Rural roads connectivity in India to get a fillip
Should NABARD regulate micro-finance?
No funds for rural project
The rural experiment
THE VILLAGE REPUBLIC VHS (PAL) . 50 min .Christopher Rego
Gujarat village project
Autumn of a patriarch
Pandurang Shastri Athavale, famous social reformer, turns 80
Divisive move
Attempted panchayati raj reforms in Madhya Pradesh
Troubled start
Creation of panchayati raj ministry sparks row
Dubious benefit
Widespread protests over Subarnarekha's revival
Only participatory technology is appropriate
Needed: institutions that deliver
Centre allots funds
Recall rights
Gram sabhas and bureaucrats slug it out in Maharashtra
Net effect
Development dilemmas
Standing up for water
Project pipedream
Shifty?
The World Bank's new strategy for India?
Timely, but incoherent