Panchayati Raj System : Towards Sustainable Rural Livelihood and Development
Contents: List of contributors. 1. Introductory note/M.R. Biju. 2. Sustainable rural development and millennium development goals: challenges and opportunities/Suresh Misra. 3. Participatory watershed management: approach for sustainable rural livelihood/Sanjay Arora. 4. Sustainable rural development and Panchayat Raj in the era of globalisation/M.R. Biju. 5. Role of Panchayat towards sustainable rural development/Reepunjay Singh and Sonia Deoval. 6. Role of Panchayats in sustainable social development/G. Palanithurai. 7. Rural development, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act and Panchayati Raj Institutions: an overview/Aditya Kumar Patra. 8. Rural empowerment, social action and gender equity: the case of Kudumbashree Projects in Kerala/V.P. Raghavan. 9. Interweaving of economic growth, environmental protection and sustainable development of India/Lingaraj Patro and Jhum Jhum Das. 10. Rainwater harvesting: a key for rural development/R.K. Khitoliya. 11. Promoting rural labour banks: a corporate social responsibility perspective/P.N. Sankaran. 12. Income and assets generation of beneficiaries of the governments sponsored programmes: a study with reference to Virudhunagar District of Tamil Nadu/A. Subbiah and A. Muthumani. 13. NABARD Refinance Assistance for Rural Entrepreneurship Development Programme (REDP): Use efficiency in Tamil Nadu during 1999-2000 to 2004-05/K. Prabakkar Rajkumar. 14. Trusting attitude in rural talent: the better way to survive/C. Karthikeyan. 15. Community participation in rural development/C. Siva Murugan and V. Anbumani. 16. Artisans and rural development in Haryana: a study of Kurukshetra District/Rajesh Kumar. 17. Going beyond formal processes to empower the people: the case of a local water supply system/M. Rajivlochan. Index.
"The development process in a developing economy will acquire a new dimension if the citizens not only associate themselves with planning and developmental programmes but also participate effectively in their implementation. Citizens participation denotes the direct involvement of citizens in the process of administrative decision-making, policy formulation and its successful execution. With the passing of the 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendment Acts, both the PRIs and Urban local bodies were expected to plan and devolve powers for economic development and social justice. Moreover, as a result of these legislation, the depth of citizen participation especially of women has also increased in a substantial manner. Further, people are becoming more and more conscious and vigilant about their participation in the political, administrative and developmental process." (jacket)
