Double Blind Peer Reviewed and Extended Proceedings of the
Interdisciplinary National Seminar On
SOCIO ECONOMIC AND
CULTURAL ISSUES: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF LAKSHADWEEP
Edited by
PAZHANISAMY. R
SURENDRAN. I.P
Organized and Published By
POST GRADUATE DEPARTMENT
OF ECONOMICS
CALICUT UNIVERSITY CENTRE
- KADMAT
UNION TERRITORY OF
LAKSHADWEEP
Double Blind Peer Reviewed and
Extended Proceedings of the Interdisciplinary National Seminar on
SOCIO ECONOMIC AND
CULTURAL ISSUES: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF LAKSHADWEEP
ISBN - Second Edition: 978-93-5291-590-3
Price: Rs 500
First Edition:
Kadmat -June 2017
Second Edition: Kadmat -December 2017
Editors: PAZHANISAMY, R &
SURENDRAN I.P @ Department of Economics
Published By: (First editor)
Imprint:
POST GRADUATE DEPARTMENT
OF ECONOMICS
CALICUT UNIVERSITY CENTER
KADMAT-U.T OF LAKSHADWEEP
Printed at: Government Press, Kadmat-UT of Lakshadweep.
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Disclaimer:
The information provided in various
papers with subtitles inside the book is only for informative nature.
Lakshadweep is one of the attractive truism place, the editors or publishers
will not be responsible for any financial or other form of losses due to the
use of the information available in this book while copyrights rest with the
individuals concerned.
PREFACE
The
Department of Economics Calicut University Centre is well known to its
dedication in providing high standard higher education to the isolated
Lakshadweep population through various academic enrichment programmes, like
debate, colloquium seminar and conferences on regular basis in addition to its
usual classes. In this context in order to sensitize the Lakshadweep students
about various socio, cultural, economic and environmental issues of various islands and the possible policy
solutions available in the global arena, its applicability to Lakshadweep
economy, an inter disciplinary national seminar on the title of this book had conducted by the PG Department
of Economics..
The seminar initiated with a magnetic Lakshadweep specific cultural
programmes called Oppana, Kolkali and Bandiya etc and ends Dolipattu in
between the 34 papers presented in the seminar conducted at two different halls for three days. With an objective to
provide a comprehensive and permanent platform for the students of Lakshadweep
islands in understanding the thrust areas of immediate policy interventions,
this book is prepared. Based on scope of the validity, reliability and
adoptability of the papers with reference to Lakshadweep Island a few papers
are selected and presented in the form of this book. Since the remaining papers
are under revisions by the respective authors there is a scope for the second
volume of this book soon to be published.
We express our hearty gratitude to the Dean of LD Cell Dr.P.P.Mohammed, Registrar and V.C of Calicut
University, for their immediate approval and sanction of seminar amount on
time. We express our hearty indebted to the former Principals Dr.Abdul Vaheed, Dr.Sunny lukose, and
the present Principal Dr.V.Vijayan
and the Principal in-charge Mr. Mohammed
Kasim, Section officer Mr. Kasim
Koya and his office team to their support throughout the process of the
seminar and this publication.
We are
hearty thankful Mr. Sahadudeen,
I, Assistant professor of Economics,
Faroque collage for his unforgettable timely help in conducting the seminar at
various levels. We are indebted to all resource persons and every
staffs of the centre for their co operation, support throughout the seminar. It
is also worth full to express our sincere thankfulness to the officials of
government press, Kadmat for their dedicated help in printing this book on
time. Exclusive care has taken to ensure the quality of the content at every
step in our end. At the same time we always welcome your feedback and comments
to improve the book in future.
R.Pazhanisamy Surendran
Illathu Padikkal
Assistant Professor of Economics Assistant Professor
of Economics
Seminar Coordinator Seminar Convener
FORWARD
This book is an output of the Interdisciplinary National Seminar on
Socio Economic and Cultural Issues: Challenges and Opportunities of Lakshadweep
conducted by the Post Graduate Department of Economics of Calicut university
Centre, Kadmat, Lakshadweep on Feb 14,15 and 16th 2017. During the
seminar all most all the social, cultural and economic and environmental issues
of current importance were highlighted to the students and participants through
pre scheduled sessions via special addresses, presentations, brainstorming
sessions, round table questions and focus group discussions with experts from
across the various departments of Lakshadweep, academics from various
states of India.
