| Article Name : | |
| PERIODICITY AND SPATIO-TEMPORAL SPACING OF RURAL MARKETS OF PURBA MEDINIPUR DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL: AN APPRAISAL OF THE MARKET CENTRE DEVELOPMENT |
| Author Name : | |
| Nirmalya Das , Prasad Chattopadhyay |
| Publisher : | |
| Ashok Yakkaldevi |
| Article Series No. : | |
| GRT-5058 |
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| Abstract : | |
| Periodic markets (Hats), that significantly control the livelihood of the sellers and the consumers in the rural sector of West Bengal, are the temporary markets held on particular day or days of the week at some fixed locations. The periodic markets fulfill the demand of consumers in the society where permanent markets are absent or the daily marketing system is not possible. An assessment has been made here to examine the pattern of periodicity and spatio-temporal character as well as the local importance of rural markets of parts of Purba Medinipur district of West Bengal based on both primary and secondary data generated and collected in the field. The evaluation has been done in the light of the standard concept of market centre development. The study area encompasses twenty five CD blocks in the said district where the periodic markets maintain a meaningful system of economic process. |
| Keywords : | |
- socio –legal perspective,
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