Panchayat civil servants, not yet

States want them, but not willing to spend on their salaries

Government releases new socio-economic census data

The findings of the new report will place pressure on the government to redefine BPL households and the poverty line

‘People’s movement needed for achieving open defecation-free India’

Minister lays emphasis on corporate contribution in achieving the target

The four pillars of panchayati raj

Rustic dealings

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Changing course

GRASSROOTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP· Ajit Kanitkar·Wiley Eastern Limited·Delhi·1995

New guidelines for rural roads

Er this doesn't work

CHALLENGING THE PROFESSIONS Robert Chambers Publisher: Intermediate Technology Publications Price: Not stated

No elections, no funds

Power of knowledge

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Ambitious

Marvel at toilets

Fresh BPL survey

Orissa to expand its list of poor

What rural folk need is motivation

V B SALUNKE, a 58-year-old social worker, abandoned his engineering firm in 1972 to mobilise villagers towards community participation in the …

Move to nationalise NGOs

The Planning Commission's efforts to network voluntary agencies has received a lot of flak from the non-government sector.

Biomass ammassed

FOREST RESOURCES AND WOOD-BASED BIOMASS ENERGY AS RURAL DEVELOPMENT ASSETS Edited by William R Bentley & Marcia M Gowen Winrock International …

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Might of the right

Under public pressure, the Rajasthan government has formed a committee to examine the implications of the people's demand for the right to information

The battle of Beawar

Rajasthan villagers embark on an unprecedented indefinite agitation for their right to information on the state's developmental projects

Not just green fields

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Drop by drop

FROM INDIFFERENCE TO ACTIVE PARTICIPATION: SIX CASE STUDIES OF NATURAL RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH SOCIAL ORGANISATION·Frances Sinha and …

Reversing roles

STUDIES IN RURAL PARTICIPATION — 3 — PARTICIPATORY APPRAISAL OF NATURAL RESOURCES·Neela Mukherjee· Concept Publishing Co,…

Power to the people

Connecting those who matter

WiMAX technology can provide rural India with internet