VOLUME II LIVELIHOOD SECURITY ISSUES AND RESOLUTIONS 1. Agricultural Labour in India: Some Emerging Livelihood Issues and Resolutions 3 Sibranjan Misra and Jaydev Misra 2. Agricultural Labour Force: An Overview of Livelihood Security 17 Mcmiklal Adhikary & Sravanti Maily 3. Risk-bearing Capacity and Livelihood Security of Rural Households in India 29 S.K. Tnpasvi 4. Rural Non-Farm Sector Employment and Village Size: Establishment of Some Linkages 81 S.K. Yaclnv, Vandana Shukla & Radhey Shyam 5. Rural Livelihood and Livestock Rearing 99 D. Kumar, 'i. Sudakar & B. Mohnmed Rafeeq 6. Role of Information and Communication Technology in Expanding Livelihood Opportunities 121 A. Thoma* & M.A. Sudhir 7. Rural Development Programmes and Policies: Some Ground Realities 137 Adya Prasad Pandey 8. Agrarian Crisis and Livelihood Security of Rural Labour Through Rural Development Programmes in India 154 Bagade, Dattairay S. 9. Emergence of Biovillage, lieo-1-arming System and Food Security in India 178 R. Balasubrmnaiiiyan 10. Condition of Labour in the Milieu of Special Economic Zones 187 Mauiklal Adhikary & Snmrat Choudhuri 11. Agrarian Crisis Reduces Through Micro Irrigation: A Study of Mahahoobnagar District of Andhra Fradesh 209 B.V. Raghnwndni; K. Mtihi-iidrn Kitinar & B.S. Rao 12. Livelihood Security of Labourers in Tea Plantation: Trail of Facts in Regions of North Bengal 223 Maniklal Adhikanj & Animesh Debnalh 13. Exploration of Alternate Avenues of Employment for Oustee Farmers and Rural Agricultural Labourers: A Case Study of Gurgaon Town of Haryana 247 S.K. Yadav 14. Agrarian Distress in Kerala: Implications for Rural Livelihood 272 Rajcev C. Bhnrathan 15. Livelihood Security of Rural Labour in Maharashtra-A Focus on Alternative Avenues 289 A.B, Deogirikar & Y.S. Topare 16. Unemployment, Food Insecurity and Agrarian Crisis in KBK Districts of Orissa 298 S.N. Tripalhy 17. Emerging Agrarian Crisis and Options for Creation of Employment and Income Opportunities in Uttarakhand 317 G.S. Mehla 18. Inter-Regional Variation of Rural Non- Agricultural Employment in a District of West Bengal 337 Rathindra Nath Pramanik Land-Use Transformation Through Small Tea Plantation as a Rural Livelihood Security Strategy: A Case Study of North Bengal 361 Tamas Ranjan Majumdar 20. Employment Guarantee Act: An Unfinished Agenda and the Task Ahead 394 Jngflimuth Leiifcn & Minati Mcdlick 21. Pattern of Employment and Unemployment in Orissa: A Time Series Analysis 402 C.R. Das & R.K. Panda