Economy

Parties speak

Performance, promises and prospects: A comparison of the election manifestos of the Congress, the BJP and the CPI(M).

Publication Date: 
08/05/2009
Venkatesh Athreya
Frontline (Chennai)
Tags:
Health, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), Bharat Nirman, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Education, Right To Information (RTI), Political Parties, Food Security
Agriculture

Agrarian change and social mobility in Tamil Nadu

This is a study of social mobility over 25 years in six villages in the former Tiruchirapalli district in Tamil Nadu. The two most important external drivers are local industrialisation and social policy in a broad sense.

Publication Date: 
08/11/2008
Goran Djurfeldt, Venkatesh Athreya, N Jayakumar & et al
Economic and Political Weekly
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Tags:
Land Ownership, Agriculture, Migration, Farmers, Scheduled Castes, Landless, Unemployment, Tamil Nadu, Karur (D), Tiruchirapalli (D)