Gerrymandering, Poverty and Flooding: A Perennial Story of Bihar

Gerrymandering, Poverty and Flooding: A Perennial Story of Bihar

Bihar's fall from a state with healthy socio-economic indices to now being one of India's least developed states has been drastic. The major failures lie in governance, and in the downfall of the agricultural sector. A study of the perennial story of flooding and relief measures and the co...

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Veröffentlicht in:Economic and political weekly 2008-02, Vol.43 (7), p.45-53
1. Verfasser: Rorabacher, J. Albert
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Agricultural land
Dams
Disaster relief
Embankments
Floods
Gravel
Levees
Politicians
Poverty
Special Articles
Subsistence farming
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Zusammenfassung:Bihar's fall from a state with healthy socio-economic indices to now being one of India's least developed states has been drastic. The major failures lie in governance, and in the downfall of the agricultural sector. A study of the perennial story of flooding and relief measures and the consequent failure of agriculture show how disorganised the state of affairs is.
ISSN:0012-9976
2349-8846