India

 Draughty bill

Rural employment bill draws flak for diluting draft

Publication Date: 
30/01/2005
Avilash Roul
Down to Earth
Tags:
Rural Development, Unemployment, Legislation, India
Transport

 Barpak gets a Ropeway

Sustainable transport, Nepal style

Publication Date: 
30/01/2005
Down to Earth
Tags:
Mountains, Transport, Rural Development, World Bank, Sustainable Development
Economy

A sociological analysis of North Eastern region community resource management project for upland areas

This paper is based on the empirical findings from the Supervision Mission of a project funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). The mission visited the two project districts from 3 May to 17 May 2004 and conducted assessment on the on-going programmes in Karbi Anglong District of Assam and Ukhrul District of Manipur. One of the main objectives of the Supervision Mission which the author of this paper is supposed to examine is the socio-cultural dimensions of poverty.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2005
A.K. Nongkynrih
Journal of Rural Development
24
1
49
Tags:
North East, Agriculture, Shifting Cultivation, Development, Conflicts, Biodiversity Conservation, Rural Development, Assam, Karbi Anglong, Manipur, Ukhrul (D)
India

 Connecting those who matter

WiMAX technology can provide rural India with internet

Publication Date: 
14/11/2004
Shams Kazi
Down to Earth
Tags:
Rural Development, India, Internet
Economy

Self-help starters

A women development programme is changing the face of Rajasthan's countryside

Something unique is being done in the countryside of Rajasthan, in the self-help groups (shgs) formed in the villages. Following keen interest shown in the matter by chief minister Vasundhera Raje, poor women who live in abject poverty in the state will get a new lease of life.

Publication Date: 
08/11/2004
M.P.Jain
Business India (Mumbai)
Tags:
Development, Women, Rural Development, Rajasthan, Dungarpur (D)
India

 Shifty?

The World Bank s new strategy for India?

Publication Date: 
29/09/2004
Clifford Polycarp, Suresh Babu S V
Down to Earth
Tags:
Hydroelectricity, Rural Development, World Bank, India
India

 Divisive move

Attempted panchayati raj reforms in Madhya Pradesh

Publication Date: 
14/09/2004
VIKAS YADAV
Down to Earth
13
20040915
0
Tags:
Rural Development, Panchayats, Gram Sabhas, Madhya Pradesh
India

 Federalism or local self rule?

It s a great shame for India s democracy that we have to choose between the two

Publication Date: 
30/07/2004
Down to Earth
13
20040731
0
Tags:
Rural Development, Finance, Panchayats, India
India

 It holds no water

Shoddy planning and poor execution mar many watershed revival projects

Publication Date: 
30/07/2004
Arun Shrivastava
Down to Earth
13
20040731
0
Tags:
Watershed Development, Rural Development, India
India

 Devolution meet a damp squib

Precious little achieved as states resist financial empowerment of panchayats

Publication Date: 
30/07/2004
Richard Mahapatra
Down to Earth
Tags:
Rural Development, Finance, Anti-Poverty Programmes, Panchayats, India, Bihar, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal

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