learning from interventions in West Bengal, in eastern India, which aim at empowering tradition bearers as key protagonists of heritage businesses. Their experience, severely tested through the global pandemic, offers hope and direction.

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Mohan, Kamlesh. "Let There Be Light: Engineering, Entrepreneurship and Electricity in Colonial Bengal 1880–1945 by Suvobrata Sarkar, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2020, xliii + 266 pp." Indian Journal of History of Science, May 31, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s43539-022-00041-5.

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"Impact of Industrial Policy on the Growth of Micro, Small And Medium Enterprises in Uttar Pradesh." International Journal for Research in Engineering Application & Management, April 30, 2020, 307–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.35291/2454-9150.2020.0304.

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The Micro, Small and Medium enterprises sector is a very dynamic and upcoming sector of the Indian economy. It has emerged as a great contributor to the economic development of the country by providing huge employment opportunities. It encourages self -dependency by stimulating entrepreneurship thereby ensuring social development of the country. As the capital cost is low it has proved to be India’s boon after Agriculture in the past few decades. Currently there are approximately 633.8 lakh units spread throughout the country, contributing around 28.90% to the GDP and 49% to total exports of the country. The target set by MSME ministry is a contribution 50% to the GDP by 2025 as India forges ahead to achieve a $5 trillion economy. Uttar Pradesh has approximately 89.99 lakh MSME’s which is around 14.20% share of the total no of MSME’s in India as per NSS 73rd Round (15-16). In products like handicrafts, engineering goods, carpets, readymade garments, leather products of the MSME sector, U.P. is a lead exporter. The Government of U.P. recently launched the scheme of One District One Product (ODOP) among many other schemes to foster and encourage the setting up of more MSME’s. Uttar Pradesh (UP) has the highest number of MSME units in the country followed by West Bengal and Tamil-Nadu. With the help of this paper the growth in number of MSME units and MSME employment generation in Uttar Pradesh is studied. Provision in UP industrial policies for years 2004, 2012 and 2017 regarding MSME’s units has also been examined.

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