সাম্প্ৰতিক সময়ছোৱাত - ৰাজ্যৰ প্ৰচুৰ সম্ভাৱনাময় ক্ষেত্ৰসমূহ

. Assam has vast potential for tourism. It can develop cultural, lifestyle (tea), adventure and
eco-tourism

What has been the experience with joint forest
management? What are the consequences of the Supreme Court ban on the industry? How to
achieve sustainable forestry and related industries development?

. Forests are a major resource of Assam.

What prevents development of intensive
fisheries? What needs to be done? What kind of institutional arrangements are needed? These
are examined in a later chapter.

It
should be possible to increase fish production by 40000 tonnes in the next five years
indicating a growth rate of 6 per cent per year

Imports do indicate the potential market for development of fisheries.

Yet Assam imports some 25000
tonnes of fish from Andhra. Why is it so? There is nothing wrong in importing fish if it is
economic to do so.

Brahmaputra and the beels provide opportunity for fishery development on a
widely dispersed large-scale so that many can share in it.

Fishery would seem to be an obvious growth sector for Assam. Assam has vast water
resources. B

Under what circumstances and what institutional arrangements, shallow
tubewells bring about real agricultural growth? These issues will be addressed in subsequent
chapters