Contents: Vol. I: Preface. Introduction. Section I: Banking, Resource Planning and Macro Economic Indicators. 1. Role of Banks for the Development of the Mountain State of Uttarakhand: An Analysis with Some Major Indicators/R.R. Nautiyal. 2. Examining Select Macro-Economy Indicators for Uttarakhand/Pankaj Naithani. 3. Planning and Resource Allocation in the Himalayan State of Uttarakhand -An Appraisal of Last three Five Year Plans/B.K. Joshi and Bharti Jaiswal. Section II: Agricuture, Horticulture, Forestry and Climate. 4. Uttarakhand Agriculture: Has there been a Paradigm Shift Over the Years?/Subhash Nautiyal. 5. Horticulture in Uttarakhand: Production, Marketing, Constraints and New Avenues of Development in Last One and a Half Decade/Mamta Bohra, Ghan Shyam Abrol and B.P. Nautiyal. 6. State of Forests and Biodiversity in Uttarakhand during Last 15 Years/Jai Raj. 7. Climate and Development: A Diagnostic Assessment since the Formation of Uttarakhand/Vishal Singh and Anvita Pandey. Section III: Industry, Power and Infrastructure. 8. Dynamics of Uttarakhand Industries in last 15 years and the Future Agenda/Sudhir Chandra Nautiyal. 9. Power Scenario in Uttarakhand since its Formation/Avinash Chandra Joshi and Ajay Kumar Singh. 10. Has Infrastructure Development Changed the Course of Development in Uttarakhand Anyway?/P.S. Rana and Akansha Rawat. Section IV: People and the Issue of Transition. 11. Uttarakhand’s Socio-Political Performance as a New Political Entity: A Judgement/Annpurna Nautiyal. 12. Gender and Development: Some Evidences from Uttarakhand/Indoo Pandey Khanduri. 13. Issue of Migration and Labour Market Policies in Uttarakhand/Atul Singh. 14. An Inquiry into the Demographic Transition in Uttarakhand/Madhu Bisht and Jagriti Jaiswal. Vol. II: Section V: Some Forte for the State. 15. A Conceptual Framework on Tourism of Uttarakhand through Alternative Approaches/Kavita Bhatt. 16. Water Resource and Mineral Resource Utilisation in Uttarakhand: A Dream Becoming Increasingly Elusive/A K Biyani. 17. Animal Husbandry in Uttarakhand: A Potential Sector for Livelihood Generation and Economic Empowerment/Manoj Kumar Pant and Preeti Kathuria. Section VI: Human Development. 18. Labour Force Participation, Composition, Skill Requirement and Future Challenges: An Investigation for the Mountain State Uttarakhand/Dhanya M B and Rajlakshmi Datta. 19. Child Health and Maternal Health in Uttarakhand: Where does this Hill State Stand after 15 years? Rita Ray. 20. Elementary Education in the Himalayan State of Uttarakhand: Examining the Past and the Present with a Future Agenda/Rajlakshmi Datta and Amrita Jaiswal. Index. This book in two volumes is a developmental discourse for 'mountain perspective development'. The book unfolds the journey of the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand since its inception and covers the journey of fifteen years and beyond. Twenty different dimensions with exhaustive time series and cross section data, critical analysis and policy asks by experts give a special place to this book for 'Himalayan model of development'. The volumes will act as ready references for policymakers, bureaucrats, scientists, academicians, researchers and students not only for the state but also for all the Himalayan states of the country and abroad. The common characteristics and challenges of Himalayan region and the distinction from plain region as often cited by the authors create a strong platform for a focused dialogue towards separate policy of development for 'The Himalayan States of India' and sets 'An Agenda of Sustainable Development for the Himalayan states