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April 11, 2025

Jharkhand State Cooperative Bank Story

Not long ago, the Jharkhand State Cooperative Bank Ltd (JSCB) was on the brink of...

August 4, 2020

Postcard from Banda

Sixty-year old Devi Dayal Khyaliya was a Professor of Music at Mahatma Gandhi Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya...

Gursharan Dhanjal

January 1, 2020

Public spending in Rural India focused on asset creation

  Most of the public welfare programmes pushed forward by Prime Minister Narendra Modi government...

Inclusion

May 9, 2019

The Macroeconomic Agenda For the New Government

  The global economy has been slowing down. India’s economic growth has been range-bound in...

Sameer Kochhar

October 1, 2017

Towards Building a Naya Bharat

  Under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi, we are seeing the concrete results of...

Narendra Singh Tomar

October 1, 2017

Has Rural India Seen a Turn-Around Lately?

  Positive and long-term improvements can be seen in foodgrains production, horticulture, dairy, poultry and...

N C Saxena

October 1, 2017

Village Based Entrepreneurs

There are nearly 2.3 lakh VLEs operating across India. Many people remain unaware of their...

Inclusion

January 1, 2017

Manju Bathula – a Village Level Entrepreneur

B Manju, CSC Operator, Ranga Reddy District, Hyderabad, Telangana and B Jeevan Prasad, receiving the...

Inclusion

October 1, 2016

West Bengal: Impressive Steps in Rural Development

West Bengal has taken some good steps for effective implementation of the rural development schemes....

Inclusion

April 1, 2016

PMGSY vs MGNREGS

  Over the last twenty years Government of India has launched a series of Centrally...

N C Saxena

April 1, 2016

Panchayati Raj should be Priority, not Nuisance

The progress of India was conceived as a chariot that would run on two wheels....

Mani Shankar Aiyar

January 1, 2016

Tripura: At Forefront of Rural Development

Tripura, the third-smallest state in the country, covers 10,491 sq km (4,051 sq mi) of...

Inclusion

January 1, 2016

Paschim Banga Go-Sampad Bikash Sanstha – e-Governing Livestock

  Brimming with huge vista of hope and aspirations to enhance milk production in West...

Inclusion

January 1, 2016

ISGP Project, Panchayats & Rural Development Department – Monitoring Panchayats in West Bengal

  The World Bank supported Institutional Strengthening of Gram Panchayat (ISGP) Project was launched in...

Inclusion

July 1, 2015

Socio-Economic Development and NGOs in India

  The British colonial administration brought in progressive developmental forces by bringing in education (Kindergarten...

K G Karmakar

April 1, 2014

Towards Removal of Rural Poverty Context and Rural Landscape

  I personally believe that the living conditions of the rural poor receive very little...

L C Goyal

October 1, 2013

Devolution of Powers and The Panchayats

“Should there be a panchayat list in the same manner as there are Central, State...

Sudha Pillai

April 1, 2012

Inclusion of Panchayats Must for Inclusive Growth

Mani Shankar Aiyar, Member, Rajya Sabha Economic sentiments should be measured in huts and the...

Mani Shankar Aiyar

January 1, 2012

Rural Employment Paves the Way

Despite its initial hiccups, MGNREGA has taken off well and done well. I would just...

B K Sinha

July 1, 2011

Towards a Panchayat Development Index

Alok Bhargava, CEO – Strategic Support Group, IL&FS It is well recognized that availability of...

Alok Bhargava

January 1, 2011

Tribal Neglect and Limitations of Budgetary Approach to Development

  It is well established that the central region of India, despite being resource rich,...

N C Saxena

January 1, 2011

Growth for Whom?

  When I was the Minister of Panchayati Raj, a calculation was made about the...

Mani Shankar Aiyar

April 1, 2010

Urbanisation of Rural Areas PURA Scheme as the Game Changer

Arvind Mayaram, Additional Secretary& Financial Adviser, Ministry of Rural Development For far too long, the...

Arvind Mayaram

October 1, 2008

PRIs Key to Land Acquisition, Relief & Rehabilitation

The Resettlement and Rehabilitation Bill 2007 represents a major paradigm shift in the process of...

Dr Nupur Tiwari

October 1, 2008

Planting Hopes

  NABARD in 1995 launched a development initiative in parts of Gujarat and Maharashtra. Financed...

Inclusion

October 1, 2008

Adopting a ‘Whole village Approach’

Radha Devi, of Malmatha village in Dungarpur district in Rajasthan is a busy woman. She...

Team Inclusion