India's development scenario : challenges and prospects /

Machine derived contents note: IIntroduction 1 --
Yatindra Singh Sisodia --
Part I --
Review of India's Development Policy and Strategy --
in the Preceding Decades --
2 Governance and Development: Initiatives from Below 17 --
G. Palanithurai --
3 Economic Reforms, Growth and Regional Divergence in India 24 --
Madhusudan Ghosh --
4 Inter-State Variations in Levels of Economic Development: --
A Sectoral and Temporal Study 43 --
Ajit Kumar Singh --
5 Impact of Foreign Aid on Social Sector: The Indian Case 69 --
Jyotish Prakash Basu --
6 Growth and Development Linkages in Madhya Pradesh 92 --
D.C. SahandAlok R. Chaurasia --
7 Issues in Socio-Economic Development of Backward States with --
Special Reference to Orissa 127 --
Basanta K. Sahu --
Part II --
Policies, Strategies and Programmes --
for Basic Amenities --
H Universalization of Education through Adult Literacy Programmes: --
Some Empirical Evidences 155 --
S.K. Pant --
9 Land Degradation and Poverty in India: Evidence and Policy --
Implications 170 --
Amita Shah --
10 Paradox of Hunger 195 --
Shilp Shikha Singh --
11 Nutrition Deprivation at Household Level: Evidences from a National --
Survey 213 --
Rudra Narayan Mishra --
12 'Employment Generation Potential in the Organized Retail Sector in --
Urban Areas 234 --
Seema ]oshi --
13 The Strategy of Zoning amidst Resource Degradation 245 --
William Joe --
Part III --
Decentralized Governance and Responsive Administration --
14 Evolution of Panchayat Raj in India: An Analysis of Development --
from Independence to Post-73rd Amendment Scenario 265 --
Yatindra Singh Sisodia --
15 Panchayats: Relevance, Potentials and Demonstrations 283 --
G. Palanithurai --
Part IV --
Development and Issues of Trade, Agriculture, --
Industry and Environment --
16 India's Development and its Trade Dynamics with SAARC 305 --
Ganesh Kawadia and Gunjan Malhotra --
17 Indian Agriculture at the Crossroads: Challenges and Prospects 317 --
Yogesh Bandhu Arya --
18 The Problem of Industrial Displacement in Jharkhand: --
A Case Study of Bokaro Steel Plant 330 --
Binod Narayan --
19 Patterns of Development and Environment Quality in Gujarat 350 --
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Contributed articles presented at the National Seminar on India's Social, Political and Economic Development: Challenges, Achievements, and Ways Ahead May 24-26, 2006 at Madhya Pradesh Institute of Social Science Research, Ujjain