DIBRUGARH UNIVERSITY
CENTRE FOR MANAGEMENT STUDIES
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION – 1ST SEMESTER
ASSIGNMENT ON
INDUSTRIAL POLICY OF ASSAM
SUBJECT: BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
Submitted to: Submitted by:
Ms. SUMAN MAHANTA ARUP BORDOLOI
ASST. PROFESSOR ROLL NO: 06/12
CONTENTS:
1. INTRODUCTION 2. INDUSTRIAL POLICY OF ASSAM : 1982 3. INDUSTRIAL POLICY OF ASSAM : 1986 4. INDUSTRIAL POLICY OF ASSAM : 1991 5. INDUSTRIAL POLICY OF ASSAM : 1997 6. INDUSTRIAL POLICY OF ASSAM : 2003 7. INDUSTRIAL POLICY OF ASSAM : 2008
Introduction
Assam is situated at the North-eastern Himalayan Sub-region of India. In spite of having huge development potential, the economy of Assam remained underdeveloped as it is characterized by poverty, under-utillised man power and untapped natural resources. The economy of the state is depending too much on agriculture. In Assam, cultivators and agricultural labourers together account for 64.0 percent of the total working population, whereas workers of manufacturing other household industries constitute only 2.8 percent of the total worker of the state.
Assam is one of the industrially backward states of the country. In spite of being blessed with a high potential for development of resource-based and demand-based industries in the state, the pace of industrialization in Assam had not been satisfactory. The industrial sector in the state had been centralized around some particular sectors, like tea, petroleum, coal, jute and forests.
Industries in Assam can be broadly classified into four heads :
(a) Agro-based industry,
(b) Mineral-based industry,
(c) Forest-based industry, and
(d) Other industries.
Agro-based industries of Assam include-Tea industry, Sugar industry, Grain mill products industry-(Rice, Oil and Flour Mill), Food processing industry and Textile industry.
Mineral-based industries of Assam includes-Railway workshop,