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There is hardly any study conducted to evolve norms and standards for meeting out the basic needs and to assess the physical and financial gaps between the existing level and the required level of identified basic needs at the Gram Panchayat level. Assessment of gap between basic needs and resources is extremely helpful in devolution of funds to Panchayats to meet out their financial requirements at the local level. Without understanding such an exercise, it is ...
There is hardly any study on Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY) which focuses on or critically examines its impact on capital formation, employment and in come generation in the rural economy. This volume is an effort towards bridging this gap. Impact of the Yojana has been examined by adopting ‘Before and After’ evaluation design. The concept of opportunity cost has been used to assess the net benefits accruing to the beneficiaries. Besides, people’s ...
The country now has the experience of more than a decade of the working of decentralised planning and Panchayati Raj under the new dispensation. At this juncture, it would seem opportune to take stock of the progress that has taken place towards decentralised planning in terms, inter-alia, of the issues as follows: whether planning process has really started from the Gram Panchayat level in consultation with the Gram Sabha, going up to the District Panchayat; ...