Better Quality of Rural Life, Vol. I

Contents: Preface. I. Framework analysis of quality of life: 1. For a better quality of life/P. Chidambaram. 2. Role of university in improving the quality of life/Pranab Mukherjee. 3. Empowering rural India: from pipe dreams to reality/Archna G. Gulati. 4. Policies for development/Montk Singh Ahluwalia. 5. Rural development: thrust areas/Nagesh Singh. 6. Strategies and approaches to voluntary action for rural development/V. Divya Thejomurthy. 7. Trigger for rural development/Gurdeep Singh. 8. Five decades of rural development in India: tasks ahead/P.K. Singh. 9. Sustainable development: concept and measures/Kultar Singh. 10. Community development: a compulsion or choice/Yogesh Upadhyay and S.K. Singh. 11. Gandhi and development/Pushpesh Pant. 12. Gandhian view of rural development/Yogesh Upadhyay and S.K. Singh. II. Rural Prosperity through technologies: 13. Prosperity through ICT/S. Ravichandran etc. 14. Technology: the route to rural uplift/Navin Chandra Joshi. 15. Space technology intervention in rural development/B.P. Mishra and D.K. Sujan. 16. Technology: a way for rural development/Yogesh Upadhyay and S.K. Singh. 17. Rural prosperity through linking ITK with modern technology/E. Somasundram. 18. A new paradigm for rural development/G.V. Ramakrishna. 19. Role of District Rural Development Agency (DRDA)/Y. Gurappa Naidu. 20. Vibrant Varsha Bima/Lakshmi Narayan Sil. 21. Rural development: a collaboration of NGOs and GOs/Pradeep Kumar. 22. Rural India: collaboration for overall economic development/Ritu Srivastava. 23. Role of KVKs in agriculture and rural development/Jitendra Singh and D.K. Sujan. 24. Communication linkage in Indian agriculture: trends and perspectives/Archna Sinha. III. Quality of life through agro-allied activities: 25. Role of fisheries in rural development/K.D. Kokate. 26. India\'s floriculture industry in new millennium/I. Sekar. 27. Sericulture for rural prosperity/G. Savithri. 28. SSVI and rural development/A.K. Mishra. 29. Marketing problems of minor forest product in tribal areas/R. Prasad. 30. Extension approaches for livestock development in globalised trade/Rupsi Tiwari and B.P. Singh. 31. Effects of socio-economic variables on the level of knowledge and training needs of livestock/Y.P.S. Dabas. 32. Adoption of artificial insemination in bovines/S.V.N. Rao. 33. Poultry: a green pasture/Alok Khari. IV. Rural uplifting through biotechnology: 34. Biotechnology and rural development: a SWOT analysis/D.K. Sujan. 35. Biotechnology: a new technology for rural transformation/Gursharan Singh Kainth. 36. Plant biotechnology/Wable K.J. and Patil V.U. 37. Biodiversity and food security/S. Bala Ravi. 38. Nutritional security through biotechnology/Dana Ram Palsaniya and Hanif Khan. 39. Processed food and WTO safety concerns: an appraisal/S. Lyyampi Ilai. 40. Rural India: feminization of agriculture/Archana Sinha. 41. Enhancing crop productivity pays in upliftment of rural masses/R.K. Nanwal and Pawan Kumar. V. Quality of life through dairy farming: 42. Animal husbandary and dairying/Prabhat Kumar Pankaj. 43. Dairy farming in drought region/Anand Lodable. 44. Dairy co-operatives: vital role in rural economy/Manjappa D.H. 45. Dairy in the new millennium: the challenges/Shiv Kumar Gupta. 46. Animal husbandary and dairying during Tenth plan/D. Kumar and T. Sudakar. 47. Dairy enterprise: effective tool for poverty alleviation/B. Hemalatha and Y.V.R. Reddy. 48. Dairy farm sector: a brief analysis/S. Surya Murthi. 49. Fermented dairy products/Himadri Panda. 50. Dairy and rural development/V. Kurein. 51. Women dairy co-operatives/V.M. Rao. 52. Women dairy farming/Vijay Avinashilingam and A.K. Chauhan.

"The volume has been designed to make the sufficient feedback available to the rural masses for their all around development in less developed and backward areas. To make the impact positive and possible to improve the quality of life of the whole community. Community development shall result in betterment communication knowledge, health, livestock, income, employment in agro and agro-allied activities and so on. In order to make the rural mass prosperous, strong political will, good bureaucratic system, N.G.Os and mass needy as well as corporate sector need participation in decision-making the programmes project and package to uplift the condition of needy in rural areas." (jacket)