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The forced displacement of people for the purpose of various developmental projects has been going on for a long time. Large development schemes like dams, mines, industrial plants and wild life sanctuaries cause large scale land acquisition and force dislocation. However, the rehabilitation of project affected families has been a very tardy and inefficient process. The present book, which draws material from an empirical study, explains the different aspects of ...
There has been a wide range change in the rural credit structure, in the post independence era. Even then the exploitation of rural masses in credit market is still the most pervasive and persistent features of rural life in India. There has been an expansion of rural credit market after 1969 (the post bank nationalization period) but in the financial liberalization era (after 1991) the formal system of institutional credit in rural India had been severely ...
The role of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) is crucial not only to strengthen the grass root democracy but also for rural development of our country. PRIs ensures participation of masses in the process of development and it also mobilizes the weaker sections of the rural India to actively participate in the developmental process. However, inspite of the constitutionals provision the PRIs Act is not being implemented affectively in our country. The role of ...
Economic Liberalization and Globalisation had a deep impact on the industrial as well as agricultural sector of our country. India initiated economic reforms in 1991 with Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) and is among those few countries that have relatively adjusted quickly with the process of globalisation, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and growth rate increased; and during this financial year the economy is expected to grow at a rate more than 8%. ...