recognition. The North Eastern Region (NER) of India comprises eight states: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram …

This study is an investigation into the real wage rates of casual labourers in Shillong, the capital city of Meghalaya … unskilled casual labourers from the rural Meghalaya, Nepal, Bihar, Bengal, Bangla Desh, Assam, etc to Shillong has kept up an …

Meghalaya, a state in the North Eastern India, is inhabited by over 2.3 million of population of which 70 percent are … of population in the rural areas of Meghalaya is certainly better off than their Hindu or Muslim counterparts, they score … comparatively poorly in the urban areas of Meghalaya. In the urban areas, the Muslim segment of the population is in the most …

literatures and verify in the context of the state of Meghalaya whether there has been any such structural change. Although the …, infrastructural advancement, etc indicate to the structural change that is taking place in Meghalaya. …

matrilineal (and matrifocal). In this paper we investigate how women in Meghalaya perform, vis-à-vis men, in the socio …Subjugation of women in certain spheres of life is very common in the patriarchal societies and it has a long history …. In India, women have little social or economic independence. They are treated inequitably at home as much as at the …

Meghalaya vis-à-vis other states in northeast India. The first two sections of the paper are devoted to an introduction to the …

The paper seeks to examine why the youths of the state of Meghalaya are forced into militancy and violence and are … formation of the state of Meghalaya. It is mentioned that unlike many other states in India that were created on linguistic … basis, Meghalaya was carved out from Assam on the basis of ethnic identity. Though the state was created it continued to …

drought, which is exacerbated by environmental change. This study analyzes the impact of drought on household’s vulnerability …, the study employs the methodology proposed by Christiaensen and Subbarao (2004). The results show that recurrent drought … makes households more vulnerable to the extent that households that were affected by drought in both periods were twice as …