An Indigenous Knowledge of Cottage and Small Scale Industries at Barrackpore and Barasat Sub-Divisions of 24-Parganas (N) District, West Bengal : Issues and Policies

The components of small scale and cottage industries and the production of different articles produced in Barasat and Barrackpore sub-divisions of North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal are worldwide famous for the produced Cottage products and at the same time these are the means of livelihood of a number of families so that dependence of those families are very much concerned with economic factor. In this paper the issues and policies of the development of such indigenous products have been taken into consideration. The issues have been discussed and in the light of library and information science the policies which are to be considered as necessary for the development of economy and the cottage and small scale industrial sector as well have been mentioned. The role of library and information centre has been assessed. The paper has also highlighted the respondents’ attitude about the necessity of Industrial Information Centre