Indian Village: 2020 (2 Vols-Set)

Contents: Vol. I: Vision and Mission: Preface. Introduction. 1. Halving poverty by 2015: we can actually make it happen/Muhammad Yunus. 2. Gram Swaraj: Gandhian pathway to self reliance./M.S. Swaminathan. 3. NGOs and poverty reduction: Indian experience/M.V. Rajashekharan. 4. Attainment of self reliance in Indian villages by 2020: Is it possible, may even desirable?/Harpal Singh. 5. Whither self reliant village India/Y.P. Singh. 6. Moving towards self-reliant village India: a pragmatic vision/Murli Manohar Joshi. 7. Self-reliant villages: vision India 2020/C. Prasad. 8. A paradigm of self-reliant village India: the modern context/Sompal. 9. Indian Villages-2020: a vision with realism/Anil Swaroop. 10. Our villages: ground realities and future prospects/S. Chandra. 11. Transforming developmental options for knowledge-rich, economically-poor people: from grassroots innovations to global space/Anil K. Gupta. 12. Rejuvenating India\'s Tiny Republics: review of the constitution by the sovereign people/S.K. Sharma. 13. The emerging issues, concerns and roles of voluntary sector in building self-reliant village India/Anil Kumar Singh. 14. Convergence of delivery system in rural areas/Kamal Taori. 15. Promoting vegetable production in India: a major step to boost up farm economy/Keerti Singh. 16. Value-oriented vocational education for self-reliant villages/D.P. Singh. 17. Rural development and poverty alleviation: time for reckoning/R.N. Azad. 18. Planning for self-reliant farm economy: tasks and challenges/Panjab Singh. 19. Planning for self-reliant villages in relation to women --integrating energy, health and income generation for women\'s empowerment/Lalita Balakrishnan. 20. Role of agro-forestry in promoting self-reliant rural economy/R.D. Gupta. 21. Impending sustainability threats, voluntary action and natural resources regime/Dilip Fouzdar. 22. Promoting self-reliance in Indian villages: a blue print of action 2020/S. Sandhya. 23. Self reliant villages: reminiscences of an agent of change/K.G. Tejwani. 24. The development of rural India through quality and value education/H.S. Shisodia. 25. An alternative paradigm of rural reconstruction through education/K.P. Ramakrishnan and S.S. Lal.

Vol. II: Strategies and Suggested Development Models: 26. Rural development: case for an integrated approach/M.V. Rajashekharan. 27. Building sustainable food and livelihood security systems/M.S. Swaminathan. 28. Sulabh towards villages/Bindeshwar Pathak. 29. Frame work for the resurgence of a knowledge-based rural India/T. Karunakaran. 30. Agrarian -prosperity: towards a happy India/R.B. Singh. 31. Sustainable livelihoods: the one-point agenda for planetary survival/Ashok Khosla. 32. Bapu\'s dream of an Ideal Indian village: let us turn it into a reality/Y.P. Singh. 33. An alternate model of promoting self reliance through rural enterpronerism/Kamal Taori. 34. Management of Natural resources for sustainable livelihood: BAIF\'s approach/Narayan G. Hegde. 35. Moving towards self reliant villages in Uttaranchal: a case study/M.L. Dewan. 36. Chitrakoot Prakalp: an alternative model of self reliant villages/Bharat Pathak. 37. Development through self-reliance, reviving hope and prosperity through traditional water harvesting systems: alternative to big dams/Rajender Singh and Ambuj Kishore. 38. Participatory drainage management: the HOPP experience/K.K. Gaur and B.V. Kulkarni. 39. Rain water harvesting: a step towards self reliance/Shashi Tyagi. 40. Disaster management for self-sustaining rural development in earthquake affected villages in Gujarat: a case study/Shikhar S. Garg. 41. Community participation through cooperatives for sustainable development/Virendra Kumar and P.S. Marwaha. 42. Combating micronutrient deficiency in rural areas through self-reliant and sustainable manner/Indira Chakravarty. 43. Extension strategies for sustainable and profitable agro-enterprises in the new economic regime/R.P. Singh. 44. Voluntary action for self reliant villages: the case of Samavpur Village in Ghaziabad/M.M. Mathur. 45. Building self-reliant villages: SACRIA\'s alternative model of community initiative/Senoo Rawat. Index.

"This set of two volumes, containing forty five papers, presented at a national workshop on \'Voluntary Action for Self Reliant Village: Vision India 2020\', organised by the South Asia partnership-India, addresses a wide range of issues pertaining to the self-reliance of rural India.

Focusing on the vision and mission of self-reliant rural India, volume one analyses the role of voluntary sector in building self-reliant villages. It also emphasizes on Gandhian way of Gram Swaraj, poverty reduction, developmental options, convergence of delivery system, value-oriented vocational education, planning for self-reliant farm economy and women empowerment. Volume two highlights the proposed strategies of community action and the suggested development models which have been successfully implemented by various voluntary organizations." (jacket)