Resource Management and Village Panchayats : Experiences and Emerging Concerns
Contents: Introduction. 1. Financial resources of rural local bodies: an overview/A.C. Jena. 2. Community based financing of rural water supply: an empirical study/R. Ramesh and N. Narayanasamy. 3. Revenue mobilisation from common pool resources by village panchayats: experiences and emerging concerns/V. Annamalai. 4. Watershed programme for bridging income inequalities/B. Nirmala. 5. The role of Panchayati Raj institutions in managing minor forest produce in fifth schedule areas/Indra Mallojain. 6. Ownership of minor forest produce by the gram sabha: a distant dream of the PESA Act/K.K. Misra and N. Venkata Sivaiah. 7. Panchayats and natural resource management in Andhra Pradesh: post 73rd amendment/C.V. Shamala and H. Vageeshan. 8. Traditional water and land management: experiences of Praghati-an NGO/Narayanappa. 9. Role of gram panchayats in common property resource management/G. Ramachandraiah. 10. Planning and implementation of watersheds: issues and strategies/Krishna Chandra Pradhan and Prakash Chandra Panigrahy. 11. Technology initiatives for community based management of inland fisheries/G. Venkata Raju and S. Rajakutty. 12. Panchayati Raj and environment management: concerns and opportunities/R. Sabesh. 13. Community managed SWAJAL drinking water and sanitation management: a case study/P. Siva Ram. 14. Safe drinking water for rural areas in India/Karne Padmavathi. 15.University extension for rural human resource development/P. Satyanarayana. 16. Mid-day meal and elementary education: data from three states/P.C. Sikligar. 17. Decentralisation of education in Andhra Pradesh/Ch. Balaramulu and Dandeboina Ravinder. 18. The role of community and the panchayat institutions in the management of primary education/E. Venkatesu. 19. Water yielding Swayambhu farm systems: the case of Chintapally/V. Mohan Reddy. 20. Resource base and the livelihood pattern of the Lanjia Saora (a primitive tribal group of Orissa)/S.N. Ratha. 21. Land holding pattern of public owned properties in Tamil Nadu: a case study/T.K. Rajendran and K. Palanisami. 22. Participatory planning for basic services: a case study/R. Chinnadurai and R. Arunajayamani. 23. Participatory management of village resources: a case study/R. Venkata Ravi and S. Sunder Raj. 24. Watershed, equity and livelihoods: a case study/S. Nagabhushana Rao. 25. Integrated coconut based livelihoods: a case study/N.V. Madhuri. 26. Pedda cultivation: the indigenous knowledge of Abhuj Maria of Bastar, Chhattisgarh/Tirtharaj Bhoi. Index.
Management of natural resources is one of the most critical aspects in the economic development of any country. Under Indian conditions, it assumes more importance because the limited natural resources have to be judiciously used to feed the ever-increasing population. The overall objective of natural resource governance system is to facilitate improvement in livelihoods of the rural poor through rational use of natural resources and will take into account the natural resources.
It can be effectively handled only when the rural communities are made directly and not by proxy, responsible to own control, revive and govern their resources. In this context, the observations made by the authors of the papers of this book, may be relevant to the academic community and useful to the policy makers.
The book contains twenty-four papers cover such aspects as natural resource management, financial resource management and human resource management. The papers on natural resource management cover common lands, watersheds, community forests, tanks, fisheries, manor forest produce and drinking water. The papers on financial management cover generation of revenue and utilisation of funds and community financing. The papers on human resource management relate to primary education as the basis of human resource development at the grassroots. (jacket)
Management of natural resources is one of the most critical aspects in the economic development of any country. Under Indian conditions, it assumes more importance because the limited natural resources have to be judiciously used to feed the ever-increasing population. The overall objective of natural resource governance system is to facilitate improvement in livelihoods of the rural poor through rational use of natural resources and will take into account the natural resources.
It can be effectively handled only when the rural communities are made directly and not by proxy, responsible to own control, revive and govern their resources. In this context, the observations made by the authors of the papers of this book, may be relevant to the academic community and useful to the policy makers.
The book contains twenty-four papers cover such aspects as natural resource management, financial resource management and human resource management. The papers on natural resource management cover common lands, watersheds, community forests, tanks, fisheries, manor forest produce and drinking water. The papers on financial management cover generation of revenue and utilisation of funds and community financing. The papers on human resource management relate to primary education as the basis of human resource development at the grassroots. (jacket)
