THIS is an important addition to a rather limited number of publications documenting case studies of the participatory processes of natural resources management. The process of bringing out this

Anna Hazare , the force behind Maharashtra s model village of Ralegan Siddhi and the Adarsh Gaon Yojana Ideal Village Programme , is also in the limelight for his crusade against corruption in public life.

the accelerating growth rate of the rural non-farm sector (nfs) and its rising significance has necessitated the examination of the actors constituting it. Ajit Kanitkar makes a bold attempt at

Sitting in urban comforts and planning for a rural set up can only spell doom for any activity on the development front, for the village is a separate entity and not a smaller version of a city