The book contains eleven papers in which the first deals with the
status of human development index of Lakshadweep. In the review of literature
there are limited documents are available (up to 1999) on the status
Lakshadweep HDI. This paper is an update on the records of HDI of Lakshadweep
islands. By considering the importance of sensitizing the students on the
various environmental issues of Lakshadweep the second papers included which
portrays and review the ongoing climate change action plan of Lakshadweep and
its implementation issues.
The third paper is about banking
ombudsman in which the author explores the entitlement
of Lakshadweep community to good governance. The paper titled Growth,
Instability and Trend in the Production and Productivity of Coconut: a
Comparative Study of Kerala and Lakshadweep compare the productivity trend of
Lakshadweep coconut production and trace the causes, solution of declining
trend of coconut productivity. The remaining papers are dealt with education,
participatory finance, culture, tourism development, unit cost analysis of high
tech medical services and its adoptability to Lakshadweep, scope challenges and
economic opportunities of Lakshadweep, cultural values of Lakshadweep etc.
I congratulate the editors for their sincere effort to bring the seminar
output in this book form. I hope the book will provide the reader a clear
vision of not only what is Lakshadweep today and also what should be
Lakshadweep in near future.
Dr.J.VIJAYAN
The Principal
Calicut
University Centre
Kadmat -Lakshadweep
CONTENTS
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Sl .No
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TITLE
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PAGE
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1
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Human Development
in Lakshadweep: Beyond the Human
Development
index: Sahadudeen, I, Assistant professor
of Economics, Faroque collage.
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1
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2
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Climate
change Education and Environmental Sustainability: Anthropology of the Current
Need of Lakshadweep: Pazhanisamy.R,
Assistant Professor
of Economics, Calicut University Centre- Kadmat, Lakshadweep.
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23
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3
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Banking ombudsman as a tool of good governance in
Lakshadweep and Kerala: Noufal konnakkattil.
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34
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4
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Growth,
Instability and Trend in the Production and Productivity of Coconut: a
Comparative Study of Kerala and Lakshadweep: Dr.
Y.C. Ibrahim
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47
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5
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Renovating the social fabric of Lakshadweep to make
it complying with the requirements of modernity and imbibing the cultural
identity; A prospect based on “wafiyya”curriculum of coordination of islamic colleges,
Kerala: Muhammed Aslam.E K
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56
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6
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Scope and Challenges of Micro
Enterprises: A Study with Reference to
Various Islands of Lakshadweep :
Surendran Illathu Padikkal Assistant
Professor of Economics, Calicut university centre- Kadmat, Lakshadweep.
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62
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7
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Lakshadweep: An Exclusive Culture in the lap of
Arabian Sea: Nishadali
V.P, Research Scholar,
J.N.U, New Delhi.
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67
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8
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Society and culture in islands: an anthropological
study on Lakshadweep: Anil Gopi & Rovith V. R.
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72
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9
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The strands of
sustainability in islands tourism development : the case study and
applicability of Mary’s Islands: Mohammed
Niyas KK, Assistant Professor on Contract, Dept. of BTHM
Govt. Arts and Science College, Kondotty
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79
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10
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Estimating
Unit Cost of Medical Services in Kerala:
Adaptability for Lakshadweep: Dr. HariKurup K.K |
86
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11
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Socio –Economic
Status of Lakshadweep People and Analysis The Socio- Economic Problems Faced
By People of Amini Island:Mohammed Hussain,
lecturer in Maths CUC- Kadmat
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114
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12
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Socio Economic and Cultural Issues in Lakshadweep: Afsal.U.S, Assistant professor in Arabic.CUC, kadmat
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119
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13
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Tourism in Lakshadweep:
Mohammed Hidayathulla
P.P
Lecturer in Mathematics,CUC kadmat
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125
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14
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Sustainable tourism in
Lakshadweep: Challenges and Opportunities: Rafeeq
Karimpanackal ,Ph.D Scholar,
Department Of History, PSMO College Tirurangadi
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130
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15
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Female Work
Participation in Lakshadweep: Mrs.Najeemathbi, Assiatant Professor of Malayalam,CUC Kadmat
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136
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16
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Regional
Disparities in Lakshadweep: Sorommabi.A.P,
Assistant Professor of Economics, CUC Kadmat
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142
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