ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA

Economic Geography of India provides a systematic in-depth spatio-temporal analysis of India’s economic development and future prospects and problems in all the major sectors including land and water resources, irrigation development, agricultural development, mineral resources, power resources, industrial development, transport and international trade. A large number of attractive and accurate maps and precise up-do-date data tables have been given in support of the text to render it authentic and accurate.
The book is intended as a text/reference for the degree and post-graduate level courses prescribed in Geography in the Indian universities and for the competitive examinations for entry into the union and states services. Many others interested in India’s economic development may also find it useful.

Contents
1 Indian Agriculture: Problems and Prospects
2 Land and Water Resources
3 Irrigation Development
4 Foodgrains
5 Commercial Crops
6 Plantation and Garden Crops
7 Livestock, Sericulture and Fisheries
8 Agricultural Regions
9 Survey of Mineral Resources
10 Fuel Minerals
11 Metallic Minerals: Ferrous and Alloys Group
12 Metallic Minerals: Non-Ferrous Group
13 Non-Metallic Minerals
14 Power Resources Development
15 Development of Manufacturing Industries
16 Textile Industries
17 Metallurgical Industries
18 Engineering Industries
19 Chemicals and Allied Industries
20 Food Processing Industries
21 Other Raw Material-Based Industries
22 Transport
23 Foreign Trade