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Item INTERLINKING OF RIVERS IN INDIA - PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES(Bodhi International Journal of Research in Humanities, Arts and Science, National Conference on Integrated Water Resource Management- Prospects and Challenges organized by Department of Economics, PSGRKCW, 2018-09-19) M, LalithambigaiThe National River Linking Project (NRLP) envisages transferring water from the surplus river basins to ease the water shortages in western and southern India while mitigating the impacts of recurrent floods in eastern India. NRLP constitutes two basic components—the links which will connect the Himalayan rivers and those which will connect the peninsular rivers. This article discuss about the prospects and challenges of national river linking project.Item PROBLEMS AND ISSUES IN THE PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF COCOON IN COIMBATORE DISTRICT(Special Issue on Indian Agriculture Success and Sustainability, Bonfring International Journal of Research in Arts and Science, 2018-02-07) M, Lalithambigai; M, JayamalaSericulture refers to the conscious mass-scale rearing of silk producing organism to obtain silk. Sericulture plays a vital role in rural development, as it integrates well with farming systems and has the potential to generate attractive income throught the year. India being the second largest producer of silk contributes only about 15 percent of the world raw silk production and depends on imports to meet its domestic demand. Therefore the paper on “Problems and issues in the production and marketing of cocoon in Coimbatore District” focuses to understand the problems faced by sericulture farmers in cocoon production, which is the first stage in silk production. The study has been conducted with120 sericulture farmers in Coimbatore district, TamilNadu. The study concludes that the problems of sericulture farmers can never be overcome by strengthening extension system and provide adequate credit facility. The remunerative selling price for the cocoon produced by the sericulture farmers will only make them continue sericulture in the future.Item ECONOMICS OF COCOON PRODUCTION: A FARM LEVEL ANALYSIS IN COIMBATORE DISTRICT, TAMIL NADU(Biotech Books, New Delhi, 77th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Agriculture Economics held under auspicious of College of Post Graduate Studies, Central Agriculture University (Imphal), Umiam, Meghalaya, 2017-10-12) M, LalithambigaiIt has been widely acknowledged that sericulture has the potential for increasing the income of the marginal and smaller farmer. In order to understand this, the benefit-cost ratio of sericulture farming and input-output relationship in cocoon production were analysed by collecting information from 120 sericulture farmers in Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu, India. The benefit cost ratio was worked out as 1:1.24. It indicates that sericulture is economically viable and commercially feasible for the farmers. The production function analysis shows increasing returns to scale. Increase in the amount of fertilizer, DFLs and number of batches have a positive effect on productionItem SERICULTURE A SUSTAINABLE ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN INDIA(UGC sponsored national conference on “Approaches towards Sustainable Conservation through Social and Environmental Entrepreneurship”, , at PSGR Krishnammal College for Women., 2017-10-10) M, LalithambigaiSericulture is an eco-friendly agro-based labour intensive and commercially attractive economic activity, falling under cottage and small-scale sector. The present paper focuses on the sericulture farming in India and it sustainability over years and thereby provides employment opportunity in rural sector. Secondary source of information are used to explain the importance of sericulture in India. And the secondary data is used to describe the number of families and villages involved in sericulture over years and the employment generation through sericulture activities to that of the other farming. It is concluded that sericulture is a growing industry in India over the years and provides the sustainable entrepreneurial opportunity in rural sector.